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and Mr. H. S. Davenport records young in the nest on 

 August i2t]i.— F.C.R.J.J 



LESSER Willi ETllROATS IN DEVON. 



The reported occurrences of the Lesser W'liitethroat (.S. c. 

 ciiyntca) in Devonsliire do not number more than about a 

 dozen. On August 19th I saw some by tlie E.xeter Canal 

 at Countess Wear Bridge, a very fine spot to observe migrants. 

 1 could not ascertain the exact number, but in a stay of about 

 two hours there I never saw more than two together. They 

 were witli a very large number of Chiffchaifs {Ph. collybila) 

 and Willow-Warblers {Ph. trodiiliis) and also a few \Vhite- 

 throats (.S. c. communis). T. P. Backhouse. 



[There seems to be but httle doul)t tliat tlie Lesser Wliite- 

 throat is extending its range westward, as it now nests in 

 t)otli the north and tlie south of the county, in the latter in 

 some numbers at one place [vide Vol. VII., ]ip. 92, 200). 

 As a spring migrant it was recorded annually between 1907 

 and 191J, on ^lay loth, 1910, in some numbers, while on 

 May 13th, 1907, it was taken at one of the lights. As an 

 autumn migrant the only definite record appears to be the 

 one seen by Mr. Cummings at Morthoe [i.e., p. 92), though 

 there are several records of it from Cornwall and the Scillies 

 at this season. — Eds.] 



GREAT SPOTTED W^OODPECKERS IN INVERNESS- 

 SHIRE. 



During the month of July 1920 I was staying in the forest 

 of Rothiemurchus (near Aviemore, Inverness-shire). On the 

 southern outskirts of the forest, near Loch Gamna and Craig 

 Kinapol, which separates Rothiemurchus from Glen Eeshie, 

 the Great Spotted Woodpecker {Dryobatcs ni. angliciis) was 

 seen and heard. Here the forest consists not merely of fir 

 and pine, but there is much birch and also a few poplar trees. 

 During the first two weeks the Great Spotted Woodi)ecker 

 was seen three times, once two together. Young birds were 

 not seen, thougli on one occasicMi two or more were heard 

 calling from the to])s of tall trees, but attem])ts to get a view 

 of them failed. A nesting hole was looked for in likely trees, 

 but not discovered, though a shallow boring was found in a 

 dead l)irch. Kennedy Orton. 



CUCKOO'S EGG IN TREE-SP.\RR()W'S NEST. 



With reference {anlca, \). 96) to occurrences of eggs of the 

 Cuckoo (C c. canurus) in nests of the Tree-Sparrow {P. m. 



