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following note, which I took down at the time; it was repeated distinctly several 
times:— cuc-ciicJde-cuc. These birds are singing here even now.— Edwin Lees, 
T>ryadville Cottagey near Worcester^ June 21, 1836. 
Nest of the Sibilous Locustell (Locustella sihilatrix^ C. T. Wood). —Last 
Tuesday morning I spent four or five hours in endeavouring—^though unsucess- 
fully—to discover the nest of a Locustell, a pair of which birds I observed to 
frequent an exceedingly thick hedge of Slow and Hawthorn, with a dry ditch 
before it, tangled every where with thick brambles and dense herbage of various 
kinds. Yet even there I thought I should have better success than upon a com¬ 
mon ; I know of another locality where there is a nest, which appears to be 
comparatively open, considering the general haunts of the species.— Edward 
Blyth, June 30, 1886. 
The Girl Bunting ( Emberiza cirlus ) in Yorkshire. —This bird has hitherto 
been supposed by British ornithologists to be confined to the warmest parts of 
this country, and it appears only to have been met with in Devonshire and the 
adjacent counties. We have, therefore, great pleasure in extending fits range so 
much further north as Campsall, seven miles to the north of Doncaster, a fine 
female, in excellent condition, having been shot near that place on the 25th 
of April, 1837. We cannot help thinking that the general similarity in plum¬ 
age between the Girl Bunting and our common Yellow Bunting, may have 
caused the former species to have been occasionally overlooked when individuals 
have occurred in various parts of this country. Indeed, had the specimen above 
alluded to happened to have fallen into other hands, it would in all probability 
have been considered identical with the Yellow species. Still, no one at all 
practically acquainted with our native Ornithology can for a moment doubt that 
the Girl Bunting is with us a very rare and local species.'— Ed, 
The Fuscous Gull (Larus fuscus) near Doncaster. —Yesterday I saw an 
individual of the Fuscous (or lesser black-backed) Gull cross the Thorne road 
about a mile from Doncaster, wending its way in a northerly or north-easterly 
direction. It had probably come from the Humber up the river to Thorne, and 
thence hither.—F. 0. Morris, Doncaster, April 3, 1837. 
Pieces of Paper found in the Stomach of a Trout. —On Friday, April 14, 
there were taken from the stomach of a Trout, caught in the river Tay, five pieces 
of the Eifeshire Journal. They appeared to have been but recently swallowed, 
as they were quite legible when dried. 
On pinioning the Anatidce in Gonfinement. —It is not necessary to pinion the 
wfild fowl after each moult. My remarks (p. 55) had reference to the first moult 
after having been pinioned; for as I was anxious not to disfigure the birds more 
than was necessary, I cut the smallest piece that I thought sufficient to prevent 
them from flying. But I found from experience that I was obliged again to 
