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Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus) arrived on April 24th. 



Barn Owl {Strix flammea). Found nest with three eggs at 

 Acklam on May 12th, This nesting hole had been previously 

 occupied by a pair of stock doves, which reared four broods per 

 season. 



Tawny Owl (Syrnium aluco). Found nest, three eggs, at 

 Ingleby on April 3rd, and another nest at Gunnergate with one 

 young on May 7 th. 



Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus). Nest at Gunnergate on 

 April 29th ; birds shot off nest a few days later. 



Merlin {Falco cesalon). As usual, a pair reared young on 

 the moor above Ingleby. 



Peregrine Falcon {Falco peregrinus). One seen at Tees- 

 mouth on December 12th. It struck a mallard which fell quite 

 close to my informant, C. Braithwaite. 



Kestrel {Tinmmculus alaudarius). Found nest with five 

 eggs in hole of tree at Easby on May 22nd. 



Sheldrake (Tadorna cornuta). Took egg of this bird at 

 Tees-mouth on May 14th. Four pairs reared young here this 

 year to my knowledge. A nest found on the north side of the 

 river was placed in the long marram grass, not in the sand. 

 The numb r of sheldrake breeding at the mouth of the Tees 

 varies in different seasons. Some years five or six pairs breed, 

 and, in other.", two or three only. 



Shoveller {Spatula clypeata). Found two nests of this bird 

 in June at a certain place near the mouth of the Tees ; the 

 young had been hatched from both nests. About a dozen pairs 

 reared young here this season. 



Pintail {Dafila acuta). Saw a male bird at Tees-mouth on 

 April 2nd. 



Tufted Duck {Fuligula cristata). A pair bred near the 

 mouth of the Tees this year. 



Water Rail {Rallus aquaticus). Flushed a brood of five 

 from a reed bed at Tees-mouth on August 19th. The eggs of 

 this bird have been taken at this particular spot. 



Spotted Crake {Porzana maruetta). Saw a bird of this 

 species at Tees-mouth on August 23rd. Mr. C. Braithwaite 



