3166 Tue ZooLocist—Aveust, 1872. 
Brownheaded Gull.—June 22nd. I saw several young brown- 
headed gulls, birds of the year, on the flats this afternoon. These 
gulls are now returning daily with their young from the great 
nesting-station on Twigmoor, near Brigg. 
Peewit.—June 23rd. Some peewits are still nesting. I found a 
small creature this morning, and another or two on the 25th, which 
had only just left the shell. 
Blackheaded Bunting.—June 27th. This afternoon I found the 
nest of the blackheaded bunting, containing young just hatched, 
on a broken mass of reeds and sedges in a marsh. The nest was 
placed on the bending reeds and slightly woven in with them. 
The old bird feigned lameness, and tumbled about in an extra- 
ordinary manner as she left the nest. The young of willow wrens, 
tree pipits, garden warblers, sedge warblers and whitethroats are 
now numerous in our plantations. 
JoHN CoRDEAUX. 
Great Cotes, Ulceby, Lincolnshire, 
June 27, 1872. 
Erratum.—In my Notes in the June number of the ‘ Zoologist,’ S. S. 3097, second 
line, for “their young, often leaving the nest” read “ their young after leaving the 
nest,” omitting the comma.—J. C. 
A few Ornithological Notes made in Devon and Cornwall during 
June, 1872. By Joun GatcomsE, Esq. 
Yellow or Ray's Wagtail.—June 6th. I was glad to find the yellow 
or Ray’s wagtail breeding in the neighbourhood of Plymouth. IT 
watched both male and female with food in their mouths, anxiously 
awaiting my departure before venturing to feed their young, which 
were evidently not far off. For a week or two only, on the first 
arrival of this species in spring, small flocks may annually be seen 
in our meadows and marshes, but on their return in autumn their 
numbers are greatly increased ; large companies, composed chiefly 
of young birds of the season, with their parents, may then be 
observed in meadows, marshes, fields, and even on the cliffs all 
along the coast, just before their departure for the winter. I have 
occasionally noticed that the plumage of some few of these young 
birds does not show the slightest tinge of the usual light yellow 
colour on any part of the body, the whole being something between 
