4566 THE ZooLocist—Aveust, 1875. 
gray shrike.* Barming, 2nd June; nests larger than the pre- 
ceding, heavier in construction, and built in the forks of elder and 
hawthorn trees. 
Song Thrush.—Normal type, Sittingbourne, May 24th; Rod- 
mersham, May 27th; Barming, June 8th. Var. a. Streaked at 
large end, like a bunting’s egg, with brown; Rodmersham, May 
23rd. Var.b. All the spots extremely small; Murston, May 26th. 
Var. c. Much elongated; Sittingbourne, May 27th. Var. d. The 
black spots at the small end; Barming, June 7th. Var.e. All the 
spots pale brown, not rounded; Barming, June 8th. 
Blackbird.—Rodmersham, May 27th; Sittingbourne, May 28th; 
Bredgar, June lst; Barming, June 7th and 8th. Var. a. Sub- 
cylindrical, green, spotted with ferruginous; Sittingbourne, May 
27th. Var. b. Like some varieties of missel thrush, grayish green, 
prettily mottled with ferruginous; Sittingbourne, May 24th. 
Var. c. A brown zone at the large end; Bobbing, June 11th. 
Hedgesparrow.—Sittingbourne, May 27th; Barming, June 8th. 
Var., almost globular; Sittingbourne, May 24th. 
Redbreast.—Murston, May 26th; one egg nearly pure white, the 
reddish dots being few. 
Redstart.—Murston, taken by Mr. H. Bonnie. 
Whinchat.—Bobbing, June 11th; young birds in the nest. 
The nest was placed in a bramble through which furze was 
growing. 
Sedge Warbler.—Murston, May 29th. Var.? mottled like a 
whitethroat’s egg; Murston, May 26th. I cannot identify this with 
any other species: the nest was of the usual type. 
Reed Warbler.—Tonge Mill, Tonge, near Sittingbourne, 5th 
and llth of June; two forms, one greenish, the other grayish ; 
cuckoo’s egg in the latter. 
Nightingale-—Murston, May; presented by Mr. H. Bonnie. 
I have not seen the nest of this bird for three years, yet I know it 
to be common in all the woods between Herne Bay and Maidstone, 
and probably all over Kent; I have often heard as many as five 
birds singing at a time. 
Blackcap.—Murston, May 24th; Borden, May 25th; Barming, 
June 7th and 8th. 
* T.am told that this bird oceurs in Kent; indeed I have had it pointed out 
to me upon the wing, but I suppose, unless I obtain specimens, I shall not be 
believed.—A. G. B. 
