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Nortli Lincolnshire, would not like it de- 

 stroyed, 'on account of the enormous amount 

 of noxious seeds it picks up ; ' and he mentions 

 the names of many weeds whose seeds he 

 has found in its crop. The Eev. Mr. Morris 

 beheves large numbers come to Scotland from 

 the north of Em-ope, and that it does some 

 good. But surely the fact that a change in 

 om' system of cultivation should have caused 

 such an enormous increase in the numbers 

 of such a beautiful bird opens a wide field 

 for reflection. We must be very far off 

 from knowing at present in what numbers 

 many other birds would exist if. we under- 

 stood and attended to their wants in winter. 

 For now, ' every five or six miles throughout 

 the country you come on a flock of 10,000 

 wood-pigeons, where thirty years ago they 

 were quite rare.' 



The farmers in the East Lothians are 

 quite right to put a price upon its eggs ; it 

 is spreading in all directions. JMr. E. Gray 



