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Norfolk. — Mr. Gurney AVrote on April 3rd. that he had 

 seen a Wax^^-ing the day before near Norwich. 



Essex. — One near Southend on Dec. 11th ; t\vo near Leigh, 

 one on Jan. 6th, the other a few days later ; one at 

 Westcliff on March 24th and 26th (A. Smith). 



Berkshire. — One at Bradfield on March 2nd (N. H. 

 Joy). Two at Boyn Hill, Maidenhead, at the end of February 

 (M. D. Haviland). 



Sussex. — A male and two females at Brede, January 22nd. 

 Three females, Winchelsea, January 24th and February 2nd. 

 A pair at Sewer's Bridge, Pevensey Marsh, February 1st 



(N.F.T.). 



Abroad. — Mr. W. H. St. Quintin writes that Dr. Siepi 

 of the Marseilles Museum has sent him particulars of two 

 Waxwings " which Mere killed, one on the 7th January, 

 1914, the other about a week earlier, in the district of the 

 Sainte-Baume, some twenty-five miles east of Marseilles. 

 In a postscript Dr. Siepi adds that three others were killed 

 this winter, tAvo of them out of a flock of seven, also in the 

 Department of Bouches du Rhone. I also was told of four 

 others which were killed in the neighbourhood of Hyeres, 

 one of which I saw was labelled 13 December 1913." 



Mr. Seton Gordon also tells us of their appearance near 

 Aups in the province of Var in January, and of a flock 

 near Orleans. 



MISTLE-THRUSH'S NEST BUILT OF LACE. 



It may be of interest to record that a nest built by a Mistle- 

 Thrush (Turdus v. viscivorus), in a tree close to a very busy 

 road in the middle of Nottingham and about thirty yards 

 from a large lace factory, is made entirely of strips of waste 

 lace, some of which hangs danglmg from it. The bird is 

 now sitting. T. L. Bradley. 



REDWING SINGING IN ENGLAND. 



With reference to the note on page 322 as to A^-hether the 

 Redwing ever sings its full song in England, this can, I think, 

 only be settled when someone accustomed to its song in its 

 breeding-haunts hears this song in England. I, too, have 

 heard the cheery twitter of the Redwing in England, and 

 always associate this with an ideal spring-day in March at 

 Madson in Cornwall where, amongst a few Redwings sitting 

 on a high tree, one evidently was expressing its joy for the 



