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as to the nearest breeding-places from which I might obtain 

 young birdsj and which I believe to be somewhere in Den- 

 mark, I found only the somewhat vague information that it 

 is " not uncommon " there_, and " breeds annually at Fred- 

 rikslund/' and in another passage that it " breeds only 

 seldom, and not regularly, on the islands (?), as, for instance, 

 on Seeland.'^ On reference to Prof. Reinhardt, of Copen- 

 hagen, I was, however, favoured with the following informa- 

 tion, which, I think, may be acceptable to some of the mem- 

 bers of the B. O. U. :— 



"The Black Stork is not uncommon in Denmark, and 

 breeds in several of the forests in Jutland, but usually only a 

 few pairs, or even a single pair, in each forest. 



" There are breeding-places : — 



•^'1. To the north of ' Limfjorden,^ in 



Baggesvogn-skov, in the neighbourhood of the small town 

 of Hjorring (the most northern breeding-place in 

 Denmark) ; 

 Dronninglund-storskov, on the estate Dronninglund ; 

 Stagsted-skov. 

 " 2. On the island ' Oland,^ in Limfjorden, in 



Oksholm-skov , belonging to the estate of that name. 

 "3. To the south of Limfjorden, in 



Hald-skov and Aunsbjerg-skou, not far from Viborg ; 

 Houlhjerg-skov, on the estates of Count Friis ; 

 Fusingo-skove, on the estates of Count Scheel-Plessen ; 

 Mylenberg-skov , some miles from the small town of 



Hobro ; 

 Palsgaard-skove, several miles distant from Veile ; 

 Ronvold-skove, belonging to the estate of Count Rantzau, 



in the same neighbourhood ; 

 Store Grundel-skov, also close by Veile ; 

 Silkeberg-skove, not far from Skandeborg. 



" There are, I believe, still more breeding-places in Jut- 

 land; but I suppose that those already mentioned will suffice. 



" There is even at least one breeding-place in Seeland, viz. 

 Mag-leskov, on the estate Ivenstrup, at the railway station 



