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Mr. White reports the annual visit of the greater spotted 



woodpecker to his garden, and the discovery of a starling's nest 



with young in the second week of January. 



We print below some of the more interesting observations 



made during the season. 



April 20... Nests of coot, redshank, peewit, shoveller and herring- 

 gull found in Yorkshire. 



April 23. ..Four herons flying over Cheltenham ; first appearance 

 of redstart. 



April 2 5... Long-tailed tit's nest nearly built : nine eggs on May 5. 



April 28. ..Young robins observed to have mottled brown plumage 

 with a blackish mark on the breast where the red will 

 appear later. 



May I... Nightingale heard near Dowdeswell reservoir. 



May 2...Stonechats on Charlton Common. 



May 7... Redstart's eggs, of a deeper blue than hedge-sparrow's. 



May 1 2... Golden-crested wren's nest with 12 eggs: also a gold- 

 finch's nearly built, and a robins lined with feathers. 



May 13. ..Barn owl's nest with 5 eggs, containing a freshly killed 

 mouse and a mole : 2 eggs obviously laid some time 

 before the others. 



May 13. ..Meadow pipit's: the cup of the nest noticeably less 

 deep than that of the tree pipit's. 



May 14. ..Kingfisher's nest, birds just flown. 



May 2 5... Nuthatch's hole, plastered up as usual: also a bullfinch's 

 with 3 and a greater whitethroat's with 6 eggs. 



Juue I. ..Nests of flycatcher and red-backed shrike ; it was 

 noticed that blackbirds sometimes sing on the ground, 

 and sometimes too on the wing. 



