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her alarm-notes continually. We soon spotted two fully 

 fledged young perched on the top of a dune, and later came 

 across two more. Altogether we saw that day the two adult 

 birds and four young, the latter strong on the wing. 



Nearly all the sand-hills in the vicinity of the nest bore on 

 their summits some remains of the youngsters' meals. One 

 in particular had four nearly fresh victims upon it, one headless 

 but otherwise untouched, and quite fresh, another half eaten, 

 another disembowelled and split. The remains were mostly 



merlin: locality " a." June ist, 1913. 



Nest on summit of sand-hill in foreground. 



(Photographed by C. C. 5. Ingram.) 



of young fledged Starlings {Siurnus v. vulgaris) and a Green- 

 finch {Chloris c. chloris) was also recognizable. 



In June 191 9 I found a pair nesting in a new locality, 

 besides finding the usual nest at the old spot. These localities 

 will henceforth be referred to as " A " and " B," " A " being 

 the old site. 



" B " was some six miles away from " A " and in exactly 

 similar country, sand-hills bordering the seashore and rising 

 in some cases to well over fifty feet in height. 



