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COMMON SCOTERS IN SUMMER IN CHESHIRE. 



In reference to Mr. T. A. Coward's note {supra, p. 118), 

 since I saw the two Common Scoters {Oidemia n. nigra) he 

 mentions on July 31st, on Marbury Mere, near Northwich, 

 Cheshire, I have twice seen single male birds on the same 

 water — once on August 22nd and again on September 9th. 

 I also saw a drake Scoter on August 17th at Oakmere, 

 Delamere, about seven miles distant from Marbury. 



J. Moore. 



LATE NESTING OF THE LITTLE GREBE. 



With reference to the Rev. E. C. R. Jourdain's remarks 

 {supra, p. 146) on this subject, I have had similar experiences 

 this year, and consider it by no means uncommon for the 

 Dabchiok to have fresh eggs at the beginning of August. 

 On August 2nd, I found a nest containing two eggs, and 

 on September 23rd I saw a downy young one (not more than 

 a week old) being fed by its mother. In this latter case, 

 allowing for about twenty-one days' incubation, the eggs 

 must have been laid at the beginning of September, or, 

 at the earliest, at the end of August. I might add that 

 in my experience the majority of these late nests contain' 

 incomplete clutches, whether the birds have been disturbed 

 or not. George Baynes. 



On September 4th, 1913, I was watching an adult Little 

 Grebe feeding two young ones on a pool near Manchester. 

 The young ones were about half grown, and I judged them 

 to be about a fortnight old. Again on October 5th, 1913, 

 I watched another Little Grebe feeding two young ones 

 on a pool near Oldham. These were about three-quarters 

 the size of the parent, and would probably be not more 

 than a month old. Both these broods being near thickly- 

 populated districts, and especially in the second case where 

 pleasure-boats are being constantly used, the birds are much 

 disturbed during their nesting period. 



T. ROBIKSON. 



LITTLE GREBE USING SAME NEST 

 TWICE IN SUCCESSION. 



On June 2nd, 1913, I was engaged in photographing a pair 

 of Little Grebes {Colymhus r. ruficolUs) at a nest which then 

 contained one young bird and four unhatched eggs, I 

 visited the birds again on June 7th on which date there 

 remained a single infertile egg in the nest, and this I removed. 

 On June 12th the structure had been repaired and contained 



