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§ 5324. One.—Dalgety, 3 April, 1851. 
On the 3rd of April Mr. William Dumbreck and I went to visit 
the Heronry at Dalgety. We only climbed to one nest in which 
were five eggs—all addled, though the Heron was on them. There 
was a large stone in the nest which had probably been thrown from 
the cliff above. The tree was a Scotch fir. None of the trees near 
had inhabited nests, 
[§ 5325. Three—Didlington, Norfolk, 1851. From Mr. 
Newcome. 
This heronry is said to have been of comparatively modern establishment, 
as in 1853 I was told by William Spencer, of Feltwell in Norfolk (whose great- 
grandfather, grandfather, and uacle had been successively gamekeepers to the 
Clough family of that place and Hockwold), that the ancestors of the birds 
composing it used formerly to have their nests in low sallow-bushes in that 
part of Feltwell Fen which is towards the Brandon River and Hockwold Fen. 
He did not know when they discontinued the practice, but it was before his 
time, and he was born about 1800 (cf. Stevenson, ‘ Birds of Norfolk,’ ii. 
p. 182).] 
[§ 5326. Zwo.—Didlington, 1851. 
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§ 5327. Three——Dalswinton Loch, Dumfriesshire, 1854. 
From Mr. W. G. Johnstone. | 
(§ 5328. Three.—Loch Dochart, Argyleshire, 26 May, 1856. 
Sent by Mr. Peter Robertson, of Black Mount. ] 
[§ 5329. Stv.—Loch Meadie, Sutherland, May, 1859. 
From Mr. George MacKay, who wrote that they were “ bred on islands,” of 
which there are four or five in the loch. } 
(§ 5330. Zhree.—Cavenham, Suffolk, April, 1860. From 
Mr. G. H. Waddington. 
I had jong known that Herons bred at Cavenham, and on more than one 
occasion had searched the Ash Carr, finding nests but never anything in them. 
These were taken in the Sheepskin Plantation there, my cousin being present 
at the time. Perhaps half a dozen pairs may in some seasons breed there. ] 
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