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northward, is the S. cyanecula of Meyer and Schintz, improperly 

 called Cyanecula suecica by Brehm and others. Another, and ap- 

 parently less common form of bhiethroated warbler, having the entire 

 throat blue, without either a red or a white spot, has received the 

 name of Sylvia Wolfii. Mr. Newcome's collection at Feltwell, contains 

 an example of this form which was hilled in Holland." — p. 96. 



The nesting of the ring ouzel in our eastern counties has been 

 frequently doubted, and it cannot be denied that the extreme similarity 

 — might I not say the exact similarity — of the eggs exhibited as ring 

 ouzel's, to those of the blackbird, may be accepted as an apology suffi- 

 cient for any amount of scepticism. Still I hold it unwise to volunteer 

 an opinion, seeing no argument of mine can alter facts, and that facts 

 must reveal themselves in course of time, if patiently sought for. In 

 the mean time let us hear Mr. Stevenson on the subject, but con- 

 stantly bearing in mind the fact that he gives his authorities without 

 venturing to endorse their assertions. 



Ring Ouzsl. — " The ring ouzel has been known occasionally to nest 

 in this county, and although probably overlooked, from its general 

 resemblance to the common blackbird and the similarity in the eggs 

 of the two species, it is not improbable that a few pairs may do so 

 nearly every year in favourable districts, aud I have reason to believe 

 that such is the case at Holkham. Mr. Spalding, of Westleton, who 

 has paid much attention to their habits in Suffolk, assures me that he 

 has himself taken several nests and eggs in his neighbourhood, where 

 they remain till late in May, should the winds be contrary, and then 

 frequently nest aud lay ; but he has never known the young to be 

 hatched, as the old birds appear at once with the first favourable 

 wind for more northern localities. They build on the stubs in low 

 damp cars, both at Westleton and Yoxford, where the birds have been 

 watched, and would appear to remain in all cases at no great distance 

 from the coast. About thirty years ago a nest of this species, with the 

 old bird sitting upon it, was found by Mr. Rising in his garden at 

 Horsey."— p. 85. 



I have been much interested in the following observations on the 

 gold-crest, a bird I have been so accustomed to see in pairs, or at most 

 in threes, that so large a congregation seems almost miraculous: on 

 this and all other questions brought before the readers of this notice 

 I shall feel extremely obliged for the observations of any readers 



