The Zoologist — June, 1871. 2641 



the same place. — E. Charles Moor ; Great Bealings Eectory, Woodhridge, 

 May 20, 1871. 



Hawfinch breeding in Snffolli. — May 20th. Received a nest and three 

 eggs of the hawfinch, found on the 13th at Kesgrave, Suffolk. In this 

 county this bird is considered rare, and I value these eggs highly as 

 being local. — Id. 



Wren's Nest on a Pulpit. — I found a wren's nest to-day in a most 

 singular position. The parish church here had been decorated for Easter, 

 and on the centre panel of the pulpit was a floral cross, surrounded by 

 small pieces of ivy. On this cross the nest had been placed, partly resting 

 on one of the arms and partly against the stem : it was entirely composed 

 of green moss, which the bird had evidently taken from the reading-desk, as 

 the flowers and moss with which it had been decorated were considerably 

 scattered about. The wren could only have obtained ingress and egress by 

 creeping underneath the south door, where there is a small crevice just 

 large enough to allow it to pass, and the whole nest had been constructed 

 since Sunday last (April 23rd). The birds must have worked most un- 

 tiringly, as the nest is quite complete, except the lining. — J. Q. Tuck; 

 Tostoch House, near Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, April 25, 1871. 



Hoopoe near Bridlington. — A very fine female specimen of the hoopoe 

 was shot at Sewerby, near- Bridlington, by Mr. Wright, on the 20th of 

 April, and has been added to his collection. — T. Boynton; Ulrome Grange, 

 Lowthorpe, Hull, May 11, 1871. 



Sand GroQsc: Correction of an Error. — In the 'Zoologist' (S. S. 2508) 

 there is an error; instead of having been got in "June, 1866," the sand 

 grouse were obtained on the 9th of February, 1864, which is one of the 

 latest dates on record. The above information is taken from the ' Revue et 

 Mag. de Zoologie' for 1861= (page 127). I have no doubt that the account 

 there given refers to the birds I saw. On turning to the page of the 

 ' Zoologist,' it will be found that I was careful to state that there was a 

 probability of an error. — J. H. Gurney, jun. 



On the Ciular Pouch of the Bustard. — Anyone looking at the Australian 

 bustard (in the Zoological Gardens) at this season, in one of his paroxysms, 

 would unhesitatingly say that he was possessed of a pouch of large capacity. 

 He gets on to a board, turns up his tail until the tip touches the back, and 

 swells his fore neck out until the pendant feathers trail upon the ground ; 

 then for a second he opens his mouth and appears to take in a great 

 breath, after which the throat bulges out to three times its natural size, and 

 the bird utters a cry of " ook." Now Dr. Cullen says that Otis tarda makes 

 this sound, and argues that the pouch is to produce it (Ibis, 2nd ser. i. 145) ; 

 but Mr. Ramsay has stated in the 'Ibis' that the Australian bustard 

 has no pouch (vol. iii. p. 135). Therefore this upsets Dr. CuUen's theory. 

 Mr. J. Grant informs me that in skinning the bustard {Otis tarda) shot at 



