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soutli to north, and is at the north end about ten feet from the ground ; from 

 the south side it is fourteen feet, from the east side twelve feet, from the 

 west side ten feet, so that at the very lowest distance from the ground the 

 nest is ten feet. I got up a ladder to see the bird, but was not able, so I 

 put my hand towards the middle of the pier-top to satisfy myself as to the 

 nest and eggs. In so doing I alarmed the bird, and she flew off, then I 

 could feel the eggs distinctly. My youngest son, who was with me, got 

 higher up the ladder than I felt disposed to do, and he plainly saw all the 

 eggs. There is a fine young cedar of Lebanon some ten or twelve yards 

 from the pier, one of whose branches just brushes the top of the pier. Will 

 the old bird get the young ones (when hatched) away to the ground by 

 means of this branch ? or will she be able to work her little active brood 

 down the ivy with safety? I shall try to get information on this point in 

 due time, and will let you know. — Edward James Moor ; Great Bealings 

 Hectory, June 6, 1871. 



ftuall Nesting between Banipstead and Kentish Town.— Knowing you 

 have taken some interest in the quail lately, I dare say you will like to hear 

 that three nests have been taken between Hampstead and Kentish Town, 

 mown out of the grass ; one had thirteen eggs, and the poor hen was killed 

 by the scythe. I have five of the eggs from this nest. They were all taken 

 last week. — Frederick Bond ; 203, Adelaide Road, South Hampstectd., N.W., 

 June 24, 1871. 



(laail's Nest near Bury St. Edmunds. — I had a nest of twelve quail's 

 eggs brought me to-day, which had been mown over in a field of sainfoin. 

 There were thirteen in the nest, but the mowers broke one (as they invariably 

 do) to see if they were fresh. The hen bird was on the nest at the time, 

 and sat so close that the scythe passed over her, but fortunately without 

 injuring her, as the nest was in a rather deep depression. I am in hopes 

 they will build again, as the eggs were perfectly fresh, and if they should 

 select a corn-field, where they will be undisturbed, we sliall probably meet 

 with some in the shooting season. This is the first quail's nest I ever 

 knew in this neighbourhood ; they may certainly be called rare birds here, 

 for last year, when they were so abundant throughout England, not one was 

 met with. — T. O. Tuck; Tostock House, near Bury St. Edmunds, June 7, 

 1871. 



Uiails nesting near Henley-on-Tliames. — On the 17 th of June nine 

 quail's eggs were mown out of a large hay-field in the parish of Peppard. 

 I fancy quails seem getting more plentiful of late years in our neighbour- 

 hood. — Charles E. Stubbs. 



A Crane seen in Soutli Devon in 1869, — Mr. Nichols, taxidermist, at 

 Kingsbridge, informs me that a crane was seen near Start Point, South 

 Devon, in 1869, about the time when several others were recorded as having 

 occurred in various parts of Great Britain, most of which were obtained in 



