30 BRITISH BIRDS. 



SHORT-EARED OWL BREEDING IN 

 NOTTINGHAMSHIRE. 



A GOODLY number of these very interesting birds came to 

 some young coverts at Rainworth in November last. There 

 are two newly-planted pieces, one forty-six acres, the other 

 twenty-seven. There were about eight birds in each, and we 



Nest and eggs of Short-eared Owl found at 

 Rainworth, Notts., May 1st, 1908. 



{Photographed by H. E. Forrest.) 



saw them when shooting, and in February I saw four or five. 

 About the middle of March I again saw one in each wood, 

 and on April 21st one in the smaller covert. I now thought 

 they would nest, so on Saturday, May 2nd, I tied a hand- 



