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and I kL'].t It III ;i ea-;v fur tliree years, and then gave it away. It 

 proved to be a good singer It was in the hrowu phuaage when I 

 got It, and therefore a yuung bird It was fed on lienip and canary 

 •v'ecl. lire first year it began to sing in Jnly, always ver\- early iii 

 the inoinuig. Its song was a sweet warble, something' like the 

 song of the Brown Linnet, but with some louder notes. ' The next 

 .year it began to sing as early as lAIarch 12th, and was in full son"- 

 m April. ^ 



_ Sir Herbert Maxwell, in his " Memories of the Months," pane 

 40 states that the Snow Eunthig cannot be kept alive in captivity 

 and further states that Uechstein, most skilful of bird keepers 

 found It impossible to keep it in captivity for more than a few 

 weeks, so impatient is it of a close or warm atmosphere The 

 author must have had some other l^ird in his mind, for in my copy 

 of Eechstem, which is a translation, dated 1837, it is stated that he 

 kept a pair m his room, without a cage, for six years, and he further 

 states that they were satisfied with the food common for other 

 bir.ls; and he goes on to say that if kept in a cage they must be 

 ted on hemp oats, rape, millet, and poppy seed, that they appeared 

 delighted whilst bathing, and that heat is so contrary to their 

 nature that they cannot be preserved unless carefully guarded 

 from it. ^ 



Mine Avas kept in a small room with an eastern aspect, and 

 which was overshadowed by higher buildings, and was therefore 

 always a cool place even in summer. 



I am accpiainted with a bird fancier who also informs me 

 tliat he has frequently kept them in confinement without much 

 dimcultv. 



noe:ma>s^ F(,)At at .MAESKEBY-THESEA. 



By T. M. Fallow, M.A., F.S.A. 



The Fciit was discarded when the ancient Churcli of 8t. 

 Uermani at ]Marske was pulled down, lietween seventy and eighty 

 years agu, and the present structure erected from the designs of 

 the house steward at Marske Kail. The Font is a fine piece of 

 late Aorman work, and, though unusual in character, is not unlike 

 that 111 Upleatham Church. It has been badly used, and served 



