. British birds. Birds. nOTES MARSH-WARBLER IN SUSSEX. On June 14th, 1919, my wife and I heard and saw a Marsh- Warbler {Acrocephalus palustris), in a garden at St. Leonards- on-Sea. It was in full song, but in spite of careful search on the next and following days it was not to be found again. M. J. NiCOLL. BLACKBIRD LAYING EIGHT EGGS. Mr. Ticehurst's note on a Blackbird laying seven eggs {antea, p. 274), induces me to record that on May nth, 1915, I found a Blackbird's nest containing eight eggs. This nest was well concealed in a gorse thicket adjoining a little frequented path near the rive
. British birds. Birds. nOTES MARSH-WARBLER IN SUSSEX. On June 14th, 1919, my wife and I heard and saw a Marsh- Warbler {Acrocephalus palustris), in a garden at St. Leonards- on-Sea. It was in full song, but in spite of careful search on the next and following days it was not to be found again. M. J. NiCOLL. BLACKBIRD LAYING EIGHT EGGS. Mr. Ticehurst's note on a Blackbird laying seven eggs {antea, p. 274), induces me to record that on May nth, 1915, I found a Blackbird's nest containing eight eggs. This nest was well concealed in a gorse thicket adjoining a little frequented path near the river Otter (Devon), and bore no signs of having been tampered with or disturbed in any way, and the eggs were all of very similar character. I much regret that I had no opportunity of visiting the nest again, so I am in ignorance of the fate of so large a clutch. Seebohm {Col. Figs, of the Eggs of British Birds) mentions that eight eggs have been occasionally found in one nest, but it is, I suppose, conceivable that such a large number might be the product of two hens, or else that some mischievous person had inserted a few eggs. In this case, however, I do not think the nest had been previously discovered and the eggs seemed to be the product of one hen. W. Walmesley White. CURIOUS SITE FOR BLACKBIRD'S NEST. During the summer of 1917 a pair of Blackbirds {Turdus m. merula) nested in one of the nest-boxes of an unused pigeon- house standing on the ground in the garden of Mr. C. Allchin, at Longfield, Kent. When seen by me the hen bird was sitting on what I was informed was a second brood in the same nest. It seemed quite tame, not moving when the lamp light was turned on it. Frederick D. Welch. LITTLE OWL IN PEMBROKESHIRE AND FLINTSHIRE. On March 12th, 1920, a Little Owl {Athene noctna) was caught in a rabbit-trap near Solva (on the sea coast four miles from St, Davids, Pembrokeshire). I have very carefully. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that
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