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and 1 saw no more of her. so I concliuk-il tlial she was on migration 

 However, this afternoon (Fehruary 3rd) I again made licr acquaintance. 

 My wife called my attention to a bird chasing a peewit, and putting my 

 glasses on it, I found it was my old friend. The peewit she was after eluded 

 her, but a moment later she dropped, head downwards, on to something on 

 the ground, which proved to be another peewit, which, with singidar lack 

 of caution, had continued feeding on the plough. There was a brief Strugs; L-. 

 terminating, as I thought, in the death of the unhappy plover, which its ca])tci- 

 started to pluck. Being anxious to see where the falcon wou'd carry her 

 quarry, 1 entered tlie field, but the moment my head appeared above the hedge, 

 two-hundred yards away, the peregrine dropped the peewit, who, far from 

 being dead, made ofif with all possible despatch, no doubt a wiser an.d mere 

 cautious bird. 



The falcon Mew straight away over the tdwn, and once more I heartily 

 wished I was seeing the last of her — but was I ? Time will show ! 

 llavant: February 3, 1922. (The Marquis of) TAX'ISTOCK. 



BREEDING RESULTS. 



Sir,— I have some Zebra Finches (Taeniopygia caslaiiutis] bred in my 

 aviary. The second brood were hatched on October 7th, one of which prom- 

 ises to be very dark, as there are many black feathers showing. 



I have also reared two Avadavats {Sporacgiutliiis amaiidava), and 1 

 wonder whether these have often been bred so far north as Edinburgh ? 



Cordon Bleus and Cuban Finches nested, but did not hatch out any 

 yc ung. 



Edinburgh : December 19, 1921. j CURRIE 



SEEING OTHER MEMBERS' AVIARIES AND BIRDS. 

 Sir,— I always feel, and I expect there are many others that have 

 similar thoughts, that members of F.B.C. ought to be able to get to know 

 other members, and so get bird-talks occasionally. Would it be possible to 

 put m any kind of informal notice in Bird Notes to the effect that I, for 

 one. would be delighted to have a visit from anv member who mighi be 

 m this district, and would care to call. 



This is only a mere suggestion. 



(Mrs.) MARGARET READ. 

 Church Croft, Weston Park, Thames Ditton : January 16, 1922. 



A FEW NOTES FROM OUR PRESIDENT. 

 SiH,— I left home for England on December 21st, and it may interest 

 you to hear that a hen canary was sitting on eggs, in a nest she had made 



