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laid last year up to May, when they were permitted to hatch a small clutch 

 of eggs themselves, as it was thought they ought to have a rest from 

 laying — Orahamstown Journal. 



Remarkable Postare of the Norfolk Plover. — The following note on 

 the Norfolk plover, from the pen of Mr. Reynolds, who was living in 

 Norfolk when this occurred, originally appeared in the ' Naturalist's Scrap- 

 Book,' Liverpool district, some years ago, and is, I think, quite worthy of 

 insertion in the pages of the ' Zoologist.' It is here reprinted, almost word 

 for word, from the original. After stating one or two interesting facts with 

 reference to the bird, he says : — " I have often observed in adult birds that 

 the tail-feathers and under tail-coverts were much worn and rubbed away, 

 and could not account for this until I kept some of the birds in confine- 

 ment in my garden. A friend who was staying with me, a very good 

 naturalist, whilst looking for them, discovered them resting on the entire 

 length of the tarsus. My son being with him he sent for me, and I saw 

 them in that position quite at rest. It then occurred to me at once that 

 this was the reason of the worn appearance of the tail and under tail- 

 coverts." — H. Durnford ; 1, Stanley Road, Waterloo, Liverpool, August 7, 

 1873. 



A New Heronry in Cornwall. — Three pairs of herons commenced forming 

 a new heronry last spring, building nests and rearing their young in 

 Cheviock "Wood, by the side of the St. German's River, Cornwall ; and the 

 keeper, who took the greatest interest and pride in their preservation, said 

 that it was quite wonderful to see how many fiat fish, &c., brought by the 

 old birds to feed their young, had fallen under the trees. Unfortunately 

 I was not informed of this interesting circumstance until after the nestlings 

 had flown, or I should certainly have visited the place. However, next 

 spring I shall assuredly do so, when I hope to find the number of nests 

 increased. There is an old-established heronry at Warleigh, a few miles 

 distant, but on the Devonshire side of the river Tamar. — J. Gatcombe ; 

 8, Lower Durnford Street, Stonehouse, Devon, August 14, 1873. 



Flamingo in the Isle of Sheppey. — Although this bird is well known 

 in Europe, it has hitherto been considered an entire stranger to Great 

 Britain, specimens in private collections being obtained from abroad. It 

 wUl be interesting perhaps to many to learn that a female flamingo {Phceni- 

 copterus ruber) was on Saturday last shot at Elmley, Isle of Sheppey, full- 

 winged, and measuring 4 ft. 6 in. in height. The plumage is perfectly white, 

 excepting the wings, which are tinted with a beautiful rose-colour. It is 

 now in the hands of Mr. George Young, naturalist, of Sittingbourne, for 

 the purpose of being stufied and mounted. — Arthur John Jackson ; Sitting- 

 bourne, August 7. — ' Field,' August 16. 



[I think Mr. Jackson may be mistaken in the specific name ; P. ruber 

 is an American species ; the European species, P. Antiquorum, is more 

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