82 MISCELLANEOUS NOTICES. 



near Norwich, at the beginning of January, 1821, and lived upon his premises till March 30th., 

 184.5, when it died from old age; thus having lived to the great age of more than twenty- 

 four years. The circumstance was mentioned to the late Bishop of Norwich, (Bishop Stanley,) 

 who remarked that it was the gi-eatest age of the Cat, well-authenticated, he had heard of. — 

 W. Baulow, Bintree, Norfolk, January, 1853. 



Peregrine Falcon, (Falco peregrinus.) — A male was shot at Bawdeswell, Norfolk, in February 

 1850. A female was shot at Bintree in the same spring. Another was shot in the spring of 

 1852, at Bintree: sex not ascertained. The two last are now in the collection of F. Barlow, Esq., 

 Cambridge . — Idem . 



Pugnacity of the Golden-crested Wren, (Regulus cristatus.) — In the garden of the same 

 gentleman, in 1849, two Golden-crested Wrens were engaged in direful contest; a female sitting 

 on a tree near them. They fell to the ground fighting, heedless of the gardener standing close 

 to them, who placed his hands over them, and took them into custody, earned them into the 

 house, and imprisoned them under a wire meat cover. One soon died, when the other perched upon 

 him, pecked him, and endeavoured to draw him round his prison. Shortly after, the conqueror 

 shewed signs of exhaustion, was taken out and placed near an open window, but died also. 

 The female selected a mate, and built her nest over the spot where the battle was fought. — 

 Idem. 



Longevity of the Peewit, (Vanellus cristatus,) in confinement. — In the summer of 1851, a 

 Peewit was killed by a cat. This bird had been fourteen years in captivity in a walled-in 

 garden at Yarrow, the seat of Lady James Townsend, in the Parish of Bintree, Norfolk. I knew 

 the bird since March 1838. — Idem. 



Curious situation for the nest of tJie Souse Martin, (Hirundo Urbica.) — In 1840, a Martin 

 selected as the site for its nest the iron holdfast which supported the rain-trough of my house. 

 i was curious to know how it would protect its young from the rain and cold. The building 

 proceeded, and was eventually covered in with the same material with which the lower part of 

 the nest was built, a hole being left on one side for the entrance. — Idem. 



Late appearance of the Cuckoo, (Cuculus canorus.) — I beg to inform you that one of these 

 birds was shot whilst crossing a field, in which shooting matches are held, on the evening of 23rd. 

 September. — F. D. Soames, 80, Old Broad Street, London, September 24th., 1852. 



A List of Summer Birds, arranged in the Order op their Disappearance. By T. Turner. 



Swift, (Cypselus apus,) August 23x-d. 



Willow Wren, (Phyllopneuste trochilus,) Sep- 

 tember 1st. 



Whitethroat, (Curruca cinerea,) Sept. 23rd. 



Whinchat, (Saxicola rubetra,) Sept. 24th. 



Marsh Seedling, (Calamoherpe arundinacea,) 

 September 26th. 



Sedge Reedling, (Calamoherpe phragmitis,) 

 September 28th. 

 Friars, Leicester, November I2ih., 1852. 



The Bay-necked Goosander, (Mergus Serrator.)— November 7th. — Visiting my friend, John 

 Collins, he showed me a fine female specimen, just stuffed, of the Bay-necked Goosander, shot 

 November 1st., near Belvere Castle, Leicestershire. — Idem. 



Lateness of the Chimney Swallow, (Hirundo rustica.) — This morning, November 7th., taking 

 a walk at the west end of this town, although the weather was very rough, I was much sur- 

 prised to see two Swallows sporting about as though it was summer. — Idem. 



The Souse Pigeon. — Happening to observe the inquiry of John Dixon, ("The Naturalist," 

 vol. ii, page 278,) with respect to the number of eggs laid at a nesting by the House Pigeon, 1 

 am incUned to say a few words in reply to it. My brother and I kept Pigeons, varying in number 

 from eight to nearly forty, for some years ; and, during the whole time, we met with but one 

 nstance of a bird layhig three eggs at a nesting. It was her first nest, and the eggs were 



Lesser Whitethroat, (Curruca sylviella,) Sep. 29. 

 Chiff Chaff, (Phyllopneuste hippolais,) Oct. 3rd. 

 Wheatear, (Saxicola oenantlic,) October 3rd. 

 Blackcap, (Curruca atricapilla,) October 5th. 

 Yellow Wagtail, (Budytes Eayi,) October 3rd. 

 Corn Crake, (Crex pratonsis,) October 14th. 

 Window Swallow, (Hirundo urbica,) Oct. 16th. 

 Chimney Swallow, (Hirundo rustica,) Oct. 19th. 

 Bank SwaUow, (Hirundo riparia,) Oct. 23rd. 



