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stragglers only having been shot here within the memory of middle- 
aged sportsmen” (p. 288). 
The Heron is frequently seen at Down Park, sometimes in 
parties of five or six, but they are no doubt stragglers from the 
heronry at Parham Park. Two instances at least of the discovery 
of a Heron’s nest—one in the fir clump on West Heath, the other 
on a tree at the pond-tail—are well authenticated, but the nests 
and eggs were unfortunately destroyed. 
The Wild-duck and Teal both breed regularly in the parish, as 
do also the Moorhen, Coot, Water Rail, and Little Grebe. A 
particular description of the curious nest of the last-named bird is 
given on page 294, 
We observe that, in giving the scientific names of the birds 
mentioned in his list, Mr. Weaver has adopted the nomenclature 
of Macgillivray. This is to be regretted, as the names bestowed 
by this accomplished naturalist never have been, and never will be, 
generally adopted. At the present day such names as Pyrrhula 
pileata, Picus pipra and Picus striolatus are quite unfamiliar even 
to practised ornithologists. 
The chapter on Reptiles calls for no particular comment, unless 
it be to remark that Mr. Weaver has no evidence to offer on the 
much vexed question of vipers swallowing their young. 
The indigenous fishes are too limited in the number of species 
to justify a lengthened notice of them; but we take it that any 
angler of moderate views would be satisfied to find in his parish 
Trout, Perch, Carp, Tench, Pike and Eels. In the autumn of 
1858 nine hundred fine Carp were taken out of Harting Great 
Pond, one of which was of the extraordinary weight of twenty-four 
pounds anda half. This remarkable fish, of which an engraving 
is given (p. 804), from an oil painting made at the time of its 
capture, measured thirty-four inches in length, exclusive of the 
caudal fin, and many of the scales on its flanks behind the pectoral 
fins were larger than half-crown pieces. Harting, we believe, has 
long been celebrated for its fine carp, and doubtless, says Mr. 
Weaver, “a goodly number found their way to the refectory of the 
holy fathers of Durford Abbey in the sixteenth century, when the 
Great Pond extended over an area of probably thirty acres. It 
was reserved for the present age, however, to make the grand dis- 
covery that Harting was capable of producing a finer specimen of 
the genus than any other taken in British waters of which we have 
