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was attached to it, mostly on its left or near side, a 

 young Snipe, which it carried, or which clung to it, 

 for about twenty- five yards." He could distinctly 

 see the markings on the young one, and is therefore 

 positive that he was not mistaken. The locality 

 was close to Laurence's Mill, Morden, Dorsetshire. 

 In the same number of The Field, Mr. John Titter- 

 ton, of Ely, Cambridgeshire, states that a similar 

 thing was observed near Ely, also in May of the 

 same year. 



These observations confirm our impression that, 

 while the old birds are able to carry their young 

 in two or three different positions, that which 

 has been so skilfully depicted by Mr. Wolf, in the 

 accompanying engraving, is probably the one most 

 commonly employed. 



