. British birds. Birds. OTES. UNUSUAL LINING IN JAY'S NEST. I MET with a nest of a Jay {Garruhis glandaruis yiifitcrgmn) near Carlisle in May, 1921, which outwardly was of the usual character. The twigs of which it was built in this case were those of birch, heather and honeysuckle. Internally a fair quantity of fibrous roots had been worked into the structure, but the real lining with which it was finished consisted of abundance of horsehair—the strong, coarse hair from the animal's mane. F. II. Day. BLUE-HEADED WAGTAIL IN DEVONSHIRE. On October 14th, 1921, a flock of some fifty migrant Wagta
. British birds. Birds. OTES. UNUSUAL LINING IN JAY'S NEST. I MET with a nest of a Jay {Garruhis glandaruis yiifitcrgmn) near Carlisle in May, 1921, which outwardly was of the usual character. The twigs of which it was built in this case were those of birch, heather and honeysuckle. Internally a fair quantity of fibrous roots had been worked into the structure, but the real lining with which it was finished consisted of abundance of horsehair—the strong, coarse hair from the animal's mane. F. II. Day. BLUE-HEADED WAGTAIL IN DEVONSHIRE. On October 14th, 1921, a flock of some fifty migrant Wagtails was seen by us on the large lawns in front of the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth. It comprised all three species, viz. : Pied, Yellow and Grey {M. a. lugubris, M. f. rayi, and M. c. cincrea). Amongst them was a single Blue-headed Wagtail (M. /. flava) easily distinguished from the others by its blue-grey head and distinct white eye-stripe. We may add that one of us is well acquainted with this species, having watched it a good deal in Belgium. We get regular flocks of Pied Wagtails here, but this mixed flock was a novelty. Cadets J. P. W. Furse and H. T. Bonham. NUTHATCH NESTING IN ANGLESEY. The Nuthatch {Sitta europcsa hritannica) was first* recorded in Anglesey in May 1910, when Mr. Lort and I watched a pair at Llangoed, near Beaumaris. The species was noted again at the same place by Mr. R. W. Jones in May 1914, and nearer Menai Bridge in February 1919 by Mr. F. H. Mills. This observer reported that a pair was again seen at Llangoed early in the summer of 1921, and later in the year the nest was found with the brood, which was reared successfully. This is the first actual record of the Nuthatch nesting in Anglesey. H. E. Forrest. WAXWINGS IN CUMBERLAND AND MONTGOMERYSHIRE. Three parties of Waxwings {Bombycilla garynlus) were seen in the neighbourhood of Carlisle recently—a party of four on the south side of the city on November 20th, 1921 ;. Please note that these im
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