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tion, therefore, takes thirteen or fourteen days. There is naturally a 
‘striking difference in thé size of the young, ieee to the continued 
laying after incubation has commenced. 
July 1st.—Another dead young one remoyed from the nest, leaving 
a brood of six in all. 
12th.—9 a.m. Four young have left the nest since ene 
morning, two now remaining; 9 p.m., both still in nest. 
13th.—9 p.m. Only one remains. 
14th.—7.30 p.m. Nesting-box empty, the young having remained 
within their nesting abode about twenty-one days. —J. STEELE- 
Euutort (Dowles Manor, Shropshire). 
Nesting of Alcedo ispida. —I can find no reference to the ie 
fisher utilizing the same nesting-hole year by year, but when the 
nesting-site remains undisturbed it does not appear to be very unusual. 
Several instances have come under my personal notice, more par- 
ticularly a pair that have nested close to my house for the last six 
years (with but one exception) have used the same excavation. Hach 
year a spring-cleaning takes place, and the old bones are ejected 
before the nest-cavity is re-lined with fresh pellets. I have never yet 
satisfied myself that this particular pair have reared two broods in 
any one season.—J. STEELE-Huxuiorr (Dowles Manor, Shropshire). 
Red-footed Falcon in Norfolk.— While staying in Norfolk, in 
September, I called on Mr. R. Clarke, the birdstuffer, at Snettisham, 
who showed me a female Red-footed Falcon (Falco vespertinus), 
which was shot near Sandringham about the middle of June, and 
taken to him for preservation. I ventured to question the accuracy 
of the Sparrow-Hawk eyes which he had put in, but he assured me 
they were right—Junian G. Tuck (Tostock ae Bury St. Hd- 
munds, Suffolk). 
Glossy Ibises (Plegadis-falcinellus) on the Northumberland eae 
—A party of five Glossy Ibises visited the coast of Northumberland 
at the end of August this year. They were first seen at Boulmer, a 
small fishing village to the north of AInmouth, about noon on Sunday, 
Aug. 30th; they were then flying in single file, and appeared to have 
just come in from the sea. Later in the day some boys were chasing 
them and throwing stones at them close to Alnmouth. - Probably the 
birds were tired out, for subsequently they were very difficult to 
approach. LHventually two were shot (Sept. lst and 3rd) by Mr. 
Thomas Jefferson, of AlInmouth, and presented by him to the Hancock 
Museum, Newcastle-on-Tyne. A third was picked up dead, and a 
fourth was caught in a trap the following week (about Sept. 9th), and 
