. British birds. Birds. OTCS. CURIOUS SITE FOR A ROBIN'S NEST. Robins have frequently been recorded as nesting in curious places, but I do not think they have been known to choose such a remarkable site as the following. A pair relined an old Blackbird's nest, situated in a thorn bush, four feet from the ground, with moss, and were successful in hatching a brood. A. G. Leigh. [The Rev. F. C. R. Jourdain writes :—" The habit of breeding in old nests of other species is common in the case of the Pied Wagtail and occasional in the Tits, Spotted Flycatcher, and other birds. The habit is, howe
. British birds. Birds. OTCS. CURIOUS SITE FOR A ROBIN'S NEST. Robins have frequently been recorded as nesting in curious places, but I do not think they have been known to choose such a remarkable site as the following. A pair relined an old Blackbird's nest, situated in a thorn bush, four feet from the ground, with moss, and were successful in hatching a brood. A. G. Leigh. [The Rev. F. C. R. Jourdain writes :—" The habit of breeding in old nests of other species is common in the case of the Pied Wagtail and occasional in the Tits, Spotted Flycatcher, and other birds. The habit is, however, rarely recorded of the Robin. I have a note of one found in an old Swallow's nest, and one in an old Hedge-Sparrow's nest is recorded by Mr. J. E. Harting {Birds of Middlesex, p. 38)." In a hst of such occurrences published in the " Zoologist" (1905, p. 33), Mr. R. H. Read records a Robin's nest in a Thrush's nest, and three nests of the Robin one over the other, the top one containing eggs and the middle one stale eggs of the previous season. Mr. T. T. Mackeith also records (^.c, p. 69) a Robin's nest built upon a Swallow's nest of the previous year. Many instances of other birds utilizing the old nests of other species are on record.—Eds.] GREY-HEADED WAGTAIL IN SUSSEX. In the spring of 1869 or 1870 a Grey-headed Wagtail was shot at Lancing, in Sussex, not far from the sea, which has, I am sorry to say, remained until now unidentified. Having, at the request of Mr. Witherby, submitted it to Mr. N. F. Ticehurst, that gentleman writes : " It is in my opinion undoubtedly M. f. horealis. . It is not nearly white enough on the throat, and is too dark on the head for M. f. cinereicapilla. It is even darker on the head than most of my M. /. horealis, but I take it that is due to ; J. H. GURNEY. NESTING OF THE GREY WAGTAIL IN BERKSHIRE. On June 13th I noticed a pair of Grey Wagtails {Motacilla melanope) close to one of the locks on the Kennet an
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