NOTES. 83 



On August 9th a Caspian Tern {Sterna caspia) was watched 

 at a range of fifteen yards for half an hour by Mr. Jary on 

 Breydon. 



A Yellow-browed Warbler {Phylloscopus superciliosus) and 

 an Ortolan Bunting {Emheriza Jiortulana) were " identified " 

 by Mr. F. Richards at Cley, on September 16th. 



From October 15th onwards, a rather unusual number of 

 Rough-legged Buzzards {Buteo lagopus) occurred. 



A Little Owl {Athene noctua) was caught in February at 

 Costessey, while six were received at Snettisham during the 

 autumn. 



Mr. Gurney also makes some remarks on the grain-eating 

 propensities of the Starling, but as these are founded on only 

 a very few specimens killed in one place in one month, no 

 conclusions should be drawn from them. 



In his remarks on Crossbills, Mr. Gurney discusses the 

 supposed EngHsh form, evidently without reference to what 

 Dr. Hartert has said in this Magazine (Vol. III., p. 294). A 

 nest of a Crossbill found at Swannington, near Attleborough, 

 on April 16th, 1910, by Mr. W. G. Clarke, has not, we think, 

 been mentioned in our pages. 



Uncommon Birds in the Glasgow District. — In the 

 Glasgow Naturalist for February, 1911, there is a useful article 

 on " The Birds of East Renfrewshire," by Mr. J. Robertson, 

 in which we find mention (p. 52) of a Gadwall {Anas strepera) 

 shot at Eaglesham, on December 9th, 1904. In the May 

 issue of the same journal, Mr. C. S. B. Renshaw records (p. 96) 

 that he saw a Black Tern {Hydrochelidon nigra) at Foxbar 

 (Renfrew) on April 19th, 1911, and that a Turtle-Dove {Turtur 

 communis) was shot in the same county early in June, 1911. 



Interbreeding of Song-Thrush and Blackbird. — Mr. 

 G. E. Adamson records {ZooL, 1911, pp. 194-6) the mating 

 of a hen Song-Thrush {Turdus musicus) and a male Blackbird 

 [T. merula) at Edgwarebury, Middlesex, in March, 1910, the 

 result of which was a typical Song-Thrush's nest, and four 

 eggs, which had a whitish-green ground-colour, and light 

 brown clustered markings. One of the eggs measured 

 29 by 21 mm. They were slightly incubated, but the nest 

 was afterwards abandoned. Mr. Adamson considers that the 

 male influences the colour of the egg-shell in such a case, but 

 this seems impossible of belief. 



Nightingale in Scotland. — The Misses E. V. Baxter 

 and L. J. Rintoul report {Ann, Scot. Nat. Hist., 1911, p. 132) 



