. British birds . tion appears to be that the birds commencedto build the nest immediately the timber was loaded inRadnorshire, and they must have followed the truck on itsjourney and completed the nest, and laid the eggs duringtransit. The nest appeared to be deserted when the truckarrived at its destination. I have verified the facts as faras I can, and believe them to be correct. I have heard ofsimilar cases before. John R. B. Masefield. BREEDING-HABITS OF WILLOW-TIT IN KENT. On April 21st, 1914, a nest of a Willow-Tit was s1io\mi mein Cranbrook, Kent, by Mr. C. A. Winch and Mr. Th
. British birds . tion appears to be that the birds commencedto build the nest immediately the timber was loaded inRadnorshire, and they must have followed the truck on itsjourney and completed the nest, and laid the eggs duringtransit. The nest appeared to be deserted when the truckarrived at its destination. I have verified the facts as faras I can, and believe them to be correct. I have heard ofsimilar cases before. John R. B. Masefield. BREEDING-HABITS OF WILLOW-TIT IN KENT. On April 21st, 1914, a nest of a Willow-Tit was s1io\mi mein Cranbrook, Kent, by Mr. C. A. Winch and Mr. The hole was bored entirely by the birds in a 70 BRITISH BIRDS. [vol. VIII. rotten willow-post in a fence. It then contained one May 3rd the nest contained nine eggs, and the bird \Aassitting. There were chips of wood on the ground, as wellas in the nest, but the majority must have been carriedaway by the bird ; the post contained also two broken-downnest-cavities of previous years. I sent one of the birds to. NESTING-HOLE OF WILLOW-TIT IN A POLE IN A HOP-GAEDENIN KENT. Mr. Witherby, \\ho very kindly confirmed my male took no part in incubation, but fed the henon the nest; occasionally she left the nest at his call andwas fed on a branch, returning to her duties have noticed this also in the case of the Marsh-Tit. Thefood given proved to be small buds, which he searched forin the higher foliage of the willo\\--trees. The nest, whichweighed as much as tA\o sixpenny-pieces, contained no moss VOL. VIII.] NOTES. 71 and \\as lightly constructed of rabbits hair mixed withdoAvn-feathers from a Mallards nest and numerous fragmentsof decayed willow ; the lumps of hair so characteristic ofthe nests of other Tits had been combed out and pulledto pieces by these birds. On May 4th another Willow-Tits nest was shown me inCranbrook by Mr. A. A. Moore, about three miles from theother. It contained seven eggs, and the bird was egg had been laid
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