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  TEE 
  ZOOLOGIST. 
  

  

  I 
  venture, 
  therefore, 
  to 
  make 
  the 
  necessary 
  correction. 
  — 
  R. 
  Newstead 
  

   (The 
  Grosvenor 
  Museum, 
  Chester). 
  

  

  Unusual 
  Nesting-site 
  of 
  the 
  Nuthatch 
  in 
  Dorset. 
  — 
  A 
  few 
  miles 
  

   from 
  Beaminster, 
  Dorset, 
  a 
  pair 
  of 
  Nuthatches 
  (Sitta 
  casia) 
  attempted 
  

   to 
  hreed 
  during 
  the 
  season 
  of 
  1 
  ( 
  J04, 
  in 
  the 
  open 
  head 
  of 
  a 
  rain-water 
  

   pipe, 
  which 
  conveyed 
  the 
  water 
  from 
  the 
  spouting 
  under 
  the 
  eaves 
  to 
  

   the 
  ground. 
  As 
  the 
  nest 
  would 
  have 
  inevitahly 
  heen 
  washed 
  away 
  by 
  

   heavy 
  rain, 
  it 
  was 
  removed, 
  in 
  order 
  that 
  the 
  birds 
  might 
  build 
  else- 
  

   where, 
  and 
  the 
  head 
  of 
  the 
  pipe 
  covered 
  with 
  netting. 
  During 
  the 
  

   process 
  of 
  removal 
  it 
  was 
  found 
  that 
  eggs 
  had 
  already 
  been 
  laid. 
  

   Although 
  Nuthatches 
  have 
  been 
  known 
  to 
  breed 
  in 
  nesting-boxes, 
  I 
  

   cannot 
  recall 
  an 
  instance 
  of 
  their 
  utilizing 
  any 
  part 
  of 
  a 
  building 
  as 
  a 
  

   nesting-site. 
  The 
  head 
  of 
  the 
  pipe 
  was 
  some 
  thirty 
  feet 
  from 
  the 
  

   ground. 
  — 
  Francis 
  C. 
  R. 
  Jourdain 
  (Clifton 
  Vicarage, 
  Ashburne, 
  Derby- 
  

   shire). 
  

  

  Swallows 
  in 
  Jersey. 
  — 
  In 
  the 
  first 
  week 
  of 
  last 
  September, 
  Swallows 
  

   increased 
  considerably 
  around 
  Fort 
  Regent 
  and 
  the 
  vicinity 
  ; 
  indeed, 
  at 
  

   no 
  time 
  during 
  the 
  summer 
  had 
  they 
  been 
  so 
  numerous, 
  and 
  appa- 
  

   rently 
  they 
  were 
  congregating 
  prior 
  to 
  their 
  departure 
  from 
  our 
  shores. 
  

   On 
  Sept. 
  4th 
  large 
  numbers 
  were 
  observed 
  on 
  the 
  telegraph-wires, 
  

   evidently 
  resting. 
  Amongst 
  a 
  number 
  that 
  settled 
  on 
  a 
  stretch 
  of 
  wire 
  

   which 
  runs 
  along 
  the 
  outer 
  ramparts, 
  and 
  within 
  a 
  few 
  yards 
  of 
  my 
  

   observation-post, 
  I 
  noticed 
  one 
  specimen 
  of 
  a 
  light 
  buff 
  colour, 
  the 
  

   back 
  being 
  a 
  shade 
  darker, 
  while 
  the 
  chestnut 
  colour 
  on 
  the 
  throat 
  

   and 
  forehead 
  showed 
  but 
  faintly 
  ; 
  probably 
  a 
  young 
  bird 
  of 
  the 
  year. 
  

   Swifts 
  have 
  been 
  exceptionally 
  numerous 
  here 
  this 
  year, 
  but 
  they 
  have 
  

   evidently 
  left 
  us 
  for 
  another 
  season, 
  as 
  none 
  have 
  been 
  seen 
  since 
  

   Sept. 
  1st. 
  — 
  H. 
  Mackay 
  (Jersey). 
  

  

  Hawfinch 
  (Coccothraustes 
  vulgaris) 
  in 
  Aberdeenshire. 
  — 
  An 
  imma- 
  

   ture 
  male 
  was 
  shot 
  near 
  Peterhead 
  on 
  July 
  19th 
  last. 
  The 
  condition 
  

   of 
  its 
  plumage 
  would 
  lead 
  to 
  the 
  belief 
  that 
  it 
  had 
  been 
  bred 
  in 
  the 
  

   district. 
  This 
  is 
  the 
  first 
  I 
  have 
  known 
  to 
  occur 
  in 
  the 
  county. 
  It 
  is 
  

   now 
  in 
  Peterhead 
  Museum. 
  — 
  George 
  Sim 
  (Castle 
  Street, 
  Aberdeen). 
  

  

  Cuckoos 
  near 
  Aberdeen. 
  — 
  Cuckoos 
  (Cuculus 
  canoi-us) 
  have 
  proved 
  

  

  very 
  interesting 
  this 
  season, 
  the 
  old 
  birds 
  having 
  been 
  fairly 
  numerous. 
  

   I 
  have 
  no 
  exact 
  date 
  when 
  they 
  absolutely 
  left, 
  which 
  was 
  probably 
  

   some 
  time 
  in 
  July, 
  though 
  I 
  think 
  I 
  saw 
  an 
  old 
  one 
  in 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  

   August. 
  The 
  young 
  birds 
  were 
  very 
  numerous 
  — 
  in 
  fact 
  all 
  round 
  this 
  

   locality 
  — 
  so 
  that 
  the 
  numbers 
  were 
  again 
  up 
  to 
  the 
  highest 
  observed 
  

   here. 
  The 
  youngest 
  ones 
  showed 
  themselves 
  very 
  conspicuously 
  during 
  

  

  