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and there is no doubt as to its being a genuine Pandion Haliseetus, and a 

 very fine adult specimen too. It has been successfully set up in a most 

 life-like attitude by Mr. B. Bates, naturalist, of Eastbourne. — ■Arthur John 

 Clark-Kemiedy ; Hyde Gardens, Eastbourne. 



nobby at Godalming. — Two beautiful specimens of the hobby were shot 

 at Compton about the 15th or 16th of February, which I have by me in 

 good preservation. — W. Stafford; Godalming. 



Eagle Owl at Bridgnortb. — Last autumn a fine specimen of this bird 

 [Bubo maximiis) was shot by Mr. Eeynolds, of Hermitage Farm, Bridg- 

 north, and stuffed by Mr. Edwards, taxidermist, of Wolverhampton. A 

 friend of mine informed me of the occurrence and offered to procure the 

 bird for me, but received no reply to a letter he wrote about it. He, how- 

 ever, went there to spend his Easter holidays, and brought the bird back 

 with him. I think it is a male ; its length is twenty-four inches. It is of 

 a rich dark colour, and is now in the possession of Messrs. B. Cooke, jun., 

 and Co., naturalists, of 21, Renshaw-street, Liverpool. — Nicholas Cooke; 

 Gorsey Hey, Liscard, near Birkenhead, April 14, 1874. 



Black Redstart near Godalming. — A fine specimen of the black redstart 

 was seen on Christmas-day between Godalming and Guildford ; another was 

 observed near the new railway-station about a fortnight afterwards, and a 

 third at Milford about the same time. — W. Stafford. 



Spring Migrants. — The blackcap was in full song on April 6th in 

 Trereife Valley, about a mile from Penzance. This is the earliest date 

 I ever recorded the first song of the blackcap, but it happened to be a 

 genial spring morning with plenty of sun. At the same time I heard the 

 song of the chiffchaff for the first time in this neighbourhood, which is un- 

 usually late. I heard it on the 28th ultimo in the eastern part of the 

 county. It may be well to remark that both the chiffchaff and blackcap 

 remain with us all through the winter in limited numbers, and I expect that 

 the bird I heard this morning' was no migrant, and simply commenced his 

 spring song. I heard no more of the blackcap's song till Monday, the 20th, 

 when they were generally distributed. I observed swallows on the Marazion 

 Pond on the 11th. On the 21st I heard the first song of the sedge warbler, 

 and on the same day the first hoopoe was obtained from the grounds of 

 Clowance, in an eastern district. As these birds always appear in larger or 

 smaller numbers every spring with us, it may be well to note the earliest 

 arrival. Cuckoos, willow wrens and whitethroats have not reported them- 

 selves. Garden warblers, lesser whitethroats, wood wrens, reed wrens, 

 nightingales and redstarts do not visit our western shores, — Edward Hearle 

 Rodd; Penzance, Ajjril 22, 1874. 



Tree Sparrow. — In Capt. Hadfield's remarks on the birds seen in a three 

 weeks' tour in Brittany (S. S. 3945), he says : — " Tree Sparrow. — Numerous 

 nests of this species, I believe, were observed in some tall and leafless trees 



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