MISCELLANEOUS NOTICES. X^ 



La7'k's eggs found in the stomach of a HmvJc, (Circus Montagui.) — Oa 

 looking over ^'The Naturalist" of the present month, I find at page 230, a 

 notice of eggs found in the stomach of a Hawk. A similar circumstance 

 having come under my own notice, perhaps it may be interesting to some of 

 your readers to record it. In May, 1838, I had an Ash-coloured Harrier, 

 (Circus Montagui,) brought to me to be stuiFed. On opening its mouth for 

 the purpose of cleaning it, preparatory to skinning, I discovered some yolk 

 of eggs in the throat; by carefully examining it, I found the crop to contain 

 a number of eggs; some quite smashed, others slightly fractured, and one 

 entire — all Sky-lark's eggs. This bird was shot near Carlisle. I set it up 

 for T. C. Heysham, Esq., of that city, who also got the egg that was not 

 broken. — James Cooper, Museura, Warnngton, December 4th., 1851. 



Buff-coloured Wood-lark, (Alauda arborea,) — A pure bufi"-coloured Wood- 

 lark was shot near Crediton, in August last. — W. Tomhs, Jun., Exeter, 

 November 4th., 18ol. 



Rose-coloured Pastor, (Pastor roseus.) — A fine male bird of this species 

 was shot near Chudleigh, on July 10th. — Idem. 



Glossy Ibis, (Ibis falcinellus.) — A young specimen of this rare British 

 visitor was captured at Blatchboro, near Holsworthy, on September 7th. — Idem. 



Spotted and Common Redshanks and GreenshanJcs. — Three Spotted Redshanks, 

 {Totanus fuscus,) and several Common Redshanks, (T. calidris,) and Green- 

 shanks, {T. glotf^s,) have recently been killed in the estuary of the Exe. — Idem, 



Little Gull, (Larus minutus.) — On January 31st. G. C. Luke, Esq. kindly 

 presented me with a Little Gull, which he had shot whilst feeding with 

 two others of the same species, in a turnip field near this city: it is now 

 in my collection. — Idem. 



Late occurrence of the Cuckoo. — On the 23rd. of October, of this year, as 

 two friends of mine were botanizing in a small wood, called Botley, which 

 crowns one of the hills in this neighbourhood, they repeatedly heard the well- 

 known notes of "Cuckoo, cuck, cuck, koo," uttered several times. When 

 they were first heard, my friends were some distance from each other, and 

 the one who fancied the other was hoaxing her, repeated these notes until 

 they met, and, to their mutual surprise, there was this sweet harbinger of 

 spring, C. canorus, outvying my two friends with its sweet voice. — J. W. Lukis, 

 Great Bedwyn, November 27th., 18ol. 



Late appearance of Hirundo rustica. — On the 12th. of November, as my 

 friend, the Rev. S. C. E. N. Rolfe, of Heacham Hall, Norfolk, was taking his 

 accustomed morning walk, between the hours of seven and eight o'clock, he 

 saw a Swallow flying about the front of his house as busily as in the middle 

 of summer. He watched it for the space of half-an-hour; it would now and 

 then alight on the coping of the house, and then resume its active flight. 

 It was not seen after breakfast was over. — Idem. 



