98 THE ZOOLOGIST. 



Duck and a couple of Common Sandpipers in Richmond Park ; 

 the latter stayed until May 7th. Mr. Dalgliesh heard Wood- 

 Warbler at Brook. 



22nd. — Wind N.W. Linnets still in flocks at Limpsfield 

 (C. H. B.). Sandpipers at Thursley and Frensham ; also twelve 

 Crested Grebes, Bedstart, numerous Snipe, drake Golden-eye, 

 and female Tufted Duck at the latter. 



24th.— Wind W. Spotted Flycatcher at Thursley (G. D.). 

 Marsh-Warbler (Acrocephalus palustris) at Penn Ponds, Richmond 

 Park (E. K. F.). I print the following letter received from my 

 friend with regard to this rarity : — " I first noticed this bird on 

 April 24th, 1906, and watched it almost daily until May 8th. 



Curious Eggs of the Blackbird. 



Between these dates, no matter when I went up to the Penn 

 Ponds, I was certain of finding it somewhere — either at the 

 edge of the water, creeping up and down the shrubs, pecking 

 at the stalks, or on the bank ; sometimes, but not often, in the 

 nearest trees. It used to make curious little darts into the air, 

 like a Dartford Warbler, and occasionally flew out and back in a 

 circle, as a Flycatcher does. Its colour was uniformly olive- 

 brown above, slightly darker on the head ; under parts buffy 

 white ; the legs were so thin that it was almost impossible to 

 see the colour, but, as far as I could judge, they were pale brown. 

 I never heard the bird utter a note of any sort. On the 8th 



