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bag with other birds : it was soddened with blood and 

 melted fat, sand and sea-water, and so was a very sorry- 

 looking object, but its tail-feathers and axillaries gave 

 unmistakable proof of its identity. 



I may, perhaps, draw attention here to the great 

 immigration of Waders that took place on the Kent 

 coast at the end of July, of which the Duchess of 

 Bedford's notes give evidence. Mr. M. J. Nicoll informs 

 me of Ruffs and other species seen by him about the 

 same time, and on the night of July 23rd, when at 

 Folkestone, I heard large numbers of Waders, chiefly 

 Sanderlings, passing over the town for two hours or 

 more. 



N. F. TiCEHURST. 



LATE NESTS OF THE GREAT CRESTED AND 

 LITTLE GREBES. 



On August 12th I visited, with a friend, one of the Surrey 

 breeding haunts of the Great Crested Grebe, and we were 

 fortunate in discovering a nest containing four eggs, which 

 were only very slightly stained, and certainly had not been 

 incubated more than a week. 1 think it is somewhat ex- 

 ceptional to find eggs in the nest during August, as this species 

 does not appear to be double-brooded. That the Little Grebe 

 is so is well-known, but I think it worth recording that on 

 July 27th we found a nest with a fresh egg (another was laid 

 the next day) belonging to a pair of birds, which were accom- 

 panied by chicks not more than a day or two old. 



A. G. Leigh. 



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Marking Birds. — Dr. Otto Herman, Director of the 

 Hungarian Central Bureau for Ornithology, informs us that 

 he has begun marking young Storks, Herons, Gulls and 

 Swallows, by means of an aluminium ring which is fastened 

 around the leg of the bird and bears the inscription 

 " Budapest," follow^ed by a number which corresponds to the 

 entry in a register book. Should anyone capture a bird so 

 marked he is requested to send the ring to the Hungarian 

 Central Bureau for Ornithology, Jozsef-korut, 65, Budapest 

 Vlll., Hungary, accompanied by a notice stating the locality, 

 time and particulars of capture. 



Bird-Life in Dublin Bay. — Under this title Mr. 

 Alexander Williams gives an interesting account of the changes 

 in the sea and shore bird-life of the vicinity of Dublin during 

 the last twenty-five years {Irish Nat., 1908, pp. 165-170). 



