180 THE ZOOLOGIST. 
HawriNcH NESTING IN YORKSHIRE.—On visiting one of our local bird- 
stuffers lately he showed me an immature Hawfinch, which he received in 
the flesh in June or July, 1878, and which had been captured at Myrtle 
Grove, Bingley. The old birds had been seen flying about in the neigh- 
bourhood all the previous spring, but the nest was never actually discovered. 
A second young one was caught, but being laid on one side was unfortunately 
destroyed by his cats. It was said the brood committed serious havoc 
amongst the fruit crops and peas in the allotments. This is the first 
instance I have known of the Hawfinch breeding in this district.—E. P. P. 
BurrerrFie_p (Wilsden). 
ProBaBLe OccuURRENCE OF EMBERIZA C&SIA IN Enaianp.—-In 1875 
a Bunting was caught at Brighton which I have hardly any doubt was an 
immature Emberiza ca@sia. It is true that some ornithologist pronounced 
it to be a ‘ melanism of the Yellowhammer ;” but this was quite contrary to 
evidence, for, in the first place, there was no blackness about the bird at all, 
and, in the second place, it had not the strong beak of a Yellowhammer. 
The upper plumage generally was dark reddish brown, varied with blackish ; 
rump rufous; breast tawny. The only bird that would come near the 
description would be Hmberiza cia, but the white wing bars were wanting. 
I afterwards found an adult Hmberiza ce@sia at Swayslind’s, which he had 
taken to be a variety of the Ortolan. He believes that this was caught in 
the neighbourhood, but is not sure. I may observe that as E. ca@sia has 
occurred in Heligoland, it is quite as likely to be met with at Brighton as 
any of the other eastern species that have occurred there, such as Emberiza 
rustica and pusilla, Turdus atrigularis, &.—CuiFrton. 
Nesting or THE Turrep Duck 1n Scottanp.—At a recent meeting 
of the Glasgow Natural History Society, Mr. J. Long exhibited the eggs of 
the Tufted Duck, Fuligula cristata, along with the male bird, taken last 
summer in Perthshire. Mr. Long read a note from his friend who had taken 
the nest, stating it had been found on a small island under a swan’s nest. 
The duck’s nest was placed about eighteen inches down among the straw 
forming the larger nest. Both the male and female birds were at the nest 
when first observed; the drake was shot, but the duck got away wounded. 
Mr. Small, of Edinburgh, states that two years ago a nest was taken by 
Mr. Herbert in Fifeshire. He put the eggs under a hen which brought 
them out. Another doubtful instance of this species has been reported, 
but as yet there is no authentic information respecting it. — Jamzs 
LumspeEw (Arden House, Dumbartonshire). 
[Although the nesting of the Tufted Duck in Perthshire is no doubt an 
occurrence of much interest to naturalists, and one well worth recording, it 
is to be regretted that so little respect was paid to the provisions of the Act 
for the protection of Wildfowl. As the species was identified, the finder of 
