. Bird notes . itish Bird Calendar April 19.—\\iyneckj Maldon. 22.—Cuckoo, Hazeleigh, Wind X. 10 ,, 23—Swallow, Danbury, Wind E. 6 ,, 26.—ChilT-chalT, Hazeleigh, Wind N. 3 ,, 26.—Nightingale, Hazeleigh. Wind N. 5 4.—Spotted Flycatcher, Hazeleigh, Wind S., 11 „ 5.—Garden Warbler; Hazeleigh. Wind 9 —Tree Pipit, Hazeleigh. 10 —Blackcaj), Hazeleigh. Wind E. 11 ()wing to the severe weather most of these dates an* later tlianusual, the onh remarkable fact being that the cuckoo arri\ed rtrst of all,except tlu- Wryneck. (, Hazeleigh, May 5-i7- -•Vpr
. Bird notes . itish Bird Calendar April 19.—\\iyneckj Maldon. 22.—Cuckoo, Hazeleigh, Wind X. 10 ,, 23—Swallow, Danbury, Wind E. 6 ,, 26.—ChilT-chalT, Hazeleigh, Wind N. 3 ,, 26.—Nightingale, Hazeleigh. Wind N. 5 4.—Spotted Flycatcher, Hazeleigh, Wind S., 11 „ 5.—Garden Warbler; Hazeleigh. Wind 9 —Tree Pipit, Hazeleigh. 10 —Blackcaj), Hazeleigh. Wind E. 11 ()wing to the severe weather most of these dates an* later tlianusual, the onh remarkable fact being that the cuckoo arri\ed rtrst of all,except tlu- Wryneck. (, Hazeleigh, May 5-i7- -•Vprd iC.—Cuckoo, Lingtield Common, noon. lO.—\\ryneck, Lmgfield Common, 9 , Lingfield, April — Cuckoo, \illage, 9-30 ; —Tree Oeeper, Lmgfield Xillage, 10 —Swift, Lingfield Xillage, S ,, 20.—Chif^-chatT, Lingfield Village, noon., 24.—Garden Warbler, Lingfield Village, 10 Heard or seen in my garden. Lingfield, Bird gQ,4EY —The Spectacled Owl. •1// rights rcscnrd]. [June, 1917. BIRD NOTES: THE JOURNAL OF THE FOREIGN BIRD CLUB. The Spectacled Miss E. F. Chawxer. Last July I received a specimen of this fine Owl, whichn:)w is not often imjiorted to tliis country, tlioiigli at one timeit was well known in the Zooloi;ical (iardens of London, andcalled there the Downy Owl. This name does not well de-scribe it, for several other kinds of owls have a more downya])perirance than this rather close-feathered bird. The .Spectacled ()wl is widely spread over Central andXorthern .S. America and is a purelv tropical species. It hasthe re])utation of bein^- naturally tame, which my bird fullyl)ears out. The day after his arrival he sidled along his perchand held down his head, as a Parrot does, when inviting afriend to scratch a poll and with the same object, for no-thing gives him greater pleasure than to have his head scrat-ched witli a finger or a bit of stick
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