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to natural objects, but which embraces all local facts, and which is printed 

 and distributed annually in a broad sheet. I therefore have not the right 

 to claim the merit of originator of this desirable object, though I had 

 never heard of its adoption when I wrote; and I am only too happy to 

 find that my wish and purpose are participated in and adopted by such; 

 it renders the suggestion of tenfold value being so confirmed. 



R. G. Temple. 

 The Lmhe, Chester, May 20th., 1850. 



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Anecdote of a Oat. — A gentleman in removing to a new residence, (at 

 Lady-day,) took with him his cat, which for the first few days appeared 

 tolerably at home; but a strange dog of a neighbouring house perceiving 

 pussy, rushed after her. To escape his fury, she took refuge in a tree; 

 there the timid creature remained without any food for four days, for the 

 dog was tied up very near to the tree. On his being removed out of 

 sight, the cat at once descended. — G. R. Twinn, Birmingham, May 2nd., 

 1S56. 



JVidi/ication in Norfolk. — On March 28th. I received two specimens of 

 the eggs of the Missel Thrush, taken three days previously at Runhall. 

 On March 27th. nests, containing eggs, were found at Marlingford — those 

 of the Robin, Song Thrush, and Missel Thrush. Specimens of the Rook's 

 eggs were taken at the close of February, at the same place. — Idem. 



The Eagle lately shot in the Park. — The following notice of the destruc- 

 tion of the Eagle in Windsor Forest, a few weeks ago, appears in the 

 current number of Dickens's "Household Words," under the heading, "A 

 Royal Visitor." It is from the pen of F. Buckland, Esq., assistant-surgeon 

 of the 2nd. Life Guards, the regiment with which the ofiicer referred to in 

 the narrative is connected. "The Royal Forest of Windsor has lately been 

 honoured by a visit from a royal bird. The Eagle of the North visited 

 the domains of the Queen of the South. The particulars are as follows: 

 — On the afternoon of the 12th. of December last, as one of the officers 

 of the garrison of Windsor was riding in the Great Park, not far from 

 the statue of King George the Third, at the end of the Long Walk, he 

 was surprised to see a large bird on the ground gorging himself with a 

 rabbit. He advanced towards it, but the bird flew up into a tree. When 

 on the tree it appeared to have a chain round its leg; but this was after- 

 wards ascertained to be a portion of the rabbit he had just been eating. 

 The pursuer then made out clearly that this large bird was an Eagle, — 

 a most unusual visitor to the Royal Forest. He rode off, therefore, im- 



