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' Kinofisiiek: Two birds, presuniably a pair, were seen 
on tlio Colne, only atout a hundred yards from the houses of 
Uxbridge. ' H.G. 25/8," 1 2. 
Creen WooDPEfKER: A nesting hole which has been 
known to ho tcnantod by this species, a.s one was seen to 
come out of it on June 1st, was pointed) out to me in a 
vpry inconspicuous place in a living Canadian Poplar_, near 
Surbiton. The bird was heard piping repeatedly during the 
middle of the day and the afternoon, but never gave us a 
glimpse of it at all. 
H.G. l/9/'l2. 
Goldfinches: These are spoken of as "common" in 
most books on British Bird.=!, but only for the third time in 
the neighbourhood of London, did I see the Goldfinches, on 
September 1st, 1912. A small flock of " Greypates " as the 
immature Goldfinch is called by bird-catchers and others, were 
seen on a Surrey Common. Within a few minutes of seeing 
the Goldfinches, Mr. G. Crabb and I saw or heard the Yellow 
Bunting, Long-tailed Tit, Stonechat, Skylark (heard only). 
Greenfinch, Whitethroat, Linnet, and Wren (the latter singing) 
We soon also saw two flocks of Peewits, one of 20 birds, and 
the other of 75, and just after 1 saw and heard a covey of six 
Partridges. This was a total of 14 .species in about as many 
minutes. 
H.G. 1/9/' 12. 
Editorial. 
Owing to pressure upon our time and .space, these 
notes will be merely nominal this month. 
An Unique Event. The Striated Coly has been suc- 
cessfully bred and young birds are now disporting in an Eng- 
lish aviary. An account of this interesting event will appear 
In October " B.N." 
Grand Eclectu.'} Parrots. We hear (August 23rd) 
that two young well developed birds, about the size of pig- 
cons, covered with grey down, are doing well in Miss Drum- 
mond's aviary; they make their wants known by very loud 
sharp voices, and tiieir parents are still very attentive to 
their offspring. 
