54 BRITISH BIRDS. [vol. viii. 



"RINGED" GUILLEMOT IN ANGLESEY. 



As Mr. H. E. Forrest in his Fauna of North Wales, p. 397, 

 states that the " ringed " variety of the Common Guillemot 

 {Uria t. troille) is rarely met with in North Wales, and as the 

 bird ajjpears to be almost unkno\vn in the Principality in 

 the breeding-season, it may interest your readers to know 

 that on May 22nd, 1914, my brother and I obtained an 

 exceptionally good view of one which was resting in a fissure 

 in the cliff-face opposite the South Stack lighthouse, near 

 Holyhead. So far as we could discover all the other 

 Guillemots (of which we saw bet\A'een two and three hmidred), 

 Avere of the ordinary form. Richard W. Jones. 



MOORHEN COVERING EGGS. 



It has been stated that Moorhens {Gallinula cli. chloropus) 

 never cover the eggs with intent to hide them. This is not 

 altogether true, as I have seen cases where the covering must 

 have been put on the eggs with this object. For example, on 

 x4pril 22nd, 1914, I found a Moorhen's nest on an island in 

 Halston lake, near Whittington, Sliropshire. This nest was 

 on the ground at the foot of a large beech some six or eight 

 j^ards from the water. The site is that of a Mallard's nest, 

 and a few sticks \A'ere placed sloping against the tree by the 

 keepers to make the place less open. The nest contained six 

 eggs and wns so covered with leaves that I thought a Pheasant 

 or Duck was using the place, and was greatly surprised to see 

 Moorhen's eggs in such a place and so well covered. 



J. H. Owen. 



BIRDS IN NORFOLK IN 1913.— From Mr. J. H. 

 Gumey's usual annual report on the ornithology of Norfolk 

 for 1913 {ZooL, 1914, pp. 161-182) we take the following 

 items of interest : — 



Ortolan Bunting (Emberiza hortulana). — An adult male 

 A\-as taken at Yarmouth on April 28tli, and three or four 

 Avere seen on September 2nd, at Blakeney. 



Spoonbill {Platalea I. leucorodia). — Between May 1st and 

 August 16th, Spoonbills were seen on Breydon on twenty-six 

 days. The longest period during ^hich they were not seen 

 was from May 29th to June 11th, and the largest number 

 seen together was four. 



[Night-Heron {Nycticorax n. nyciicorax). — One reported 

 to be on Holkham Lake on May 16th.] 



