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BRITISH BIRDS. 



burnt wood — bleached to an almost white colour — and chips 

 of bone, forming a circular patch some ten feet in circumference, 

 so that the environment of the nest corresponded in some 

 degree with that usually chosen in maritime localities. 



The nest contained four eggs on May 30th, but as I was 

 prevented from visiting the district again until the middle 



nest of ringed plover, frensham, surrey, 

 may 30th, 1909. 



{Photographed by H. H. Farwig.) 



of July, when no trace could be found of the Ringed Plovers, 

 I am unable to say whether they were successful in rearing 

 a brood. Howard Bentham. 



FULMAR IN SHROPSHIRE AND OTHER COUNTIES. 

 I have just obtained for the county museum an example of 

 the Fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis), which was found in a dying 

 state two miles south of Shrewsbury about the middle of 

 March, 1909. It is an example of the light-coloured phase. 

 The plumage bears evidence of severe buffeting, so that the 

 bird had evidently been driven thus far inland by tempestuous 

 weather. This is the first occurrence in Shropshire, and it 

 is distinctly rare in the western counties, as will be seen by 

 the following summary of recorded occurrences : — Cumber- 



