BIRD NOTES 189 



paces a third, the three forming a triangle. In the 

 northernmost hole you may " lay your life " (as he 

 said) the Lapwing deposits its eggs. I have not 

 experimented to prove that his ingenious bit of 

 mathematic bird-lore has some foundation. 



May 7. Several Land - Dotterel on Caister 

 Marshes : six in all were killed. 



May 16. Over fifty Herons scattered about 

 Breydon, fishing. 



July 3. Two Cuckoos calling early this morning 

 near Breydon. One piped repeatedly in its natural 

 voice, the other answered in a key quite one note 

 higher, calling in a double-syllabled note Cuclc 

 cuck oo ! I am satisfied there was no echo. 



Oct. 3. I obtained from the market a Teal with 

 the breast feathers dyed by its frequently using 

 some ditch which evidently contained colouring 

 matter. I sent it to Mr. J. H. Gurney, who wrote : 

 " I am much obliged for the ruddy Teal, which is 

 the reddest I ever saw ; and I will have it skinned.' 1 



1903 



Jan. 1. Weighed a Common Snipe, which 

 balanced the scale at 6 oz. 



March 3. After a number of years' absence, six 

 Jackdaws took up their quarters in the steeple of 

 St. Nicholas Church. Herein they subsequently 

 successfully reared their young. 



Aug. 1. An entirely "grey" example of the 

 Curlew-Sandpiper, with another only tinged with 



