They are however still numerous during the early 

 part of the winter near Brighton. I find the 

 average take for one pair of nets of a morning is 

 between thirty and fifty dozen. The hens are 

 killed, the males sent to London. 



I have noticed them some winters joining with 

 the Twites and frequenting the weeds that grow on 

 the salt-water mudbanks in Shoreham Harbour. 



Some years ago in East Lothian 1 discovered 

 a nest of this bird in the side of a wheat stack at 

 about fourteen feet from the ground. The young 

 were just on the point of flying. It was rather 

 singular that in the thatch of the adjoining stack a 

 Partridge was sitting on fourteen eggs. 



The specimens in the case, male, female and 

 brood, were obtained on the Downs in the neigh- 

 bourhood of Brighton in June, 1870. 



REDPOLL. 



Case 288. 



This lively little bird breeds plentifully in the 

 Highlands of Scotland and also in several of the 

 northern and midland counties of England. 



I have seen nests in the neighbourhood of 

 Brighton, but from the appearance of the parent 

 birds I should judge that in every instance they 

 had escaped from confinement. 



During winter they are found in large flocks 

 in all parts of the country. 



For some time I watched the specimens that 

 are in the case engaged in building their nest, 

 which was placed in an alder bush close to a stream 

 and lined with the white floss that forms the flower 

 of the cotton grass. I observed that the female 

 performed the whole of the work collecting the 

 materials and also working them together, the male 

 at times accompanying her while gathering them, 



