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will be interested to hear that in the neighbourhood of Constantine, where 
I reside, this bird has been gradually becoming plentiful. I noticed the 
first I had ever seen here about three years ago, since which time I have 
observed them frequently amongst furze. They flit from bush. to bush, 
and on alighting disappear immediately, very similarly to the Lesser White- 
throat.—Joun Tyackn (Constautine, Cornwall). 
DistrIBUTION oF THE GREEN WooppPEcKER IN CornwaLL.—In the 
eastern woodlands this bird is common, but in West Cornwall is very rare 
(c.f. Rodd, Zool. 2nd ser. 2239). In the neighbourhood of Constantine it was 
at one time very seldom seen, but of late has become more numerous.—Ib. 
Tree Sparrow Nestinc ty Mippiesex.—In the last published part 
of the new edition of ‘ Yarrell’s British Birds’ (part 10, p. 85) a dozen 
counties in England are named in which the Tree Sparrow seems not yet 
to have been recorded as breeding, and one of these is Middlesex. On 
reference to an interleaved copy of my ‘ Birds of Middlesex’ I find a MS. 
note, given me by the late Mr. Blyth, to the effect that in June, 1871, he 
obtained three half-fledged Tree Sparrows, which were taken from a nest 
ina hole of a tree at Hampstead. This is the only instance which has 
come to my knowledge of the Tree Sparrow breeding in the metropolitan 
county.—J. E. Harrina, 
Howry Buzzarp 1x Surrorx.—On the 25th of September, on my uncle’s 
property at Darsham, in this county, I shot a very fine, though immature, 
male Honey Buzzard. Expanse of wings four feet, and two feet from beak 
to tail; contents of stomach, wasp-grubs.—Arruur J. CLaArK-KENNEDY 
(Little Glemham, Suffolk). 
REAPPEARANCE OF Pattas’s SanD Grouse In Inetanp.—A fine male 
specimen of this Sand Grouse was shot on the 4th of October, near Kileock, 
in the County Kildare, and its companion, a female, secured at the same 
time. They were found feeding in a stubble-field, and, at first, were mis- 
taken for Partridges. We have received one for preservation, the other was 
sent to Messrs. Ashmead and Argent, of Bishopsgate Street, London.— 
Wiusams & Son, taxidermists (2, Dame Street, Dublin). 
[This fact has already been recorded in ‘The Field’ of 21st October, 
1876, by Mr. Coates, one of the two gentlemen who procured the birds in 
question. It is not the first instance of the occurrence of this Sand Grouse 
in Ireland. In 1868, in which year a most extraordinary immigration of 
these singular birds took place, specimens were procured at Ross (Lord 
Clermont, Zool. 1863, p. 8934), Drumbeg (Sinclair, ‘ The Field,’ 20th and 
27th June, 1863), and Naran (M. B. Cox, ‘ The Field,’ 18th July, 1863), 
the last-named being the most westerly locality for the species recorded 
with precision.— Ep. | 
VARIETY OF THE Common Snipe.—A very interesting specimen has 
been sent to us for preservation. It is about the size of the so-called 
