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UNUSUAL LINING IN JAY'S NEST. 



I MET with a nest of a Jay {Garruhis glandaruis yiifitcrgmn) 

 near Carlisle in May, 1921, which outwardly was of the usual 

 character. The twigs of which it was built in this case were 

 those of birch, heather and honeysuckle. Internally a fair 

 quantity of fibrous roots had been worked into the structure, 

 but the real lining with which it was finished consisted of 

 abundance of horsehair — the strong, coarse hair from the 

 animal's mane. F. II. Day. 



BLUE-HEADED WAGTAIL IN DEVONSHIRE. 



On October 14th, 1921, a flock of some fifty migrant Wagtails 

 was seen by us on the large lawns in front of the Royal Naval 

 College, Dartmouth. It comprised all three species, viz. : 

 Pied, Yellow and Grey {M. a. lugubris, M. f. rayi, and M. c. 

 cincrea). Amongst them was a single Blue-headed Wagtail 

 (M. /. flava) easily distinguished from the others by its 

 blue-grey head and distinct white eye-stripe. We may 

 add that one of us is well acquainted with this species, having 

 watched it a good deal in Belgium. We get regular flocks of 

 Pied Wagtails here, but this mixed flock was a novelty. 



Cadets J. P. W. Furse and H. T. Bonham. 



NUTHATCH NESTING IN ANGLESEY. 



The Nuthatch {Sitta europcsa hritannica) was first* recorded 

 in Anglesey in May 1910, when Mr. Lort and I watched a 

 pair at Llangoed, near Beaumaris. The species was noted 

 again at the same place by Mr. R. W. Jones in May 1914, and 

 nearer Menai Bridge in February 1919 by Mr. F. H. Mills. 

 This observer reported that a pair was again seen at Llangoed 

 early in the summer of 1921, and later in the year the nest 

 was found with the brood, which was reared successfully. 

 This is the first actual record of the Nuthatch nesting in 

 Anglesey. . H. E. Forrest. 



WAXWINGS IN CUMBERLAND AND 

 MONTGOMERYSHIRE. 



Three parties of Waxwings {Bombycilla garynlus) were 

 seen in the neighbourhood of Carlisle recently — a party of 

 four on the south side of the city on November 20th, 1921 ; 



