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almost as if the bird had been starved to death. The other birds stayed 
about the locality several weeks after the death of their companion, but 
disappeared about the end of April. Is it customary for this species to stay 
in the south so late in the season, and to frequent such a locality, which, to 
say the least of it, must be several miles from the sea? The bird that was 
picked up, although in such a lean condition, weighed between five and six 
pounds, if I remember correctly —G. B. Corsin (Ringwood, Hants). 
Nxstine Hasits oF THE KesTREL AND SPARROWHAWK.—The observa- 
tions of Mr. C. Matthew Prior (p. 346) coincide with mine. I found two 
nests of each of these species this year. The Kestrels laid five eggs each in 
Magpie’s old nests, while the Sparrowhawks built theirs, one in a Scotch 
fir, the other in a larch, and each nest contained five eggs. The Sparrow- 
hawk, I think, uses the same nest for one year only. On approaching the 
nests of these birds I could not help being struck with the different 
behaviour exhibited by the two species under the same circumstances, and 
I should be glad to know whether the same has been observed before. On 
striking with a stick the foot of the trees containing the Kestrels’ nests, 
both birds almost instantly quitted them. But, as one might expect from 
their bold and fearless nature, the Sparrowhawks acted very differently. 
Although I smartly struck the trees five or six times, both birds ‘remained 
sitting, and it was only when an expert climber, who accompanied me, had 
swarmed the trees to a height of about five or six feet from the ground that 
the birds were induced to leave their nests. This they did with loud cries, 
while the Kestrels flew away noiselessly. I may mention that the eggs of 
one of the Sparrowhawks were very different from those of the normal type 
in size and coloration—Witi1am W. Fiemyne (18, Upper Fitzwilliam 
Street, Dublin). 
Great Suearwarter, &c., At Norra Berwick.—It may interest readers 
of ‘The Zoologist’ to kuow that my father, Mr. Robert Chambers, while 
shooting near North Berwick, on the 27th August last, procured a fine 
specimen of the Great Shearwater, Pujfinus major. The bird when first 
seen was resting upon a piece of wreckage, and appeared to be comparatively 
tame, allowing the boat to make a near approach. This is the first occur- 
rence of the species, so far as I can discover, in the Forth. In Dr. Turn- 
bull’s book on the ‘ Birds of East Lothian’ no mention is made of it 
whatever. On the same day Mr. Chambers procured several specimens of 
Richardson’s Skua, Lestris Richardsonii, a bird which is especially common 
this year. Several Knots were also obtained, still retaining a considerable 
portion of the red plumage. Throughout the month of August a great 
many examples of the Manx Shearwater, Puffinus anglorum, had been 
repeatedly observed in the neighbourhood of the Bass Rock and other 
localities. Two were shot on the 26th, and several others on the 28th. 
