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Combined Nest of Song-Thrush and Wren.— Mr. 

 J. H. Crow sends us a note of a joint nest of Song-Thrush 

 {Turdus ph. clarkei) and Wren {Troglodytes t. troglodytes) 

 built in a rose-bush trained against a wall at Clyffe, Dorset, 

 in July 1918. The Thrush's nest was built on the top of 

 the Wren's nest, but though the young Thrushes were reared 

 the Wrens apparently deserted. 



Cuckoo's Egg in Nest of Song-Thrush. — Dr. W. Eagle 

 Clarke {Scott. Nat., 1920, p. 154) records an egg of the Cuckoo 

 {Cuciilns c. canorns) in May 1920 in a nest of the Song- 

 Thrush {Turdtis ph. clarkei) in the grounds of Scone Palace, 

 Perthshire. The nest contained also two eggs of the rightful 

 owner. The Song-Thrush is one of the uncommon fosterers, 

 but has been recorded on about a dozen occasions from 

 England. 



Cinnamon Coloured Wren in Sussex.- Mr, A. L. Butler 

 writes : Near Horsham, on Oct. 15th, 1920, I saw a very 

 pretty variety of the Wren {T t. troglodytes), of a uniform 

 very pale cinnamon or rufous cream colour. The bird was 

 out on an open stretch of heather, and I was able to flush 

 it repeatedly and to watch it very closely. 



REVIEW. 



A Geographical Bibliography of British Ornithology from the 

 earliest times to the end of 1918. By W. H. Mullens, 

 H. Kirke Swann, and Rev. F. C. R. Jourdain. Parts I. 

 to VI. (at 6s. per part), Witherby & Co., 1919-20. 



This magnum opus, to use a cliche which is often applied to 

 works of far less magnitude and importance, is now complete, 

 and we offer our hearty congratulations to those concerned 

 in its publication. A review of the first part has already 

 appeared in British Birds (Vol. XIII., pp. 222-3), and we 

 note with satisfaction that, in the later parts, a key to the 

 contents of each opening has been given on the head of every 

 page ; this improvement will greatly assist the reader in 

 ready reference. 



To indicate the vast labour which the authors have 

 completed it may be mentioned that, for Norfolk alone, there 

 are some 590 references (for which the Gurney family are 

 responsible for no less than 74), and that the book runs, in 

 all, to 558 pages. 



In a work of this kind there are bound to be some errors 

 and omissions, but these can only be discovered from time 



