. British birds. Birds. OTES. NOTES FROM CORNWALL. Brambling {Fringilla montifrinE^illa).—A single bird was seen with Chaffinches {F. c. ccelebs) at Gunwalloe in Mount's Bay on November 4th, 1919, possibly a rather early date for this district. Black Redstart {Phoenicurus 0. gibraltariensis).—-Three were seen near Fowey on October 22nd, 1919, single birds in different places in the same district on the 26th and 29th, and a male at Gunwalloe on November 4th. Greenshank {Tringa nebularia).—One was in Mount's Bay at Penzance on November 9th, 1919. Grey Phalarope {Phalaropus fulicarius).—-One whic
. British birds. Birds. OTES. NOTES FROM CORNWALL. Brambling {Fringilla montifrinE^illa).—A single bird was seen with Chaffinches {F. c. ccelebs) at Gunwalloe in Mount's Bay on November 4th, 1919, possibly a rather early date for this district. Black Redstart {Phoenicurus 0. gibraltariensis).—-Three were seen near Fowey on October 22nd, 1919, single birds in different places in the same district on the 26th and 29th, and a male at Gunwalloe on November 4th. Greenshank {Tringa nebularia).—One was in Mount's Bay at Penzance on November 9th, 1919. Grey Phalarope {Phalaropus fulicarius).—-One which was swimming in the Fowey River near Golant on October 31st, 1919, had still distinct traces of chestnut about the breast. Bl.\ck-necked Grebe {Podiceps n. nigricollis) .—Two in winter plumage were diving repeatedly just outside the harbour at Penzance on Noven\ber nth, 1919. A. W. Boyd. NOTES FROM LEICESTERSHIRE. Short-eared Owl {Asto ) does not seem to have been recorded often from Leicestershire, so I may note that a male was taken at Oueeniborough on October 13th, 1919. Hobby [Falco s. siibbuteo).—A pair reared one young one which had left the nest by July 12th, 1919. They had used an old Sparrow-Hawk's nest in the fork of an oak. Green Sandpiper {Tringa ochropus).—A female, moulting some of the primaries and wing-coverts, was obtained on July 14th, 1919, at Barkby Thorpe. Black Tern {Hydrochelidon n. nigra).—A party of nine visited some flooded ground near /^ueeniborough several times during the first two weeks of 'May 1919. One I obtained taken on the 9th or loth proved to be; p^ Hue adult male. ^^. Hubert Barrow. LATE NESTING/.F LI>fNETS. With reference to Mr. H. H. -. arwig'^'note {antea, p. 194) I found two nests of the Linnet {Cardnelis c. cannabina) in Q. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not p
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