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of which had a slight splash of brown only on the forehead. One was 

 a trifle yellowish white. " Both were females and rather old," said 

 Messrs. Pratt, of Brighton, who set them up for me. One of these 

 Stoats is now included in the magnificent collection housed in Norwich 

 Castle. I am glad of having an opportunity of recording the occur- 

 rence of these white Stoats so far south, and during such a compara- 

 tively mild and snowless winter as we enjoyed. — H. Marmaduke 

 Langdale (Compton House, Compton, Petersfield, Sussex). 



Mus flavicollis in Suffolk. — On July 25th our Cat (now twelve 

 years old) brought in a very fine female specimen of this Mouse, 

 measuring quite eight and a half inches in total length. The weather 

 was so hot at the time that I did not send it away, though it is the 

 first I have seen for more than a year, but gave it to the Tawny Owl 

 (ante, p. 264), whose enjoyment of the dainty morsel seemed to be 

 intense. — Julian G. Tuck (Tostock Rectory, Bury St. Edmunds). 



AVES. 



Nesting of the Dartford Warbler (Sylvia undata) in Sussex. — On 

 May 24th, while in Ashdown Forest, Maresfield, Sussex, I discovered 

 the Dartford Warbler among the gorse-bushes on Camp Hill, and 

 judging by the movements of the bird that its nest was near, com- 

 menced a search, when my brother, who was with me, drove off the 

 female and found the nest, containing four eggs. Visiting the nest on 

 June 16th, I found an addled egg in it, but failed to see anything of 

 the young birds, though they must have been close at hand, if I may 

 judge by the conduct of both the male and female. — Robert Morris 

 (" Fernhurst," Uckfield). 



Breeding Habits of the Great and Blue Tits. — I should be much 

 obliged to any of your readers who would give me particulars of any 

 instances in which a second brood has been reared after the first has 

 flown in the case of either of these species. — F. C. R. Jourdajn (Clifton 

 Vicarage, Ashburne, Derbyshire). 



The Red-backed Shrike (Lanius collurio) and its Prey. — This is an 

 abundant species around this neighbourhood, several pairs nesting not 

 far distant from my house. One pair that have reared their young 

 close to my garden have given me an opportunity in my brief daily 

 observations of noting to what extent this species is destructive to the 

 young of other birds. In the first instance, some few weeks ago I 

 noticed the male Shrike flying over the house with a young Long-tailed 

 Tit in its claws ; this it had evidently killed from a family party in a 



