Densley, M, Watt, W. B, Keywood, K. P, Williams, J. G, Baron, S, Smith, W. H, Leach, E. P, Bible, E. H. T, Ross, W. M, Hollom, P. A. D, Pounds, H. E, Shipton, W, Brown, R. H, Lloyd, B, Astley, A, Serle, W, Smallcombe, W. A, Robinson, H. W, Witherby, H. F, Densley, M, Watt, W. B, Keywood, K. P, Williams, J. G, Baron, S, Smith, W. H, Leach, E. P, Bible, E. H. T, Ross, W. M, Hollom, P. A. D, Pounds, H. E, Shipton, W, Brown, R. H, Lloyd, B, Astley, A, Serle, W, Smallcombe, W. A, Robinson, H. W, Witherby, H. F, Densley, M, Watt, W. B, Keywood, K. P, Williams, J. G, Baron, S, Leach, E. P, Bible, E. H. T, Hollom, P. A. D, Pounds, H. E, Brown, R. H, Lloyd, B, Serle, W, Witherby, H. F & Robinson, H. W / December 1934 – vol. 28, issue 8–⁠214

DURING the last week in May, 1934, a pair of Spotted Flycatchers (Muscicapa s. striata) built a nest in a cleft of a climbing rose tree growing against the wall of our house in Norfolk. On May 31st this nest contained four eggs, which were taken. On June 12th the nest contained a fresh clutch of five eggs, the first of which had probably been laid on June 6th or 7th. Hatching took place on or abo...

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