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short, he succeeded after some time in climbing to the limb on which 

 the nest was placed, and then, to my great astonishment, out flew the 

 eagle, which had sat quiet during the whole time we had pelted and 

 fired at the nest. Manuel soon reached the nest, and reported that it 

 contained two eggs, and in structure, &c, was similar to the last nest, 

 being also lined with fresh green leaves off the same tree in which the 

 nest was placed, some of which he threw down for me to examine. 

 Just below, in a hollow hole, was a nest of Strix flammea, but Manuel 

 could not get at it. The old bird flew out and I shot it. In the 

 foundation of the eagle's nest were three nests of Passer hispaniolensis, 

 one of which contained five and another six eggs. 



Manuel had great difficulty in descending, and in one place slipped, 

 unfortunately smashing one of the eagle's eggs in such a manner that 

 we had to throw it away : these eggs were slightly incubated. During 

 the whole time that Manuel was in the tree, the eagles circled round 

 above, far out of shot ; but as we were going away the female flew so 

 close that Manuel shot her, which I was sorry for, as I did not wish 

 her to be shot. As it was we did not get her, as she fell into the river 

 and was carried down by the current. 



It being now late in the afternoon we turned our faces towards the 

 railway station, taking, however, another route back, in hopes of finding 

 another nest of Aquila pennata, but met with nothing, excepting one 

 nest of Milvus migrans. We saw a black stork {Ciconia nigra), several 

 kestrels, three or four scops owls, many serinfinches and goldfinches, 

 woodchats, bee-eaters, and other common birds, but nothing of note.. 



H. E. Dresser, 



Ornithological JVotes from North Lincolnshire 

 By John Cordeaux, Esq. 



(Continued from Zool. S. S. 692.) 



March, April and May, 1867. 



Pied Wagtail. — Notwithstanding the intense severity of March, a 

 severity unprecedented even on our bleak east coast, there was a very 

 considerable arrival of these hardy little birds on or about the 28th of 

 March, the same day of the month on which I registered their appear- 

 ance last year. 



Wheatear. —Maxch 30th. First appearance. Several seen on the 

 2nd of April. I believe it is Macgillivray who mentions the unusual 



