164 BRITISH BIRDS. 



TWO YOUNG CUCKOOS FED BY THE SAME 

 MEADOW-PIPIT. 



On Sunday, August 15th, while out on the moors north of 

 Scarborough, I saw two perfectly fledged young Cuckoos 

 being fed by one Meadow-Pipit. When first seen one of the 

 Cuckoos was on a wall dividing a field from the moor, and the 

 other was on the ground among the heather, and they were 

 both keeping up a continual crying for food. Presently a 

 Meadow-Pipit flew up to the one on the wall and put some- 

 food into its mouth. I kept my glasses on the Pipit while it 

 went in search of more food among the heather and was 

 surprised to see it go, not to the Cuckoo on the wall, but to 

 the other one. This happened several times, the Cuckoos 

 being fed alternately until one flew away into some trees, 

 when the Meadow-Pipit devoted all its attention to the 

 remaining one. 



E. Arnold Wallis. 



SHORT-EARED OWL BREEDING IN LANCASHIRE. 



Apropos of your correspondent's note on the nesting of the 

 Short-eared Owl in south Lancashire (p. 126), I may say that 

 the species nests sparingly on Cockerham Moss, in north 

 Lancashire, and also on the moors, and that a fair number of 

 adults have unfortunately been shot both in and out of the 

 nesting season in the locality during the past seven years. 



H. W. Robinson. 



MONTAGU'S HARRIERS IN IRELAND. 



An adult male Montagu's Harrier (Circus cineraceus) was shot 

 on the mountains near Rathdrum, co. Wicklow, on the 27th 

 August. The stomach Mas empty, but Grouse feathers adhered 

 to the bird's talons. Repeated captures of this species in 

 co. Wicklow rather tend to the belief that it may yet be found 

 breeding there. An immature male Montagu's Harrier was 

 captured on Lambay Island, co. Dublin, on August 16th. 



W. J. Williams. 



HONEY-BUZZARD IN IRELAND. 



A female Honey-Buzzard (Pernis apivorus) in adult plumage 

 was trapped on Lord Ashtown's property at Glenaheirey, co. 

 Tipperary, on June 12th. 



W. J. Williams. 



