2844 The Zoologist — November, 1871. 



everywhere, like an old man's beard, from their rugged surface, 

 added greatly to the picturesqueness of the scene, and seemed to 

 carry one back in thought to primitive time. There was such an 

 aspect of unchanging stability. One appeared, so to speak, to be 

 standing on the outer edge of the world, and to be gazing on 

 objects, undisturbed, the same for ages. Any tourist delighting in 

 coast scenery I would strongly recommend to walk over this side 

 of St. Agnes. It was the last island I visited. I had seen every- 

 thing — except America. 



F. A. Walker. 



15, Eobert Street, N.W., 

 October 9, 1871. 



Spider, Monse or Bat. — I have constantly observed, during the past 

 summer, the wings of moths, including those of the "di*inker" and "buff- 

 tip," lying iu one corner of an outhouse, where I have frequently seen the 

 longeared bat flying iu and out, and where the excreta of bats may always 

 be seen, together with the wings, and there is no doubt in my mind that the 

 wings were left there by bats, and not by spiders or mice. — W. Jeffery, jun. ; 

 Eatham, Chichester, October 2, 1871. 



Ornithological Notes from Cobham, Kent, — I know how comparatively 

 valueless ocular observations of birds are, unless specimens of the bird 

 observed are obtained, but I send you the following extracts from my note- 

 book for what they are worth. 



Hobby. — I have not observed this bird in this immediate neighbourhood 

 this year ; but at the beginning of this mouth three hobbies, the invariable 

 number, were seen at their old haunt, Chatteuden Woods, in the parish of 

 Frindsbury. As I have before stated, I have, in these woods, seen hobbies 

 so near me that I have been able to see clearly the black moustache, white 

 cheeks, and the markings on the breast, so that no doubt as to the species 

 could remain. 



Merlin. — I saw one in January, and another, a very blue-looking bird, in 

 the spring. 



Buzzard. — The last of the extraordinary flight of buzzards that visited 

 this county during the war disappeared in April. The older keepers were 

 already acquainted with the bird, having lived iu the days when the 

 "puttock" and kite were among the commonest hawks, but now we have 

 not a keeper that does not know the bird. They appeared to roost in 

 company, for on one occasion six, and on another five, were seen together 

 in the early morning. Among these buzzards the keepers observed a 



