416 THE ZOOLOGIST. 
Leicestershire.” ‘The individual bird mentioned by Yarrell came 
from Cambridgeshire. 
Regulus cristatus, Koch. Goldcrest.—Resident; generally 
distributed; breeding. The nest is sometimes suspended from a 
branch of the spruce fir and other coniferous trees; but not 
invariably so, for Harley met with a nest fixed laterally on a 
branch of the yew, after the manner of a Chaffinch. A nest con- 
taining eggs was built on the branch of a spruce-fir in the 
garden of Mr. C. 8. Robinson at Eastfield, Stoneygate, Leicester. 
Mr. Davenport has found the nest and eggs in 1882 on April 16th; 
1883, May 3rd; 1884, May Ist. Mr. Ingram says, “ Often found 
in our large yew trees.” 
Regulus ignicapillus, Naum. Firecrest.—Mr. Macaulay states 
(‘ Midland Naturalist,’ 1882, p. 63) that a pair of these birds were 
seen at Skeffington in 1880. I doubt whether this species could 
be distinguished from the preceding if only seen on the wing. 
Phylloscopus rufus (Bechstein). Chiffchaff.—Summer migrant. 
Generally distributed, common, and breeding. It arrives about 
April 7th, and “‘two broods are reared during the season. The 
first has been seen abroad on the wing early in June; the second 
in August.” The earliest record I have of its arrival is March 
18th; the average date would be March 25th. Said by Macaulay 
(at pp. 85-6 of ‘ Midland Naturalist,’ April, 1883) to have been seen 
at Langton on February 21st, 1882, and also at Gumley, Noy. 
llth, 1882. The winter of 1881-2 was the mildest ever known 
in the Midlands. I heard a Chiffchaff several times in a small 
spinney at Aylestone, in 1883, as late as September 21st. 
Phylloscopus trochilus, Newton. Willow Warbler.—Summer 
migrant; generally distributed and breeding. I have received 
nests and eggs of this bird from Aylestone, Belvoir, Bradgate, 
Knighton, and other places, much more frequently than those of 
the Chiffchaff. Apparently it is equally common with that bird, 
and its nest is just as skilfully concealed. Davenport writes :— 
“In June, 1882, I found a nest of this species in the plantation 
hedge at Skeflington Rectory, quite five feet from the ground; it 
contained eggs.” 
Phylloscopus sibilatriz, Newton. Wood Warbler. — Summer 
migrant; sparingly distributed. It makes an oval nest on the 
ground constructed of dry grass, decayed leaves, sprigs of moss, 
internally lined with finer bents, fibrous grass, and a few hairs. 
