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ROOKS AND JACKDAWS— A QUERY. 



May I ask if any of the readers of British Birds would 

 kindly supply me with information in reply to any or all of 

 the following questions : — 



(1) Between what dates do Rooks and Jackdaws roost at 

 the nesting-trees and the winter sleeping- quarters respec- 

 tively ? 



(2) Do the young Rooks (i.e., those with feathered bills) 

 pair and breed ? 



(3) Do the male and the female Jackdaw share in building 

 the nest ? F. B. Kirkman. 



AMERICAN BITTERN IN SUSSEX. 

 Messrs. Brazenor Bros., the taxidermists, of Lewes Road, 

 Brighton, showed me, on October 26th, an American Bittern 

 [Botaurus lentiginos.us) in the flesh, which was caught in an 

 exhausted and emaciated condition on the Downs to the north 

 of Brighton on Sunday, October 24th. It lived till the next 

 day. It was in splendid plumage and proved to be a female 

 on dissection ; the stomach contained a few small pellets of 

 hair, probably from a mouse or vole. 



Herbert Langton. 



GLOSSY IBISES IN YORKSHIRE, NOTTINGHAMSHIRE 



AND DEVONSHIRE. 

 At Hornsea Mere, on the east coast of Yorkshire, I noticed 

 a Glossy Ibis (Plegadis jalcinellus) on October 15th, 1909, and 

 again on the 16th, on which day I left the place, but my 

 friend Mr. Holmes informs me that the bird disappeared 

 a day or two after I left. I obtained a near view (about 

 twenty-five yards distance) of the bird while it was wading 

 in shallow water among the weeds along the shore of the mere. 

 It appeared rather smaller than a Whimbrel, but much of the 

 same shape, and its colour appeared black or nearly so. I 

 saw a similar bird in the same place in 1902. 



Ernest Kempsey. 



Three examples of the Glossy Ibis are reported as having 

 been seen near Hunmanby, between Scarborough and Brid- 

 lington, on October 15th, one being afterwards procured, an 

 event which is extremely interesting in view of the fact that, 

 hitherto, according to the information in my possession, there 

 are only five instances of the occurrence of this species on 

 record for the county. The companions of the specimen 



