52 BRITISH BIRDS. [vol. vm. 



CLUTCHES OF FIVE EGGS OF PEREGRINE FALCON. 



With reference to the set of five eggs of the Peregrine Falcon 

 {Falco p. peregrinus), mentioned by Mr. Jourdain {supra, 

 p. 26) as having been taken by me in south Wales, I can 

 now add another record of a set of five also fomid in south 

 Wales. My friend, Commander R. E. Vaughan, R.N., took 

 three infertile eggs at the end of May, 1910, from a nest 

 which also contained two yoimg birds. It seems curious 

 that so many eggs in the set should have been infertile. 



W. M. CONGBEVE. 



CORMORANTS NESTING IN NORFOLK. 



At the present tune (June 18th, 1914) a pair of Cormorants 

 {Phalacrocorax c. carbo) are nesting in a lake of Lord Hastings', 

 in Norfolk, on a large alder tree growing u]3on an island in 

 the lake. The nest, which is an old Heron's nest, repaired 

 and enlarged, is too high up to see how many eggs it contains, 

 but the old bird sits close as if she was not far off hatching. 

 A small settlement of Cormorants used to breed at Fritton, 

 in Suffolk, but it is a great many years since this species 

 has nested in Norfolk. J. H. Gurney. 



ASIATIC GOLDEN PLOVERS IN SUSSEX. 

 On April 23rd, 1914, a party of five or six birds of this species 

 appeared on Wartling Marsh, near Hurstmonceux, of Mhich 

 three were shot (one male and two females) and sent to 

 Mr. George Bristow (taxidermist, of Silchester Road, 

 St. Leonards -on -Sea), who brought me up one of the bird& 

 in the flesh for the purpose of identification. It had all the 

 appearance of being just recently killed. I could not, how- 

 ever, be certain whether it was a specimen of Charadrius d. 

 Julvus or of Ch. d. dominicus, the American Golden Plover. 

 I forwarded the bird to Mr. W. R. Ogilvie-Giant of the 

 British Museum (Natural History Department), who kindly 

 identified it for me, and wrote that " the bird appears to 

 be without doubt the Eastern Asiatic Plover, Ch. fulvus" 



In the Hand-List of British Birds mention is made of but 

 two or three examples in Great Britain, none of which were 

 obtained in Sussex. Thomas Parkin. 



SANDWICH TERNS IN DENBIGHSHIRE. 



As there appears to be no record of the occurrence of the 

 Sandwich Tern {Sterna s. sandvicensis) in Denbighshire, it 

 may be worth noting that I watched two on May 25th, 1914, 

 fishing in Colwyn Bay, in company with three Roseate 

 Terns (aS^. d. dougallii). Richard W. Jones. 



