A " MAGPIE " BLACKBIRD.
[To Tag EDITOR OF TER " SracTATon."]
Stn,—In his letter on "A Village School Competition," I. E. Page speaks of a white blackbird which came under the heading of things not noticed before in the neighbourhood of Sleights, Yorks. It may interest him to hear that a " magpie " blackbird was noticed here (Watcombe, South Devon) all last winter and spring. Its description as given to me was as follows : "Yellow beak, white body and wings, but tips of wings black, also white tail tipped with black." It was carefully watched with a view to noting what the colouring of its offspring would be, but it was trapped and killed before the nesting-time began; so, thanks to the greed and ignorance of some gardener, our investigations were not carried out. —.
I am, Sir, &c., C. L. PECK. Maidencombe House, St. Mary Church, S. Devon.
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