406 THE ZOOLOGIST. 
Late NestiInc oF THE Nieutsar.—In ‘ The Field’ of July 31st there 
is a notice of the nest, or rather the eggs, of the Nightjar having been 
found as late as July 26th. I can give another instance of the late nesting 
of this species. On July 24th two eggs were found by some children near 
Westleton, in this county, who put the old bird off; one of them was taken, 
and, upon being blown, the contents showed that incubation had only very 
recently begun.— G. T. Rope (Blaxhall, Suffolk). 
[In ‘ The Field’ of August 21st a correspondent states that he found a 
Nightjar, in Sussex, sitting on two eggs on August 17th.—Ep.] 
BREEDING OF THE SHOVELLER IN THE STEWARTRY OF KiRKCUDBRIGHT. 
—Col. Gordon Maitland, of Kenmure, shot two fine young male Shovellers 
on the island in Loch Ken on August 2nd. There were three or four more 
of them, evidently a brood that had been hatched somewhere about the 
head of Loch Ken. This duck, although occasionally met with during 
winter, has very rarely been known to breed in this country, but of late 
years several instances have been recorded of its breeding in the northern 
parts of Britain. Capt. Clark Kennedy has met with the Shoveller breeding 
on Cally, in June, 1878; and at a late meeting of our local Natural History 
Society, Mr. Hastings, of English Street, stated that a young female 
Shoveller had been seut to him in August, 1879, from Kirkmahoe, where it 
had doubtless been bred. According to Mr. Harvie Brown, the Shoveller 
and several other species of ducks are showing a tendency to extend their 
breeding range in a southerly direction. By a due observance of the 
Protection Acts on the part of sportsmen, we may look for such instances 
as the above increasing year by year—RosBert Service (Maxwelltown, 
Dumfries, N.B.) 
NestiInG OF THE NIGHTINGALE 1N East YorKsyuine.—We have had 
a pair of Nightingales here this summer, which have nested with us and 
brought off the young ones safely. They left ‘us a little more than three 
weeks ago.—L. H. Wesr (Glenrock, Brough, East Yorkshire). 
DipPpER RETURNING TO ITs OLD Nest.—On the 17th March last, when 
trouting on a stream in Weleombe parish, North Devon, I showed a friend 
an old nest of the Dipper, he not having seen a nest of that bird before. 
This nest I had found the previous season (1879) with young in it. My 
friend would examine it, though I said, ‘It is of no use doing that,” when 
all of a sudden, to my surprise, the old bird flew out from under his hand, 
leaving five eggs, two of which my friend took.—W. JEssg. 
GREENLAND Fatcon 1N THE Co. Donecat.—Through the kindness 
of a correspondent in the County Donegal, I have just received a specimen 
of the Greenland Falcon, Falco candicans, which was taken some time since 
in his neighbourhood. He states that, as neur as he can recollect, it was about 
