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the Editor of this magazine. When photographed, 

 the nest apparently contained four fully-fledged 

 young ones ; but us not more than three could 

 at the same time show themselves through the 

 entrance to the dome-shaped nest, it was difficult to 

 know the number. We have to thank our friend the 

 Vicar of Lynmouth, the Kev. Albert H. Hockley, 

 for photographing this nest under very difficult 

 circumstances. The open beak of one of the young 

 ones is visible in the picture. The nest was con- 

 structed entirely of moss, aiid was situated about 

 five feet above the summer level of the water. 

 The illustration on the first page, of the haunt of 



Porta palttstris Lin. Marsh-tit. Resident, 



lather more common than /'. ///,-/■. and in the 

 same localil ies. 



Pewits eoeruleus Lin. Blue tit. Residenl and 



common. 



Troglodytes parvulus K. L. Koch. Wren. Reside] ' 

 and common. Several are always to be seen in 

 our garden, where they nest. 



CertMa familiaris Lin. Tree-creeper. Reside] t. 

 I have only seen this bird here occasionally. Onci 

 or twice one was climbing round the poles of our 

 verandah. 



Motaeilla lugubris Temminck. Pied wagtail. 





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Nest and Young ob Water-Ouzel. 



the water-ouzels and site of the nest, is from a 

 photograph by Mr. John T. Carrington. The 

 lady shown in the picture is pointing to the 

 rock, just below the fissure containing the nest. 

 This view shows the sweetly pretty character 

 of one haunt of dippers on the East Lyn. 



Pants major Lin. Great tit. Resident and 

 common. 



Pants ater Lin. Cole-tit. Resident. A few- 

 seen every year in our garden, where every winter 

 they come for food placed for them in a cocoanut 

 shell suspended from the verandah. 



Resident and common. I have often seen the 

 young birds in the summer. 



Motaeilla alba Lin. White wagtail. I saw a 

 pair of these birds on the wall of the esplanade 

 here on April 19th, 1898. They had the mantle of 

 a pure French grey, the same colour as that of an 

 adult Laras argentatns (the herring-gull). I have 

 looked at numbers of .1/. lugubris, in the hope of 

 being able to distinguish this form or species 

 (M. alba), but these two turds were strikingly 

 distinct from any others 1 have seen. 1 have not 

 observed this bird since that occasion. 



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