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■sunie to partake of these with it, we are sure to hear its voice in chattering 

 and contention with the intruders, until it drives them from the place," &c. 

 (See Journal of a Naturalist.) I can vouch for the accuracy of this state- 

 ment, and have been much amused in watching the storm thmsh take up 

 its station on some tree near to a favourite holly bush, to guard it from the 

 depredations of other birds, which on their approach it immediately attacks, 

 chattering and screaming, chasing them to a distance, and striking at them 

 in the air " with hawk-like fury." The actions, indeed, of the storm thrush, 

 while darting at the intruders and pursuing them on the wing, very much 

 resemble those of a hawk. — W. T. Bree. Allesley Rectory^ March 29. 



To blow Eggs for Preservation in Cabinets. — The eggs in my collection 

 are all blown with one hole at the side, and so small as to be scarcely per- 

 ceptible. I use a pipe, which I had made for the purpose, and have here 

 given you a figure of it, with the method of using it, which may perhaps 

 prove interesting to some of your readers who are fond of this pursuit. 

 (fg.25.) The method of blowing them is this:— Make a small pin- 



hole at the side of the egg, large enough to admit the point of the pipe, which 

 is represented at c, one sixth part of an inch ; then apply your mouth to 

 the entrance of the pipe a, and suck as hard as you can, when immediately 

 the contents of the egg rise, and are lodged in the ball of the tube 6, with- 

 out proceeding higher towards the mouth. Next blow the contents down 

 the pipe into a basin or whatever you may have to receive it, and suck a 

 little clean water up into the ball, and blow it into the egg; shake the egg 

 in your hand for about a minute, and, applying the point of the tube, with- 

 draw the water, which leaves the egg perfectly clean, — An Observer of 

 Nature, Aug. 14. 1830. 



A new Mode ofexamitiing Birds, S^c. — Having long felt an abhorrence 

 at taking away the life of any of the brute creation, either for mere plea- 

 sure or for self-improvement in natural history, I have derived much delight 

 from the use of a good pocket telescope, magnifying about thirty times, 

 whilst exploring the recesses of our foi'est for the various species of the 

 feathered tribe with which it abounds. By this means, instead of levelling 

 the deadly fowling-piece at the pretty songster, I direct upon him my quiet 

 vivifying tube ; and thus the living specimen, sporting in all its native cha- 

 racter (perhaps quite heedless of its inspector, at a distance of thirty, 

 sixty, or ninety yards), is brought within a visual range of one, two, or three 

 yards of my eye. I have in this way often had an excellent view of the 

 redstart and other shy birds j the green woodpecker (Picus viridis), 

 attacking the tough bark ; the nightingale, putting forth its sweet peal of 

 notes, her throat at the time appearing convulsed to an extraordinary de- 

 gree ; the hawk tribe, and many other birds, including water-fowl, have 

 afforded me many an interesting spectacle. Being a warm friend to hu- 

 manity, I may add, that 1 hope my practice of "fowling" will find many 

 advocates. — A. B. Epping Forest, April, 1830. 



Land Birds met with at Sea, on a Voyage from England to South America^ 

 in the Years 1824-5. The. latitude and longitude are also given. — 

 1824. Oct.W. A pyefinch (2<Vingilla coeHebs) flew on board; weather 

 stormy, Bay of Biscay, lat. 48°33'' north, long. 7° 50' west. Several 

 snipes were seen the same day. — Oct. 13. A skylark (./4lauda arvensis) was 

 caught ; weather stormy, lat, 45° 4' north, long. 10° 10' west» — Od. 14.. A 

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