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Hedge Sparrow to rear its young. I have met with it also in the 
Spotted Fly Catcher, Reed Warbler and Pied Wagtail’s nests. I have 
often wondered if they return to their old haunts, like some other 
migratory birds, and 1 fancy they do. I have found them yearly 
in the same coppice soon after their arrival. They are incessant in 
their song by night as wellas by day. Ihave heard it asserted that 
they accommodate the size and marking of the egg, to that of the bird 
in whose nest they deposit it. I have great doubts about this; the 
Cuckoo lays a small egg compared with the bird. It certainly 
carries its egg in the beak, when depositing it in other birds’ 
nests. Why they should stammer so at the latest part of the 
season, I never could make out or hear any explanation of. I do 
not think the young birds sing at all the first season; they are 
often met with in the middle of September, when they are often 
taken for Hawks. And why should they simulate the Hawk in 
appearance; is it of any use in creating a turmoil among the 
small birds, while it seizes on their nests ? 
UPUPID..—(page 111). 
The Hoopoe has frequently been met with in my neighbour- 
hood, often found in the marshes and uplands bordering the 
Stour, and generally in the Autumn, and young birds are generally 
those recorded. I have noticed its flight as peculiar, being a 
series of jerks and swoops. It is so marked in its appearance as 
to attract the eye, and generally gets shot soon after its appearance. 
ROLLER.—(page 111). 
This interesting stranger has been met with occasionally in 
East Kent, one specimen being obtained only last year; it is quite 
an accidental visitor, being a native of Africa. 
BEE EATER.—(page 111). 
I have never seen this bird, and have but one notice of it. 
KINGFISHER.—(page 112). 
A bird generaily distributed along the banks of the Stour, too 
frequently killed for its beauty. In winter, it will come near 
dwellings, though generally a shy bird. I shot one on one occasion 
from my dressing room window, it flew on to a tree overhanging a 
small pool in my orchard. - 
FAMILY PICIDAl.—(page 112.) 
The Green Woodpecker, which is the commonest bird of the 
family, often frequents the cherry orchards, and seems to have a 
