184-2 The Zoologist — September, 18C9. 



and Winterlon : the inan shot one, and the other escaped ; the one 

 shot was a young male. Mr. Stevenson, who dissected it, informs me 

 that the stomach contained large sized pebbles, fragments of beetles' 

 wing-cases, and fibrous matter not distinguishable. This bird 

 was mentioned in the 'Field' newspaper by Mr. Stevenson and 

 Mr. Ward. 



On the 22nd of May I received a young male crane, which had 

 been shot on the 17th at Fiddrington, near Tewkesbury. I have 

 already mentioned this individual (S.S. 1803). 



On the same day a female was shot in the marshes at Warehatu. 

 Mr. Hart, who has recorded (his crane in the ' Zoologist,' fotnid in its 

 stomach a quantity of aquatic shell-fish. 



Oil the 25lli of May another was shot and winged in the salt- 

 marshes at Thornham, near Lynn, as noticed by Mr. Stevenson in the 

 ' Field' newspaper. Mr. S. thinks it was probably a young male. 



On the 27th (as l)as been recorded by Dr. Saxby, S.S. 17()3) 

 a crane was killed on the moors near Uyeasouud, in Shetland, by a 

 boy, with a stone : it was also a young male. Another was believed 

 to have made its escape. 



On tl>e 4lh of June a yoinig male crane was shot on the South 

 Pickenham estate, in Norfolk; notice of which, as it appeared in the 

 'Lynn Advertiser' for June 12th, is copied into the 'Zoologist,' 

 (S.S. 1803). 



About this dale two are mentioned by an anonymous writer in the 

 'Field,' as having been shot at Burnham, in Norfolk ; but it has been 

 suggested to me that one of these may have been the Pickenham 

 specimen. Two others are said to have made their esca|)e. 



As late as the QOtli of last month (July) another young male crane 

 (but with the darker feathers of the adult plumage beginning to sprout 

 in all directions) was killed on Hickhain Moor, near Lincoln, by 

 ]\Ir. Shutlleworlh. This one I purchased, and have skinned for my 

 collection : it was a very heavy bird, and in active moult. Length, 

 3 feet 8 inches ; expanse 7 feet. 



J. H. GURNKV, jun. 

 Aiigusl 2iul, 1869. 



Wild Animals eating Porcupines — With reference lo Mr. Thompson's paper in the 

 present number of the 'Zoologist,' I find that tigers and leopards are not the only wild 

 animals which, much to iheiv sorrow, indulge a taste for porcupine flesh. The same 

 circumstance, on tlie authority of Captain Carajibcll flardy, is related of the North 



