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district; and I do not know that it has been recorded in Kent for the last 
ten years at any rate. I have sent the specimen for preservation to 
Mr. Gordon, of the Dover Museum. It was in good plumage, and I 
believe a young bird. The Redshank, Totanus calidris, is tolerably abun- 
dant, and breeds in our marshes. I suspect the Spotted Redshank may 
have been mistaken for the former bird, as I find it is often recorded from 
neighbouring counties. A specimen of the Hoopoe was shot lately near 
Dover by Mr. Crundel while out partridge-shooting—Grorcre DowkER 
(Stourmouth House, Wingham, Kent). 
Two Birds laying in the same Nest.—Although I have never found 
two Wagtails laying in the same nest, as mentioned by Mr. Law (p. 391), 
I have come across many similar instances with other birds. I once found 
eight eggs of the Song Thrush in a single nest, three eggs of the Wood 
Pigeon in a nest, and a fourth broken on the ground below, evidently the 
produce in each case of two hen birds. Last year nine eggs of the Redstart 
were found in the same nest, but, not having seen them myself, I can say 
nothing further about them. I have found two Pheasants laying in the 
same nest, a Pheasant laying in a Partridge’s nest, a Jackdaw and Starling 
laying together in the Starling’s nest, and this year a Swift sitting on one 
of its own eggs and one of a House Sparrow. This year, too, I have found 
many nests of the Black-headed Gull with four, five, and six eggs—in each 
case evidently the produce of two birds; also two nests of the Common 
Tern with four eggs in each, but as in both cases the eggs closely resembled 
each other, it is impossible to say in either case whether the set was the 
produce of a single bird or not.—Roserr H. Rerp (6, Osborn Villas, 
Cathcart, Glasgow). 
Lapland Bunting near Brighton.—I received on Sept. 23rd a good 
specimen of the Lapland Bunting, Calcarias lapponicus, caught near 
Brighton by a local birdcatcher; on dissection it proved to be a female. 
Since writing the above I have received a second specimen of the Lapland 
Bunting (a male), which was taken by a birdcatcher near this town on 
Oct. 10th. I also obtained from a poulterer’s two pied varieties of the 
Red-legged Partridge—C. Brazenor (Brighton). 
Early appearance of the Pintail—A male Pintail, Dajila acuta, 
changing into winter dress, was shot at Aldeburgh, Suffolk, on Sept. 30th, 
and sent to me a day or two afterwards, in the flesh. This is a very early 
appearance of a bird which is seldom met with in Suffolk, even in severe 
weather. In ‘The Zoologist’ for January last (p. 10), Mr. Aplin mentions 
one which was shot at Cley, on the Norfolk coast, on Sept. 19th.—JuLiay 
G. Tuck (Tostock Rectory, Bury St. Edmunds). 
