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lately come from a district where that song was familiar just now ? 

 It may be added that it is only occasionally that a Eedshank is to be 

 heard here, but Thrushes might pick up the notes of that bird not so 

 very many miles away. — George Bolam (Alston, Cumberland). 



Visitation of Black Redstarts (Ruticilla titys). — It is well known 

 that the Black Eedstart is a regular visitor to certain parts of this 

 country. This winter, however, I am inclined to think that the 

 species has visited us in greater numbers than usual. This is 

 especially obvious in the case of Northumberland, where previously 

 there have only been six recorded. 



Northumberland. — Holy Island, November 5th, 1913; adult male 

 ('British Birds'). Chopwell, November, 1913; adult male. "Feed- 

 ing on green fly," P. Charlton. Woodhorn, Ashington, November, 

 1913; adult male, T. Eobinson ('Newcastle Weekly Chronicle'). 

 Cullercoats, December 26th, 1913 ; female. Cullercoats, February 

 10th, 1914 ; immature. The last two birds were both moving south 

 in a leisurely fashion along the shore. 



Cumberland. — Workington, December 21st, 1913 ; adult male, 

 John Wilson (' Carlisle Journal '). 



Lincolnshire. — North-east coast, October 13th, 1913 ; rarely met 

 with in this county. Four previous records (' British Birds '). 



Somerset.— Taunton, October 9th, 1913 ('Field'). 



Norfolk. — Norwich, December, 1913; adult female (' Canary and 

 Cage Bird Life '). 



Wales.— Llandudno, January 10th, 1914, T. A. C. Valley, 

 January 14th, 1914, T. A. C. ('Manchester Guardian'). It would be 

 interesting to hear if this species has occurred in other localities 

 where it is usually rare. — J. M. Charlton (Brampton, Cumberland). 



Redbreasts' Nest in a Tree. — A pair of Eedbreasts in Waterlow 

 Park, Highgate, commenced on March 4th building a nest in a hole in 

 the trunk of a tree nearly 10 ft. from the ground, a rather unusual 

 site. — H. Kirke Swann (Finchley). 



Notes on the Nightingale (Daulias luscinia). — The Nightingale, 

 which had been falling off to a marked degree for ten years or more, 

 last year (1913) visited this district in something approaching its 

 former numbers and, to my astonishment, one pair nested and 

 successfully reared a brood in our garden. I had begun to think 

 that we were not going to have any Nightingales at all, as I neither 

 heard nor saw one until April 24th, which was the date upon which 

 our bird was first noted by me — it was singing at the further corner of 



