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 it had re-lined with green oak-leaves, in Nacker's Hole Wood, a small 

 wood opposite, and about half a mile distant from Penyard Wood. 

 ... I afterwards heard the Honey-Buzzards in the Forest of Dean, 

 but looked in vain for the nest." — W. C. Palmee ("The Admirals," 

 Hingham, Attleborough, Norfolk). 



[The above account is extracted from a letter dated April 1st, 1911, 

 written to Mr. F. Norgate, who has kindly forwarded it to us for 

 publication. — Ed.] 



In a note under the above heading {ante, p. 150), Mr. Jourdain 

 calls attention to a nest at Burnham Beeches, Berks. I would like to 

 point out that Burnham Beeches is not in Berks, but Bucks. — 

 Heatlby Noble (Temple Combe, Henley-on-Thames). 



Spring Arrivals of Sandwich Terns in Killala Bay and the Moy 

 Estuary. — While residing at Moy View, Co. Sligo, from 1851 up to 

 1909, I kept a record of dates of the spring arrivals of Sandwich 

 Terns to Killala Bay and the Moy Estuary. The list of dates is 

 rather imperfect, owing to occasional absences from home and other 

 unavoidable circumstances. The exceptional omissions were 1856- 

 1863, 1864-1866, 1870-1872, 1872-1874. However, all the other 

 dates were noted down regularly. It will be interesting to compare 

 these dates with those of arrival at the English breeding haunts. 

 The irregularity of dates of arrival is hard to account for, because 

 some arrivals of the birds took place in very cold weather in March. 

 On one occasion there were six inches of snow on the ground, and for 

 some days the thermometer indicated six degrees of frost, and yet the 

 Terns were as lively and noisy as if in warm May weather : — 1851, 

 April 7th ; 1852, March 23rd ; 1853, April 7th ; 1854, March 21st ; 

 1855, April 1st ; 1856, March 20th ; 1863, April 2nd ; 1864, April 

 16th ; 1866, April 11th ; 1867, April 15th ; 1868, April 18th ; 1869, 

 April 26th ; 1870, April 15th ; 1872, April 30th ; 1874, April 30th ; 

 1875, April 15th ; 1876, April 4th ; 1877, March 29th ; 1878, April 

 2nd ; 1879, April 5th ; 1880, March 24th ; 1881, March 31st ; 1882, 

 March 30th; 1883, April 1st; 1884, April 3rd; 1885, March 30th; 

 1886, March 25th ; 1887, March 28th ; 1888, iVpril 5th ; 1889, March 

 28th ; 1890, March 15th ; 1891, March 28th ; 1892, March 28th ; 

 1893, March 23rd ; 1894, March 27th ; 1895, March 30th ; 1896, 

 April 3rd ; 1897, March 22nd ; 1898, April 3rd ; 1899, March 26th ; 

 1900, April 6th ; 1901, April 1st ; 1902, April 6th ; 1903, April 11th ; 

 1904, April 10th ; 1905, April 4th ; 1906, April 1st ; 1907, April 4th ; 

 1908, April 10th; 1909, April 10th.— Robert Warren (Ardnaree, 

 Monkstown, Co. Cork). 



