10 JULY 1909, Page 20

1.TO THE EDITOR Of THE " SracTrros. - 1 SIR,—In your article

of June 26th on "The Setting Down of Birds' Songs" the "pu-we" is the song of the starling without doubt. I regret, with Mr. B. F. Hall, the wanton destruction of nests by boys. My only consolation is that this annual raiding of the nests takes place before our rarer birds begin to build.—I am, Sir, &c.,

HENRY SOMERS COCKS.

The Vicarage, .Edenbridge, Kent.