350 THE ZOOLOGIST. 



Mr. J. S. Lang, of Ludlow, noticed a pair of birds in a gorsy bit of 

 country near that town, which he suspected were Dartford Warblers. 

 He found them again in May this year, and they were then very tame, 

 often allowing themselves to be observed at close quarters, enabling 

 him to establish their identity beyond doubt. The male might fre- 

 quently be seen perched on the topmost spray of a gorse bush. Mr. 

 Lang found there were two pairs in the locality, and subsequently one 

 of the nests was discovered by Mr. J. Palmer, who has eggs. I may 

 add, on the authority of the last-named gentleman, that three pairs of 

 Hobbies again bred near Ludlow this season. — H. E. Forrest 

 (Shrewsbury). 



Nesting Habits of Long-tailed Tit (Acredula caudata). — It does 

 not seem to be generally known that, during incubation at least, both 

 the male and female frequently, if not always, occupy the nest at night 

 together. — J. Steele-Elliott (The Manor House, Dowles, Worcester- 

 shire). 



Cirl-Bunting in Flintshire. — On July 29th last, when in company 

 with Mr. T. A. Coward, a male of this species (Emberiza cirlus) was 

 seen and heard singing by us at Tremeirchion. This is, I believe, the 

 first record of this bird in Flintshire. It is probable, however, that it 

 occurs in several localities in this county, and also in many places not 

 hitherto recorded in most, if not all, of the counties of North and South 

 Wales. It is undoubtedly overlooked in many instances, notwith- 

 standing its many distinctive characteristics, irrespective of plumage, 

 which distinguishes it from the ubiquitous Yellowhammer. — S. G. 

 Cummings (King's Buildings, Chester). 



Nesting of the Grey Crow in Suffolk. — This year a pair of Grey 

 Crows (Corvus comix) have nested and reared a brood of young ones 

 at Gunton Old Hall, near Lowestoft, and my informant, E. W. Fowler, 

 Esq., who resides there, writes me as follows : — " I saw five Grey 

 Crows here for some days between the 1st and loth of June ; two 

 appeared to be old ones and three young, and I believe they nested in 

 the wood with the Rooks. The young ones were poor flyers, and I 

 had to tap the tree they were on with my stick to move them, and 

 then they only flew a short distance. I saw one of them as late as 

 the middle of August. Two or three years ago I saw an old Grey 

 Crow here in July." — E. A. Butler (Plumton House, Bury St. 

 Edmunds, Suffolk). 



Late Occurrence of Swift and Cuckoo in Scotland. — Cypselua apus 

 has stayed with us later than usual this year. I saw several flying 



