300 APPENDIX II 



June 1th. Heard unmistakable note of nuthatch {Sitta, sp. ?) new 

 to my Neuenahr bird list. 



June Ztk. Common wren {Troglodytes parvulus) singing lustily 

 close to hotel this morning ; new to Neuenahr bird list. 



June <)tk. My bearded Stuhlknecht of last year told me that he 

 knew of a nest of kite in the Wald with two eggs. 



June loth. 1 had a visit from a Neuenahr keeper, with whom 

 I plunged recklessly into the tongue of the Fatherland, and got on 

 fairly well. 



The sportsman did not seem to recognise the hobby = " Baumfalke " 

 from my description, but knows the following Raptores : — kestrel = 

 " Thurmfalka," goshawk = " Habicht," sparrow-hawk = " Sperber," kite = 

 " Weier," buzzard and probably honey-buzzard = " Bussard," eagle- 

 owl ="Uhu," barn-owl = "Katzuhle." He also knows Gecinus canus 

 as "Grauer Specht," and told me that there are a good many gelin- 

 notes = " Hazelhahn " in the Wald, and that he knew of a nest with 

 seven eggs hatched ofif about a week ago. No blackgame= " Birkhaln " 

 in this \Vald ; a few woodcock =" Waldschnepfe " breed therein; 

 many roe = "Reh" and wild-boars = " Wildschwein." 



June \2th. My bearded Stuhlknecht brought me a mutilated 

 jay = "Magen," which he said had been shot in the Curgarten, and 

 insisted with some truth that it was a " Raubvogel " = bird of 'prey. 



Jujte i^th. Letter from G. Hunt, telling of catching some good 

 trout in Troywell brook, and little ones in Wadenhoe eel-trap ; 

 ailso of long-eared owl {Asio otus) at his reservoir, and green sand- 

 piper {Tetanus ochropus) last month on the brook. 



Bartlett has secured the two Persian greyhounds for me {vide 

 antei June ist, 1882). 



A young wild swine {Sus scrqfa) brought to our sitting-room at 

 night by a wilder youth, who, as far as we could make out, said it 

 was one of four taken in a pitfall this morning in the Hoh-Wald 

 not far off. It appeared to me to be moribund. 



June i^th. Saw a young titys redstart about on his own 

 account. 



June 16th. My younger Stuhlknecht of last year brought me a 



