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June 21st. — M., C, and I were on the marshes. I discovered 

 the third nest of No. 2 reeve, quite close to the same locality as 

 the others. After photographing the eggs, I waited till the owner 

 returned. This bird eventually hatched the eggs, but the second 

 nest of No. 1 reeve was not located, although it is certain she got 

 her young away, as one was caught by M., who liberated it again. 

 Another very young bird was picked up, having been injured by 

 cattle, and a third was procured when the shooting season 

 commenced. Until the eggs were hatched, the male was always 

 attentive to both sitting birds ; afterwards he seemed to desert 

 them entirely, and was last seen on July 16th, when both reeves 

 had their offspring within a week of being able to fly. 



An interesting scene occurred one day on the occasion of the 

 ruff attacking a redshank that showed great solicitude about its 

 nest and young in the vicinity of the reeves' nests ; lowering its 

 head and extending the ruff, with its bill pointed like a battering- 

 ram, or a spike on a shield, it furiously rushed at the redshank, 

 which nimbly sprang into the air and alighted a yard or two 

 further away. The ruff continued its attacks most energetically, 

 until the redshank was defeated and took its departure. 



In the year 1903 the ruff and one female arrived in May, but, 

 no doubt, having profited by their experience of the previous 

 season, selected a different part of the marshes for their nest, and, 

 despite the united efforts of my friends and myself to discover its 

 whereabouts, we were obliged to confess ourselves outwitted. In 

 1904 no sign of either of the birds was seen, nor have they been 

 observed since that time, and it is to be feared that some mishap 

 has overtaken one or both of them during the autumn or winter 

 season. 



T. H. Nelson. ■ 



Note on Pke-Norman Eemains at Welbuky. — During a 

 recent visit to Welbury, I was informed that there were some 

 carved stones in the greenhouse. I asked for permission to see 

 them and found that two of the stones bore unmistakable marks 

 of pre-Norman work. One forms the side or top limb of a cross 

 ornamented with knot work, the other is a. fragment of a much 

 smaller cross of the cross patee type ; this fragment has formed 

 part of two limbs and a bit of the middle, there is no knot work 

 upon it, but the remains of a more or less carved centre piece. 



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