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AVES. 



Strange Nesting-place for a Mistletoe Thrush (Turdus viscivorus). 

 We have here a piece of land of about four acres, which we have 

 planted, placing the trees about ten yards apart. Most of them are 

 Scotch firs, and vary from three feet to four feet high. In one of these 

 is a nest of this bird, and is only two feet three inches from the ground. 

 It is seldom this fine Thrush builds so low ; in fact, this is the lowest I 

 have seen. The little tree is on a wind-swept hill-side, and there are 

 trees of many sorts and all sizes in the vicinity, making it still more 

 curious. — J. Whitaker (Rainworth Lodge, Notts). 



Nightingale's late Arrival in Somerset. — Nightingales (Daulias 

 luscinia) are fourteen days overdue in their arrival in this district this 

 year as compared with last; they are well distributed now (May 1st), 

 and steadily increasing. There are two pairs in Lyatt Wood, two pairs 

 at Dulcote, six pairs in Park Wood — these latter can be heard singing 

 from the Palace Moat (May, 1902^. Many single pairs are to be met 

 with through the Twin Hills Woods and Ham Woods, and in the oppo- 

 site direction through Stoke Woods (abode of Long-eared Owls), and at 

 points along the valley to Axbridge ; I have not met with a Nightin- 

 gale between Axbridge and Weston-super-Mare. I have proved that 

 Nightingales live in harmony with Garden Warblers, for they nest 

 closely together ; but where I find Blackcaps I cannot find a Nightin- 

 gale. Dates of arrival :— 1901, April 17th ; 1902, April 14th ; 1903, 

 April 28th. — Stanley Lewis (Wells). 



White Wagtails at Bartragh, Killala Bay. — Supplemental to my 

 notes (ante, p. 190), I may state that there was a recurrence of the 

 visits of Motacilla alba on the 17th and 18th of May to the island. 

 Captain Kirkwood, on the first-named date, met with a flock of ten 

 birds feeding on a wet sandy flat between his garden and the seashore. 

 (This is a favourite haunt, where they are almost certain of being seen 

 if on the island.) This flock remained only a few hours, but next day 

 (the 18th) he saw five birds in his garden, and evidently so tired that 

 some of them allowed him to approach within three or four yards to 

 where they were resting on some wire pea-supports. — Robert Warren 

 (Moy View, Ballina). 



Lesser Whitethroat in Cardiganshire. — During a residence of 

 twelve years at Aberystwyth I have not met with a single occurrence 

 of this species (Sylvia curruca) until the present spring. On the 

 evening of May 9th I listened to its well-known song at Cwm Padarn, 

 about a mile from this town, and watched the bird as it made its way 



