. British birds. Birds. OTES. NOTES FROM SUSSEX. Grey Wagtail {Motacilla melajiope).—This species nests regularly in north and west Sussex, probably in the east of the county, where Dr. C. B. Ticehurst found a brood in 1906, and probably also in other parts of Sussex, though very locally, and in no great numbers. For three years in suc- cession, 1906-07-08, I have found the nest (two in 1908) in the two former areas. Hobby {Falco suhhuteo).—Twice certainly within the past few years has the Hobby bred in Sussex. At the time of writing " Sussex Hobbies," Avhich was pubhshed in " C
. British birds. Birds. OTES. NOTES FROM SUSSEX. Grey Wagtail {Motacilla melajiope).—This species nests regularly in north and west Sussex, probably in the east of the county, where Dr. C. B. Ticehurst found a brood in 1906, and probably also in other parts of Sussex, though very locally, and in no great numbers. For three years in suc- cession, 1906-07-08, I have found the nest (two in 1908) in the two former areas. Hobby {Falco suhhuteo).—Twice certainly within the past few years has the Hobby bred in Sussex. At the time of writing " Sussex Hobbies," Avhich was pubhshed in " Country Side " on February 1st, 1908, detaihng the finding of an eyrie on June 15th of the previous year, I was under the impression that this Avas actually the first record. So it is as far as the notifying of the fact goes, but careful inquiries have ehcited the information that in 1906 a brood was taken off in a totally different part of the county to where I found my eyrie. In 1907 (the year in which I found it) I also located a second pair, but both birds vanished entirely from the wood they were frequenting. Probably they were destroyed. In 1906 a pair meant settling down in a Heron's old nest, but before the eggs AA'ere laid the male was mercilessly shot. On June 17th, 1908, I saw a single bird in a certain district in the north of the county. Common Sheld-Duck {Tadorna cornuta).—The Sheld-Duck nests in one spot in Sussex for certain, in the extreme south- west coast corner of the county. I visited the place on May 6th, 1908, and saw one pair of birds. The young were seen in 1906 and 1907 by Mr. PadAA-ick—a capital observer. Shoveler {Spatula dypeata).—On April 18th, 1908, I discovered the Shoveler's nest in the north of Sussex. This is the first record for the county. The folloAving is an extract from my diary for that day :—" As I left a Avithy bed at the tail of the big mill-pond a pair of Shovelers, easily recognised as such by the drake's plumag
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