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place for Cuckoos ; in fact, they abound there. I wonder what would have 
happened if the Titlark had hatched all three. I suppose there would have 
been a “ fight for the championship,” as I conclude the Titlark could not 
possibly have reared more than one. Every year a pair of Wagtails bring 
up a Cuckoo in my garden, and I notice that it is as much as they can do 
to manage to get food for it. Iam sure they could not provide for a couple. 
—Reetnatp Kerry (Lifton, N. Devon). 
[Our correspondent does not state whether the Cuckoos’ eggs in question 
were all of the same colour and pattern. They may have been laid by 
different birds; but, having been deposited at intervals, the young Cuckoo 
hatched from the one first laid would doubtless have asserted its superiority. 
—Ebp.|] 
Redwing nesting in Kent.—A nest of this bird has been found at 
Cranbrook, Kent. Of the identity of the species I am quite sure, for the 
bird was killed on the nest, and proved to bea Redwing. — A. Kennarp 
(18, Wood Street, Cheapside). 
Lesser Terns breeding on the Keraghs, Co. Wexford.—On the 8th 
June last I visited the Keragh Islands with the Rev. W. W. Flemyng and 
Mr. J. N. White. We found the numbers of Common and Arctic Terns 
breeding on the western island greatly increased since I visited it in 1883. 
On the north side of the eastern island we found a small colony of Lesser 
Terns, and took five clutches of their eggs, some uncompleted, others much 
incubated. They were among the sand, shingle, and seed-weed, close to 
high-water mark. ‘This is the first instance in which I have met with the 
Lesser Tern breeding in the South of Ireland, though it breeds in the 
Co. Wicklow and on several other parts of the coast. Though I visited 
the Saltees on the above date, I have no other addition to make to my 
notes of the birds of that locality, which appeared in ‘ The Zoologist’ for 
March last (p. 88).—R. J. Ussner (Cappagh, Co. Waterfood). 
Late retention of Winter Plumage in the Guillemot.— When 
steaming off Oban on the 25th June last we were interested to observe, in 
a small party of Uria troile, a single example which was still in perfect 
winter plumage, its white foreneck contrasting strongly with the dark livery 
of its companions.— H. A. Macpuerson (3, Kensington Gardens Sq., W.). 
Barn Owl nesting in a Dovecote.—It may interest you to know that 
a Barn Owl has taken up her abode in my dovecote for the last three 
months. The Pigeons do not mind her. She sits during the day in one 
of the holes, and always comes out every evening, and invariably takes the 
same route. I hoped she had nested, and went up to-day (June 29th) to 
look, but found no nest. She took no notice of me. I fear she is the last 
of her species in these parts, as I have not seen one for along time. We 
have Brown Owls, but the Barn Owl is, I fear, become nearly extinct. 
