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among their numbers, but the flock had entirely 

 disappeared. 



The specimens in the case were obtained in the 

 spring of 1869, in Tarlogie. Woods, near Tain, in 

 Ross-shire. 



HEDGE-SPARROW. 



Case 28. 



This well-known bird is represented with its 

 young brood. 



The fleshy substance round the beak of the 

 young was carefully copied and coloured from a 

 living " model." 



The specimens in the case were obtained near 

 Brighton, in May, 1874. 



GREEN SANDPIPER. 



Case 29. 



It is only of late years that naturalists have 

 been acquainted with the singular fact that this 

 Sandpiper lays its eggs in the deserted nests of 

 Wood-Pigeons, Thrushes and other birds, in the 

 branches of trees at a considerable elevation from 

 the ground. It is believed that a few pairs 

 annually rear their young in the northern 

 counties of England, though the greater number 

 proceed to the north of Europe on the approach 

 of summer. 



I have once or twice met with this species in 

 winter; it is, however, most common in Great 

 Britain during spring and autumn. 



The Green Sandpiper is at all times very diffi- 

 cult to observe closely, taking wing on the slightest 

 sign of danger, and generally flying to a consider- 

 able distance. 



Two of the specimens in the case are old birds 

 shot in the South Marshes, near Yarmouth, in 



