III. Report on Birds in Danmark in 1885. 557 



Edelgave. Stays often in winter; thus 1884/85. Since 

 1868 but once breeding. Nest in a large spruce in garden; 

 April i6th 1882 one egg. (H.) 



In i885, at Lögstör, in two woods, one pair in eacii; 

 April iqth nest with two eggs, 3oth nest with three eggs. 

 In a wood in Öster Hanherred at least three pairs; April 

 i2th two nests, two eggs each; May ist one nest, three 

 eggs. (H.) 



Höjris wood, Mors, April 24th nesting. Eskjär wood, 

 Salling, April 20 th nest with two eggs. (F.) 



12. Circiis aeriiginosus, L. — RÖrhög. 

 At Söborg Mose I shot a young female August i2th; 

 that day and September yth some seen. (K.) 



13. Circus cyaneus, L. — Blaa Kjärhög. 

 Adult male sent for stuffing to Conservator E. Hansen, 

 of the Zoological Museum, from Gyldenholm, Själland, in 

 latter part of September. 



14. Athene noctiia, Scop. — Kirkeugle. 



Found breeding (i883 — 1885) in five churches near 

 Lögstör, two in Öster Hanherred, two in Thy, one in 

 Salling [making the fourth with those mentioned by Mr. 

 Faber in 1884 and i885], and one in Vendsyssel. [From 

 published accounts known to be common in Thy and Vend- 

 syssel, as generally in Jyiland]. At one church, June 20 th 

 1884 young able to fly, May 4th i885 three eggs; at an- 

 other, June iqth i883 young able to f^y. (H.) 



In Nykjöbing, Mors, numerous. At one of the churches 

 in Salling mentioned last year, May 14 th nest with but one 

 egg, somewhat incubated. (F.) 



15. Nyctale tengmalmi, Gm. — Perleugle. 



Gjorslev, near Storehedinge, April i4th male shot. (A.) 



Stuffed by Conservator E. Hansen, of the Zoological 



Museum, for privates: male, found dead in Kongelunden, 



Amager, in January; female, east coast of Vendsyssel, 



April 6th ; male, middle of eastern Själland, a few days later. 



