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§ 306. TVo.— Vendsyssel, Jutland, 17 May, 1858. From 

 Pastor Theobald's Collection, 1859. 



These eggs were taken by Herr Fischer as above, in the wood 

 Paihede. 



§ 307. 0;^^.— Mylenberg, Jutland, April, 1859. From Pastor 

 Theobald's Collection. 



[§ 308. One. — Holland. From Mr. Newcome's Collection, 



1852.] 



[§ 309. One. — North Devonshire. From Lord Lilford's Col- 

 lection, 1855.] 



[§310. 0;?(?.— Lincolnshire, 17 May, 1856. "Female trapped." 

 From Mr. G. Adrian. 



The nest from which this ^^'^ comes was found by Mr. Adrian on the 14th 

 May, the same day as that on which he took the three eggs sent to Mr. 

 WoUey [§ 299], In the hope that the bird would lay more, Mr. Adrian 

 left it, but a few hours afterwards heard that a farmer, living near the wood 

 in which the nest was, had, the day before, trapped a Kite, which was sub- 

 sequently sent to him alive, and proved to be a hen bird. Three days having 

 passed, Mr. Adrian again visited the nest, and, finding it exactly as he had 

 left it, he took the ^^^.. He had no doubt that the bird trapped belonged to 

 this nest.] 



[§ 31L T/^ree.— Lincolnshire, 6 May, 1857. From Mr. G. 

 Adrian.] 



[§ 312. 0^2^.— Lincolnshire, 8 May, 1857. From Mr. G. 

 Adrian. 



With respect to this egg and those in the last section, Mr. Adrian wrote 

 that he " noticed nothing peculiar. The materials of the nests consisted of 

 decayed branches of oak ; and they were built upon the larger boughs of that 

 tree, at a height of about twenty-four or twenty-five feet ; the tree in neither 

 instance of very large dimensions."] 



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