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C. hirundinis (Curtis), 2♂ ♂ 3♀ ♀, D. urbica—nest, Flatford
Mill, 24.ix.59 (G.P.): 15♂ ♂ 38♀ ♀, D. urbica—nests, Chesterford
Park, 2.V.64 (G.B.T. and R.S.G.): 2♂ ♂ 8♀ ♀, D. urbica—nests,
Steeple Bumpstead, x.57 (Dr Rook): 2♀ ♀, D. urbica—dead,
Great Chesterford, 28.v.62 (G.B.T.).
C. f. farreni Rothschild, 1♀, D. urbica—nest, Flatford Mill,
24.ix.58 (G.P.): 1♂, D. urbica—2 nests, Chesterford Park, 2.v.64
(R.S.G. & G.B.T.): 1♂, D. urbica—nest, Steeple Bumpstead, x.57
(Dr Rook).
C. g. gallinae Schrank, 1♀ Motacilla alba yarrelli Gould (Pied
Wagtail—♂), Frating, 20.xii.61 (CM.): 2♀ ♀, Turdus m. merula L.
(Blackbird), Bradwell, iv.57 (G.B.T. coll.): 2♀ ♀, Passer domesti-
cus (L.) (House Sparrow-nest), Billericay, iii.1959 (A.J.E.H.):
1♂, P. modularis, Great Horkesley, 27.xii.64 (B.H.): 1♂, P.
modularis, Bradwell, 4.iv.57 (G.B.T. coll.): 1♂ 2♀ ♀, Parus major
L. (Gt. Titmouse—nest), Stock, 10.viii.59 (A.J.E.H.); P. major—
"nest in pump", Stock, 20.vii.59 (A.H.): 1♂ 1♀, "Hen litter",
Weeley, 28.vi.64 (R.S.G.): 1♂ 3♀ ♀, "grass nest in undergrowth",
Baddow, 20.X.59 (P.M.H.): 1♂, M. nivalis, Chesterford Park,
8.iv.67 (G.B.T.).
C. fringillae (Walker), 2♂ ♂ 3♀ ♀, "emerging from crack in wall
of house", Thorpe Bay, 18.V.63 (E.D.M.): 3♂ ♂ 2♀ ♀, D. urbica—
nest occupied by P. domesticus, Chesterford Park, 21.iii.67
(G.B.T.); 1♂ from similar nest, Chesterford Park, 21.iii.67
(G.B.T.).
C. garei Rothschild, 1♀, "nest linings—hedgerow", Bradwell-
on-Sea, 9.ii.-8.iii.58 (B.C.H.): 1♂ 1♀, Gallinula chloropus (L.)
(Moorhen-nest), Chesterford Park, vi-1953 (G.B.T.).
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