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BRITISH BIRDS. 



p. 135 ; cf. antea, IV., p. 11). The above record is of 

 extreme interest, as showing that Great Britain is occa- 

 sionally visited by immature birds in autumn as well as 

 b}^ adults in sj)ring. — Eds.] 



A PAIR OF ROBINS BUILDING MANY NESTS. 

 During April, 1911, a pair of Robins {Erithacus rubecula) 

 made a nest in one of a stack of pipes near Oswestry. 

 When the nest was nearly completed and parth^ lined, for 

 some reason, possibly lack of space, they left off and began 

 to build in the next pipe. Here again, after the nest had been 

 nearly completed, the same thing happened. One after 

 another the j)ipes were tried, until twenty- three nests had 



NESTS OF ONE PAIR OF ROBINS. 

 [Photographed by J. H. Owen.) 



been started, and then the birds decided to go and build 

 elsewhere. In a photograph, taken at the time, eleven of the 

 nests show to a limited extent ; the other nests were not 

 nearly so complete. J. H. Owen. 



BARRED WARBLER IN LINCOLNSHIRE. 

 On September 2nd, 1911, I caught an immature Barred 

 Warbler {Sylvia nisoria) at Cleethorpes, in one of my trap- 

 cages ; there Mas a light east wind at the time. 



The bird is caged and still in my possession. W. E. Suggitt. 



