460 THE ZOOLOGIST. 
Lanius collurio, Linn. Red-backed Shrike. (‘‘ Butcher-bird.’’) 
—An uncommon summer migrant, breeding annually. The nest, 
which is loose and somewhat slovenly, is generally fixed on a 
bough, horizontally growing in some tangled hedgerow a few feet 
from the ground. The foundation of the nest consists of small 
sticks, fibres, and twigs, with which is intertwined a little green 
moss, and the stalks of long grass and bents. It is lined with 
wool, hair, and other soft substances. Mr. Macaulay writes ‘“ not 
very common”; the late Mr. Widdowson “had young ones 
brought to him from the neighbourhood of Melton”; Mr. T. B.’ 
Ellis, of the Gynsills, writes “‘ seen once or twice”; and I saw a 
fine male perched upon the dead branch of a tree in Naborough 
“bogs” on June 20th, 1885. 
Fam. AMPELID. 
Ampelis garrulus, Linn. Waxwing.—Rare winter visitant. 
Harley states that it appeared in the year 1827 in small parties ; 
and again in the fall of 1835-36, when it became partially 
dispersed over the county, especially in the more wooded parts. 
During the winter of 1850-1 it was again pretty plentiful, and 
numbers were shot in various parts of the county. He particularly 
mentions one, probably fully adult, which was shot at Swan- 
nington, and adds that the food consists chiefly of the fruit of 
the mountain ash (Pyrus aucuparia, Gaertn.), the berries of the 
elder, and the fruit of the hawthorn. There is a specimen in the 
Leicester Museum which was shot near Melton Mowbray, where 
others have been obtained. Six or seven years ago one was shot 
at Belgrave; and another was shot at Ansty at Christmas, 1883, 
by Mr. Alfred Wm. Matts. 
Fam. Muscicapipm. 
Muscicapa grisola, Linn. Spotted or Grey Flycatcher.—A 
summer migrant, commonly distributed, and breeding even in 
gardens close to the town of Leicester. Harley saw a nest 
fixed in a disused mortice-hole of a door-post some feet from 
the floor, where in due time a brood was reared, despite the 
constant passing of persons to and fro. Davenport writes:— 
“A Chaffinch had its nest, with five eggs, in a laurel-bush 
bordering on the lawn-tennis ground at Ashlands, in May, 
1888; but, being unavoidably and so frequently disturbed, 
