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and I .sincerely hope that, if our members are of the same 
opinion, they will try to make this new undertaking a success. 
I believe I am right in saying that our liciitor would be glad to 
hear from any of our members who would be willing to send up 
at regular intervals accurate notes of migration, interesting 
occurrences, etc., from their districts. 
With regard to our member the Hon. Mrs. Somerset 
Ward's queries : The habit of the Coal Tit of breeding under 
the roots of trees is a recognised one. The Rev. F. O. Morris 
says of this species : " The nest is placed in the hole of a tree . . 
even in the hollows about the roots, sometimes in a 
hole of a wall, or of a bank, or in that of a mouse, rat or mole." 
The only other si)ecies likeh- to be mistaken for the Coal Tit is 
the Marsh Tit, and I have never personally come across an 
instance of the latter breeding under ground. 
The account of the Kestrel attacking a Heron is very 
interesting. The Kestrel is the least courageous of all our 
Hawks and the Heron is a formidable adversary which even the 
lordly Peregrine respects. Peregrines, of course, used to be 
employed for taking Herons in Holland but they were only 
trained with the utmost difficulty to this flight. I have only 
once seen a Peregrine strike a Heron, and that was a trained 
P'alcon belonging to my friend the late Major C. H. Fisher. The 
Falcon was flown at a Grouse on a moor near Hexham in 
Northumberland. A Heron happened to cross the line of flight 
and the Falcon pursued it and twice struck it, but did not 
succeed in bringing it to the ground. I think the Kestrel must 
have had a nest in the vicinity or it would never have dared to 
attack a bird so much larger than itself. 
W. E. Teschkmaker. 
RINGS FOR LOVEBIRDS, Etc. 
SiK, — Will some member kindly oblige me with the name 
and address of makeis of rings, suitable for ringing young 
Black-cheeked Lovebirds and the like ? I have applied to one 
or two manufacturers, but they have nothing suital)le. I feel sure 
some of our membeis must have used such things and shall be 
grateful if they will inform me where I can obtain same. 
Haywakd W. Mathias. 
