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every egg absolutely perfect, even as to edges of drilled hole. 

 Eagles (both), Osprey, Hobby, Merlin, Kite, Honey Buzzard, 

 Harriers (all three), Owls (except Tawny), Pied Flycatcher, Redwing, 

 Fieldfare, Ring Ousel, Stonechat, Warblers (Marsh, Grasshopper, 

 Dartford, Wood), Tits (Marsh and Crested), Rock Pipit, Woodlark, 

 Buntings (Snow and Girl), Brambling, Goldfinch, Siskin, Twite, 

 Crossbill, Raven, Lesser Spotted Woodpecker, Swift, Rock Dove, 

 Capercailzie, Black Grouse, Ptarmigan, Quail, Golden Plover, 

 Dotterel, Kentish Plover, Greenshank, Ruff, Dunlin, Woodcock, 

 Whimbrel, Spotted Crake, Gadwall, Shoveller, Wigeon, Teal, 

 Garganey, Scoter, Divers (all three), Black Guillemot, Roseate Tern, 

 Great Skua, Leach's Petrel. Two or more clutches of any of these, 

 and one good clutch of each of Cormorant and Great Crested Grebe. 

 No small clutches wanted (e.g., not three Woodcock, three Dunlin). 

 I fear I have named some that are hardly obtainable even if you 

 have them to spare, unless you want several clutches of Chough. 

 Yours truly, [Signed] F. NORGATE. 



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SUFFOLK, zyd March 1899. 



DEAR SIR, Do you collect birds' eggs ? If so, do you care to 

 consider an exchange of duplicate clutches with British, Irish, or 

 Faroe data with me ? I can spare many good clutches of Chough 

 (Irish), Sparrow Hawk, Kestrel, Kingfisher, Nightingale, Redstart, 

 Linnet, Corncrake, Heron, Red-legged Partridge, Snipe; Great Black- 

 backed, Herring, and Black-headed Gulls ; Tern, Gannet, Manx 

 Shearwater, Storm Petrel, and nearly all our commoner species with 

 British data. Also most of the rarer (foreign taken) species in the 

 British list, and several exotic species. If you collect you may be 

 able to supply me with several species of local North British birds 

 that I still want, and I would send you a full list of all I can spare 

 and of all I want, if you desire it. Yours truly, 



[Signed] F. NORGATE. 



P.S. If you think there is a chance of an exchange, I may say 

 at once that I want a clutch or two, of not less than four eggs each, 

 of Crossbill, fresh taken, not blown. I do not object to three or 

 four days' incubation, but they must not be near hatching, and must 

 be offered this month (not later). I would send a specially padded 

 box filled with felt, with one hole for each egg. I mention this 

 want only because March is nearly over and I do not want them to 

 be taken later. [Signed] F. N. 



PROSECUTION UNDER THE WILD BIRDS PROTECTION ACTS. In 

 May last, a woman named Brown was fined, in Aberdeen Sheriff 

 Court, i, or seven days' imprisonment, for inciting boys to collect 

 Lapwings' eggs (for which she paid them a penny apiece) after i5th 

 April. It came out at the trial that her husband was a regular 



