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Sometimes it may be found in small companies, of ten or fifteen, 

 feeding on the fallen seeds of the hornbeans. It generally 

 builds in a tall whitethorn, or holly ; the nest is sometimes as 

 loose as a Ring-dove's, but at others it bestows rather more 

 pains upon it. It lays from five to six eggs. When the young 

 are fledged, they visit the gardens near the forest in search of 

 green peas. I have been told that last year, nearly, if not quite 

 thirty, were killed in the garden of Colonel Conyers, of Copt- 

 hall, whose park, I believe, to be a favourite breeding place of 

 this bird. 



Corvus comix. Very rarely seen here. 



Picas minor. Not often met with in this neighbourhood. 



U/mpa Epops. One specimen of the Hoopoe was killed a 

 few years since, about a mile from the town. 



Botaiirtis stellaris has occurred here but once. 



CEdic?ienms crepitans. In calm moon-light evenings in 

 spring, we frequently hear the call of this interesting bird, as it 

 passes over at a considerable height. I never knew of more 

 than one specimen being killed in this parish. 



Totanus ochropus occurs here in May, July (the first 

 week), August, and September. 



Had I time, I could with much pleasure have said more on 

 this subject ; but this being wanting, I must now conclude. 

 And as it may be long, very long, before I shall again obtrude 

 myself on the notice of your readers, allow me to wish them all 

 good night ; and to add thereto one other wish, in the words of 

 an unfortunate poet : — 



" Detuv inoffensse metam tibi tangere vitse, 

 Qui legis hoc nobis non inimicus opus. 

 Atque utinam pro te possint mea vota valere 

 Qusepro me duros non tetigere Deos !" 



Art. XXVII. — List of Entomological Works. 



1 . On the History, Habits, and Instincts of Animals ; by 

 the Rev. W. Kirhy, M. A. ,- being No. VII. of the Bridge- 

 water Treatises. London : Pickering. 1835. 



2. The Magazine of Natural History; conducted by 

 J. C. Loudon. London : Longman. 1835. Monthly Num- 

 bers, XL VH. to LH. 



