BAKN OWL. 

 Case 54. 



This useful bird is so generally distributed and 

 so universally well-known, that any remarks I 

 could make on its habits would be superfluous. 



The male, female and brood were obtained in 

 the neighbourhood of Brighton in June, 1872. 



The case is copied from the bell tower of 

 Chiltington Church, near Plumpton, in Sussex. 

 See " Kough Notes," Vol. I., Plate 21. 



TAWNY OWL. 

 Case 55. 



Though by no means an uncommon, this is 

 rather a local species. 



As its name of Wood Owl denotes, it frequents 

 those parts of the country that are most densely 

 timbered. 



It usually nests in a hole in a hollow tree, or 

 in the deserted nest of some other bird, but has in 

 a few instances been discovered breeding in a 

 rabbit burrow. 



Like all the rest of the family, it is a most 

 useful bird, but, unfortunately, does not generally 

 meet with the protection it so well deserves. 



The specimens in the case were obtained near 

 Balcombe in Sussex in June, 1875. 



NOEFOLK PLOVER 

 Case 56. 



The true home of this bird in the British 

 Islands is, as its name denotes, in the eastern 

 counties. On the large warrens in the neighbour- 

 hood of Thetford and other parts of Norfolk, it 

 breeds abundantly. 



On the range of the South Downs in Sussex, 

 from above Worthing to Newhaven, it is also by no 



