Field Notes. 



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BIRDS. 

 Black-headed QuUs nesting in trees. — At the Tvvigmoor 

 Gullery in Lincolnshire I observed several pairs of Gulls nesting 

 in the Fir trees. This is a most unusual occurrence and worthy 

 of note. The nests were of considerable size, and in each case 

 the bird was incubating the eggs. Why they should choose 

 such unlikely places when others more suitable were at hand 

 is difficult to understand. It would be interesting to know 



R. Fortune, F.Z.S.]. 



[Photo. 



if the parents got the young ones down safely. The photo- 

 graph shews one of the Gulls on its nest in the top of a tree. 

 It is not, however, as good as it might be, as the day was dull 

 and windy. — R. Fortune, Harrogate. 



Eagle and Green Woodpecker near Scarborough. — On 



January 15th when at Cloughton M'yke, an Eagle of some species 

 passed about half a mile out to sea, mobbed by Gulls. With 

 my glasses I could see that the basal part of the tail was light 

 coloured, and the rest of the bird mottled brown, but could 

 form no accurate idea as to the species. 



On the same day I saw distinctly at close quarters with the 

 glasses, a Green Woodpecker, flying north over the sea in the 

 midst of a flock of immature Herring Gulls. The bird was 

 within fifty yards of me, and I could not mistake it. — W. J. 

 Clarke, Scarborough. 



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