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June ith. Heard unmistakable note of nuthatch (Sitta, sp. ?) new 

 to my Neuenahr bird list. 



June ?>th. Common wren (Troglodytes parvulus) singing lustily 

 close to hotel this morning; new to Neuenahr bird list. 



June gth. My bearded Stuhlknecht of last year told me that he 

 knew of a nest of kite in the Wald with two eggs. 



June loth. I had a visit from a Neuenahr keeper, with whom 

 I plunged recklessly into the tongue of the Fatherland, and got on 

 fairly well. 



The sportsman did not seem to recognise the hobby = " Baumfalke" 

 from my description, but knows the following Raptores : kestrel = 

 " Thurmfalka," goshawk = " Habicht," sparrow-hawk = " Sperber," kite = 

 " Weier," buzzard and probably honey-buzzard = " Bussard," eagle- 

 owl = "Uhu," barn-owl = "Katzuhle." He also knows Gecinus canus 

 as "Grauer Specht," and told me that there are a good many gelin- 

 notes = " Hazelhahn " in the Wald, and that he knew of a nest with 

 seven eggs hatched off about a week ago. No blackgame = " Birkhaln " 

 in this Wald; a few woodcock =" Waldschnepfe " breed therein; 

 many roe = "Reh" and wild-boars = " Wildschwein." 



June \zth. My bearded Stuhlknecht brought me a mutilated 

 jay = "Magen," which he said had been shot in the Curgarten, and 

 insisted with some truth that it was a " Raubvogel " = bird of 'prey. 



June i$th. Letter from G. Hunt, telling of catching some good 

 trout in Troywell brook, and little ones in Wadenhoe eel-trap ; 

 also of long-eared owl (Asio otus) at his reservoir, and green sand- 

 piper (Totanus ochropus) last month on the brook. 



Bartlett has secured the two Persian greyhounds for me (vide 

 antea June ist, 1882). 



A young wild swine (Sus scrofd) brought to our sitting-room at 

 night by a wilder youth, who, as far as we could make out, said it 

 was one of four taken in a pitfall this morning in the Hoh-Wald 

 not far off. It appeared to me to be moribund. 



June \$th. Saw a young titys redstart about on his own 

 account. 



June ibth. My younger Stuhlknecht of last year brought me a 



