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GOLDFINCH (page 76). In the course of conversation with 
Arthur Jenkinson, an Altrincham bird-catcher, we obtained 
some additional evidence of the breeding of the Goldfinch at 
Mobberley (ante, p. 77). Jenkinson said that the last ‘Red 
Linnet’s’ nest that he had seen was in a pear-tree at 
Mobberley ‘some years ago.’ He could not remember the 
exact date, but could recall where two of the three young 
birds taken were sent to. He said that ‘Red Linnets’ had 
bred for several years in the same orchard, and that, when 
the fields were ‘rougher’ than they are now, the bird was 
not uncommon at Mobberley. He still occasionally captures 
Goldfinches in winter in the neighbourhood of Hale Moss. 
Hogpsy (page 138). In June 1894, Mr. Percy Shaw of 
Whitehall, Buxton, found the Hobby breeding near Goyts 
Bridge. The eggs were laid on an old nest, probably that 
of a Magpie or Carrion Crow, in a tree overhanging a small 
ravine on the Derbyshire side of the Goyt, about three 
hundred yards from the county border. Mr. A. H. Evans 
of Cambridge has one of the eggs in his collection. Although 
the nest was in Derbyshire, the record is of value, proving 
as it does that the Hobby has bred on the Cheshire border. 
WHOOPER (page 158). Mr. L. Jones informs us that he 
has often seen Whoopers passing Hilbre Island; and on one 
occasion a herd of sixteen frequented the neighbourhood for 
some time. He examined one of these birds in the Liverpool 
Market, which had, with others of the same herd, been shot 
on Burton Marsh. 
