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RAVEN NESTING IN SHROPSHIRE. 



Two years ago I recorded in British Birds (XII., p. 19) that after 

 an interval of thirty-four years the Raven {Connis c. corax) 

 had nested on the exact spot where the last previous nest 

 had been reported. Two out of the four young were murdered, 

 but the other two with the parents are believed to have 

 escaped. The site was a ledge in an old stone quarry. I am 

 pleased to report that in 1920 a Raven has nested and reared 

 three young in a yew tree some two miles from the last place. 

 Each time the nest has been visited only one old Raven was 

 to be seen, apparently the female. What has become of 

 her mate, and whether she is one of the birds from the earlier 

 site, I know not. H. E. Forrest. 



SISKINS IN DEVONSHIRE. 



With reference to Mr. T. P. Backhouse's note (Vol. XIII., 

 p. 313) I find on looking up my records of the occurrence 

 of the Siskin {Carduelis spiniis) that I have a similar entry 

 to the one quoted from B. F. Cummings {Zoologist, 1906, 

 p. 237) the same date, November 26th, 1905. I had not 

 seen this note, as I did not take the Zoologist. I knew Mr. 

 Cummings well, and we must have been in the same locality 

 about the same time, but did not meet. On April loth, 

 1915, I saw four Siskins under conditions very like my former 

 observation at the same place. 



I might mention that a specimen was sent to me on October 

 24th, 1894, having been shot in the parish of Dean Prior, 

 south Devon. J. G. Hamling. 



NUPTIAL DISPLAY OF CORN-BUNTING. 



I DO not know if the nuptial display of the Corn-Bunting 

 {E. calandra) has been described — if not, the following note 

 may be of interest. I w^as bicycling slowly along on the 

 look out for any bird life, when I saw a bird rise from a 

 clover-layer, about 100 yards off, mount fluttering to some 

 fifty feet and then descend parachute-wise to the top of a 

 holly tree. Settled on the tree it raised its wings to their 

 utmost, and then bending them at the carpal joint slowly 

 waved them, meanwhile fanning out its tail on alternate 

 sides. This it continued to do for just over two minutes, 

 singing all the time, when it suddenly observed me standing 



