404 THE ZOOLOGIST. 
and a drawing of it which I made at the time appeared, with a 
short description, in ‘ Land and Water’ shortly afterwards. After 
driving as near the place as the carriage would go, we got out and 
walked, crossing a small valley until we reached a larch wood 
growing on the side of a very steep hill. The trees were large 
Kite’s Nest at Upper Chapel, Breconshire. 
and high, and in the middle of the wood far up on one of the 
largest trees that suddenly forked into three gnarled branches 
was the nest comfortably and securely fixed between them. On 
striking the tree the hen bird flew out, seemingly much alarmed, 
whilst the male soared about in the distance, no doubt anxiously 
