338 BRITISH BIRDS. 



and was incubating two (of her own) eggs. On August 7th 

 there were no less than four Little Owls sitting together on 

 a ledge high up the cliff-face, on August 13th two were seen, 

 and on August 29th and September 17th only one. Sub- 

 sequent visits in September and onwards showed, not only 

 by the absence of the birds themselves, but also of their 

 castings, that the Little Owls had all migrated elsewhere. 



The eggs would seem to have been laid during the first 

 half of May, and the young to have quitted the nest about 

 July 1st, i.e., just before I discovered it. 



It was surprising never to hear a single note from these 

 Owls during the whole season, for in Andalusia a May 

 evening is hardly complete without the call of the 

 " mochuelo," and even in the daytime I remember the olive- 

 groves on the banks of the Guadiana resounding with the 

 single flute-like notes when we disturbed Little Owls from 

 their sanctuaries. 



H. Lynes. 



HEN-HARRIER IN THE ISLE OF MAN. 



Mr. C. Kay, of Peel, has a fine specimen of a male Hen- 

 Harrier (Circus cyaneus) in his possession ; it is an adult in 

 good plumage, and was shot some time between January 

 and March, 1906, in Ballagaraghan Garey, a boggy hillside, 

 near Ballacraine. This species has not previously been noticed 

 in Man. 



Frank S. Graves. 



BITTERN IN KENT. 



A Bittern (Botaurus stellaris) was shot at Newhythe, near 

 Aylesford, Kent, on November 25th, 1909. I am pleased to 

 say that a police prosecution followed, but the defendant, 

 who pleaded ignorance of the identity of the bird, was let off 

 with the payment of the costs of the hearing. 



J. H. Allchin. 



GLOSSY IBIS IN NORFOLK. 



On December 2nd, 1909, wind W.N.W., force 3, a Glossy 

 Ibis (Plegadis falcinellus) was shot between the River Bure 

 and Breydon Broad, and has been added to the collection of 

 Mr. Benjamin Dye, of Yarmouth. Two were also seen at 

 Breydon on August 28th, 1909, by our watcher. 



J. H. GURNEY. 



