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  THE 
  ZOOLOGIST. 
  

  

  that 
  the 
  shyer 
  Blackbird 
  is 
  probably 
  excluded. 
  At 
  Interlaken, 
  in 
  

   summer, 
  all 
  birds 
  are 
  remarkably 
  tame, 
  the 
  Starling 
  is 
  not 
  found, 
  and 
  

   the 
  House-Sparrow 
  seems 
  not 
  nearly 
  so 
  numerous 
  or 
  impudent 
  as 
  in 
  

   English 
  towns. 
  The 
  Song-Thrush 
  is 
  absent, 
  being 
  a 
  bird 
  of 
  the 
  forests 
  

   and 
  mountain 
  slopes 
  at 
  the 
  nesting-time, 
  but 
  the 
  Blackbird 
  is 
  common, 
  

   and 
  its 
  song 
  seems 
  particularly 
  powerful 
  and 
  melodious. 
  — 
  Allan 
  

   Ellison 
  (Watton-at-Stone, 
  Herts). 
  

  

  Robin 
  nesting 
  in 
  a 
  Tree 
  or 
  Hedge. 
  — 
  Referring 
  to 
  my 
  former 
  note 
  

   [ante, 
  p. 
  190), 
  and 
  the 
  further 
  notes 
  which 
  have 
  been 
  made 
  on 
  this 
  

   subject, 
  I 
  would 
  remark 
  that 
  for 
  a 
  Robin 
  to 
  build 
  in 
  a 
  hedge 
  would 
  not 
  

   necessarily 
  be 
  such 
  a 
  deviation 
  from 
  its 
  usual 
  nesting 
  habits 
  as 
  was 
  

   exhibited 
  by 
  the 
  nest 
  which 
  I 
  have 
  described. 
  If 
  the 
  hedge 
  were 
  a 
  

   compact 
  and 
  closely 
  trimmed 
  one, 
  and 
  more 
  especially 
  if 
  it 
  had 
  a 
  

   sloping 
  front, 
  a 
  nest 
  built 
  in 
  some 
  recess 
  or 
  niche 
  might 
  be 
  situated 
  

   almost 
  similarly 
  to 
  the 
  usual 
  Robin's 
  nest 
  on 
  a 
  bank-side, 
  or 
  in 
  some 
  

   hole 
  of 
  an 
  ivy-clad 
  wall 
  ; 
  or 
  a 
  Robin's 
  nest 
  in 
  a 
  hole 
  in 
  the 
  trunk 
  of 
  a 
  

   tree 
  not 
  far 
  from 
  the 
  ground 
  would 
  not 
  have 
  struck 
  me 
  as 
  very 
  remark- 
  

   able. 
  But 
  the 
  case 
  of 
  a 
  nest 
  in 
  an 
  isolated 
  tree, 
  and 
  equally 
  exposed 
  

   on 
  all 
  sides, 
  is 
  entirely 
  different. 
  On 
  p. 
  191 
  I 
  have 
  compared 
  the 
  site 
  

   to 
  that 
  of 
  a 
  Greenfinch's 
  nest, 
  and, 
  curiously 
  enough, 
  soon 
  after 
  the 
  

   Robin's 
  nest 
  was 
  removed 
  a 
  pair 
  of 
  Greenfinches 
  commenced 
  building 
  

   in 
  the 
  very 
  same 
  spot. 
  I 
  showed 
  this 
  nest 
  to 
  the 
  choir-boys, 
  who 
  were 
  

   very 
  interested 
  to 
  hear 
  of 
  a 
  Robin's 
  nest 
  having 
  been 
  built 
  there, 
  and 
  

   promised 
  to 
  protect 
  the 
  Greenfinch's 
  nest. 
  This 
  they 
  did 
  most 
  faith- 
  

   fully, 
  and 
  the 
  Greenfinches 
  successfully 
  reared 
  their 
  brood. 
  — 
  Allan 
  

   Ellison 
  (Watton-at-Stone, 
  Herts). 
  

  

  The 
  Little 
  Bunting 
  (Emberiza 
  pusilla) 
  in 
  England. 
  — 
  Last 
  winter 
  

   I 
  acquired 
  a 
  living 
  example 
  of 
  the 
  Little 
  Bunting, 
  which 
  had 
  been 
  

   captured 
  with 
  birdlime 
  at 
  Pailton, 
  near 
  Rugby, 
  in 
  the 
  beginning 
  of 
  

   October, 
  1902. 
  It 
  died 
  a 
  short 
  time 
  after 
  I 
  had 
  acquired 
  it, 
  having 
  

   passed 
  altogether 
  about 
  fifteen 
  months 
  in 
  captivity. 
  It 
  was 
  skinned 
  

   by 
  Messrs. 
  Williams 
  & 
  Sou, 
  of 
  Dublin, 
  who 
  pronounced 
  it 
  to 
  be 
  a 
  

   male. 
  On 
  the 
  authority 
  of 
  Mr. 
  Aplin, 
  who 
  very 
  kindly 
  identified 
  the 
  

   skin 
  for 
  me, 
  this 
  is 
  the 
  fourth 
  example 
  of 
  the 
  Little 
  Bunting 
  obtained 
  

   in 
  Great 
  Britain. 
  The 
  first 
  of 
  these 
  was 
  taken 
  alive 
  near 
  Brighton 
  on 
  

   Nov. 
  2nd, 
  1861. 
  I 
  have 
  also 
  in 
  my 
  collection 
  the 
  male 
  Meadow- 
  

   Bunting 
  (E'liberiza 
  cia), 
  which 
  was 
  captured 
  alive 
  near 
  Thoreham 
  at 
  

   the 
  end 
  of 
  October, 
  1902, 
  but 
  which, 
  unfortunately, 
  only 
  survived 
  a 
  

   few 
  months. 
  A 
  second 
  bird 
  of 
  this 
  species 
  was 
  also 
  obtained 
  at 
  the 
  

   same 
  time, 
  but 
  perished 
  shortly 
  afterwards, 
  and 
  the 
  skin, 
  I 
  understand, 
  

   was 
  not 
  preserved. 
  Dr. 
  Bowdler 
  Sharpe, 
  who 
  examined 
  the 
  bird 
  now 
  

  

  