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Herefordshire. — A flock of ten or twelve, of which one or 

 two were in red plumage, seen at Pontrilas at the end of 

 July (W.S. M.D' Urban). 



Devon. — One found dead under a telegraph wire at Combe 

 Martin " early in July" {W. 8. M. D'Urban). 



Yorkshire. — Many, both old and young, were seen at Dalton 

 and Beverley on July 15th. The crop of one contained 

 a green viscid mass, " which the foreman of the Beverley 

 nursery-gardens, who was trained under the eye of the 

 late Mr. George Swailes, declared to be green fly, which 

 he had seen the birds feeding on" (E. W. Wade). 

 About the middle of July one was seen near Brough 

 {Nat., 1909, p. 280, footnote). 



Lincolnshire. — A flock of about a dozen was seen at Louth 

 on July 14th (C. S. Carter, Nat., 1909, p. 280). 



Essex. — A flock of eight or nine at Hockley during the first 

 week of July {F. W. Frohawk). 



Middlesex. — A flock of fifty seen (no date) at Northwood 

 {Field, 24, vii., 09). 



Kent. — A dozen, two, and one (all flying), seen between 

 Knockholt and Otford on July 30th {H. G. Alexander). 

 A flock near Wye on July 29th (C. /. Alexander). 



Sussex. — Mr. Bristow received the first from the Hastings 

 neighbourhood in the first week of July, and has since 

 heard of or received birds from Brightling and Hawk- 

 hurst. At Ore Mr. Walter Field saw a flock of 30 first 

 on July 26th. Mr. J. C. Arnold noted the first, a flock 

 of eight, at Battle on July 13th, and saw eight on the 

 15th and 30 to 40 on the 17th (N. F. Ticehurst). About 

 14, of which at least one was in red plumage, were seen 

 at Ashhurst from July 16th to 19th, and about 20 on the 

 Downs on July 17th \W. Walmesley White). 



Surrey. — Some seen at Reigate on July 27th had evidently 

 been at work on the larches for some time previously 

 {H. G. Alexander). 



Ireland. — One (which may or may not have been a migrant) 

 was seen at Coleraine, co. Londonderry, on July 8th 

 {Field, 17, vii., 09). 



Eds. 



LATE NESTING OF THE CIRL BUNTING. 



I have lately spent a few days in south Devon and was 

 surprised to find the Cirl Bunting in the district not only in 

 great abundance but also in full song. I saw no sign of a 

 hen bird at all, and as everything pointed to the fact that the 



