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this bird in this locality. (Rev. R. C. Maunsell, Symondsbury 

 Rectory, Bridport.) 



THRUSH (Turdus musicus, L.). An old nest in a pear tree 

 was used for the third time by a thrush.. (J. R.) (PULHAM.) 



SNOW BUNTING (Plectrophanes nivalis, L.). In " British 

 Birds," iii., 262 (January 1st, 1910), Captain M. W. Portman 

 records the fact that a specimen was secured on the edge of 

 Poole Harbour in October, 1908. The precise spot is near 

 Arne, in the Isle of Purbeck. Captain Portman concludes 

 his note with the remark " I cannot find any record of a snow- 

 bunting in Dorset since 1846 (Mansel-Pleydell)," but, in a 

 note subsequently sent to the same magazine, I pointed out 

 that, in his "Birds of Dorsetshire," p. 41 "(1888), the only 

 years specified by the late Mr. J. C. Mansel-Pleydell are 1844, 

 1868, and 1869, and that in Proc. Dors. N. H. and A. F. Club, 

 XVII., 199 (1896), he put on record the additional fact that a 

 snow bunting was shot at Kimmeridge, which is in the Isle of 

 Purbeck, on November 29th, 1895. (E. R. B.) 



A snow bunting was killed on the Chesil Beach on 

 October 23rd, 1910, and brought to me. I have also a note of 

 one killed in the same place on November 2nd, 1891,. and 

 brought also for my inspection. I do not think this has yet 

 been recorded. (N. M. R.) 



BRAMBLING (Fringilla montifringilla, L.). Four specimens 

 came to feed on some crumbs in the town of Corfe Castle 

 during the very severe frost, accompanied by heavy snow, 

 at the beginning of January. I fortunately had the oppor- 

 tunity of identifying them. (E. R. B.) 



SISKIN (Carduelis spinus, L.). One seen at Pulham on 

 August 26th. (J. R.) 



CUCKOO (Cuculus canorus, L.). In the Dorset County 

 Chronicle of December 9th, 1909, Mr. James Day, in a note 



