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and watching for a short time a couple of these fine birds on the 

 wing. They were, too, at no great distance, and one of them came 

 down so low that the light-coloured plumage and white tail-coverts 

 were plainly visible. Their flight was magnificent, as, with their 

 long wings at full stretch, they were sailing grandly in large circles, 

 above some ground thinly covered with young trees. It has long 

 become a rare treat to see here in East Suffolk any large raptorial 

 bird on the wing, and the pleasure of doing so is always damped by 

 the knowledge that it will in all probability soon be rotting in some 

 "gamekeeper's museum." — G. T. Bope (Blaxhall, Suffolk). 



Norfolk Plover (CEdicnemus crepitans) in Suffolk in November. — 

 About the middle of November a Norfolk Plover was brought to my 

 brother by a man whose dog had caught it in a hedge at Little 

 Glemham, Suffolk. It had a broken leg, and was otherwise badly 

 injured, having probably been disabled by a shot, and not picked up 

 at the time. It was found necessary to destroy it on account of its 

 crippled state. A few of these birds had occasionally been noticed 

 by my brother in former years during the summer about some large 

 open fields not far from his house. — G. T. Bope. 



Grey Shrike in Suffolk. — On November 13th I had a good view 

 of one of these birds in a sandy lane near Blaxhall Heath. It alighted 

 close to me on the top of a hedge soon after sunset, remaining long 

 enough for me to get my glass to bear upon it. This spot is in 

 summer rather a favourite haunt of the Bed-backed Shrike. — G. T. 

 Bope. 



Black Redstart in Cambridgeshire. — Whilst my son and I were 

 on a visit to Cambridge on November 13th, we noticed a Black 

 Bedstart (Buticilla titys) haunting the masonry on the west side of 

 St. John's College. It was comparatively tame and frequently flew 

 down to the ground within some thirty yards distant from where we 

 stood. From its plumage it was probably an immature bird of the 

 year. — J. Steele Elliott (Dowles Manor, Salop). 



Late Nesting of the Swallow. — Cases of House-Martins with 

 young in the nest as late as October very frequently occur, but I 

 have never previously met with an instance of this with Swallows so 

 late in the year. My friend Mr. B. Chase drew my attention to a 

 nest in an outbuilding to his house at Bewdley, where the young 

 still remained on the evening of October 10th. At this date practi- 

 cally all House-Martins and Swallows had left this neighbourhood, 

 but a few of both species lingered on to October 16th, and an adult 



