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portions of the bird stand out from the dark background, 

 and the Pheasant intended is apparently P. colchicus. Pierre 

 Belon in his L'histoire de la Nature des Oyseaiix (1555) gives 

 a cut of the Pheasant (p. 254), which is clearly that of the 

 Black-necked species, and it is perhaps worth noting that, 

 in the Franco-British Exhibition already alluded to, a screen 

 (No. 124) of the period 1715-1774 comprises the picture of 

 a Pheasant of the period which, as might be expected, is 

 obviously the old-fashioned Black-necked variety P. colchicus. 



Hugh S. Gladstone. 



Starling with Young in January in Yorkshire. — 

 Mr. R. Fortune states {Nat., 1921, p. 95) that he watched a 

 pair of Starlings {Sturniis v. vulgaris) carrying food to young 

 in the nest at Harrogate on January 23rd, 1921. 



Rose-coloured Starlings in Yorkshire. — Mr. E. W. 

 Wade records {Nat., 1921, p. 134) the occurrence of two 

 Pastor roseus in Holderness on January 20th, 192 1. 



Short-eared Owl Breeding in Essex.- — Mr.H.Beecher 

 records {Field, June 25th, 1921, p. 815) that a pair of Short- 

 eared Owls {Asia /. flammeus) nested this year close to the 

 river near Burnham-on-Crouch. The nest was found in 

 coarse grass on a marsh-farm in the first week of May, when it 

 contained three well-grown young. 



Greenland Falcon in Pembrokeshire. — Col. Spence- 

 Colby has presented to the Zoological Gardens a Greenland 

 Falcon {Falco r. candicans), which was trapped on a rabbit 

 which it had killed at Boncath, on March 26th, 1921. It 

 had been observed for a fortnight previously and had twice 

 been seen to kill Pheasants {Field, April 30th, 1921, p. 539, 

 and June 25th, p. 815). 



Iceland Falcon in co. Kerry. — Mr. W. Ruttledge 

 records {Irish Nat., 1921, p. 63) that an Iceland Falcon {Falco 

 r. islandus) was observed at Inishtearaght. It was first seen 

 in January 1920 by Mr. Kennedy, one of the lightkeepers, 

 and left the rock on the 13th to reappear in April, when it 

 stayed three days and was observed to kill a Guillemot. 



The St. Columb Spotted Eagle. — With reference to the 

 Spotted Eagle procured near St. Columb, Cornwall, in Novem- 

 ber 1861 (see Vol. XIV., pp. 181 and 209), the Rev. Canon 

 H. Holroyd Mills has very kindly given me an excellent 

 photograph of this bird, from which it is quite clear that it 

 is an example of A. clanga. — H.F.W. 



