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species alive in Norfolk or Suffolk was iu the late summer of 1877, 

 when several visited the Aldeburgh meres, and at least four were shot, 

 two of which we still have here. On Oct. 8th, 1902, Mr. Hudson, the 

 Ipswich birdstuffer, shot an adult male on the Orwell, near Ipswich, 

 which I saw in his shop soon after he had set it up. — Julian G. Tuck 

 (Tostock Eectory, Bury St. Edmunds). 



Birds Nesting within other Birds' Nests. — Instances such as are 

 given in ' The Zoologist ' {ante, p. 33) would no doubt prove almost in- 

 exhaustible. From my notes, taken within the county of Bedfordshire, 

 the following additional instances might be added : — Hobby in Crow ; 

 Tawny Owl in Magpie ; Barn-Owl in Jackdaw ; Long-eared Owl in Crow 

 and in Squirrel's drey ; Spotted Flycatcher in Pied Wagtail, the nest 

 built in the side of straw-rick, and again in Thrush's nest built at the side 

 of a tree ; Eedstart in Green Woodpecker's hole ; Great Tit in excava- 

 tion by Kingfisher; Common Sparrow and Tree- Sparrow in Magpie; 

 Starling in Magpie ; Cuckoo and Wagtail in Thrush ; Wren in Swallow 

 and Common Sparrow ; Stock-Dove frequently in Magpie ; Wryneck 

 in Sand-Martin ; Turtle-Dove on Thrush's nest in elderberry-bush ; 

 Moorhen on King-Dove ; Coot within Coot on Moorhen ; Red-legged 

 Partridge in Pheasant. In Warwickshire, Sparrow-Hawk in Crow ; 

 Long- eared Owl in Magpie ; Stock-Dove on Thrush's nest in a spruce- 

 fir tree ; Turtle-Dove on Squirrel's drey. — J. Steele-Elliott (Dowles 

 Manor, Bewdley). 



" The Singing Haunts and Habits of some British Birds " (Zool. 

 1904, p. 445). — The above notes remind me of a very pretty and in- 

 teresting circumstance that occurred and was witnessed by a few 

 members of the Bradford Naturalists' Society whilst on a ramble in 

 Upper Wharfedale in July, 1903. A Sky-Lark had young ones just 

 out of nest ; on the old bird returning and feeding them, it remained 

 on the ground close to the fledglings, and broke out into full song, which 

 it continued for about a minute. At the time it was noted there was 

 a query passed round as to whether the young birds thus early acquired 

 the true wild song of the parent bird. — W. H. Parkin (Studholme, 

 Shipley, Yorks). 



Autumn Song of Birds. — In ' The Zoologist ' {ante, p. 32), Mr. 

 Gyngell states that, in his opinion, the only birds which renew their 

 full song in autumn after being silent in summer are the Robin and 

 the Starling. In this district the Dipper is quite as much an autumn 

 songster as either of the above mentioned birds. Its singing season 

 is very similar to that of the Robin. After being songless for about 



