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egg taken from a nest at Claydon in 1876, and in 1877 he received a young 
bird which had been taken from a nest in some high trees near Huscote 
Mill. He kept this bird alive for nearly a year and a half, when it died, 
probably from the effect of exposure to the severe cold. When in captivity 
it showed a decided preference for the internal organs of freshly-killed birds. 
—F. C. Api (Bodicote, Banbury). 
Crestep Lark 1n Sossex.—On the 10th October a specimen of this 
bird was caught by a Brighton birdcatcher, at Portslade, a few miles to the 
west of that town, and taken to Messrs. Pratt, the birdstuffers, where I saw 
it in the flesh the next day. It is in very perfect plumage, and proved on 
dissection to be an adult male. It is now in my collection, and as I believe 
only five specimens are recorded as having occurred in this country, I have 
thought it worthy of notice—Wuti1am Borrer (Cowfold, Sussex). 
Seven instances of the occurrence of the Crested Lark in England and 
Ireland are recorded in the ‘ Handbook of British Birds’ (p. 110), and we 
are informed by the Rey. Murray A. Mathew that a bird of this species, 
shot on Braunton Burrows, N. Devon, about the autumn of 1855, is 
preserved at Tapley Park.—Eb.} 
JAckDAW versus CHouGH IN KIRKCUDBRIGHTSHIRE.—The Jackdaw is 
a very common bird, breeding along our sea-coast in considerable numbers. 
I have authentic instances of the Chough formerly breeding at several 
stations on our cliffs, but it is now, I fear, quite extinct here. I have never 
myself seen one, but have met with old inhabitants who remember the 
“red-legs” very well, and tell me there were formerly plenty of them. 
Jackdaws have increased in numbers here, and have, I believe, driven the 
Choughs away ; the latter have certainly not been driven away by man. It 
would be interesting to know if the same has occurred elsewhere. Last 
spring we had a pied Jackdaw, one wing being nearly all white. The bird 
frequented a sea-cliff within a quarter of a mile of my residence, and I had 
a good opportunity of watching it all through the season. It paired and 
bred, but the young were of the usual colour, and at moulting time the 
white feathers of the adult bird were replaced by black ones.—J. J. 
ArmistEAD (Douglas Hall, Dalbeattie, N.B.). 
(This return to the normal coloration after the moult confirms the view 
expressed on cream-coloured varieties (p. 468).—Ep. | 
Gtossy Isis 1n Hampsutre.—The specimen of this bird, referred to 
in your editorial note (p. 469) as having been killed in Hampshire, was 
shot at Dogmersfield Park, on the 15th September last, by one of Sir H. 
Mildmay’s keepers.— Ricnarp Hoopsr (Upton Rectory, Didcot). 
EarLy APPEARANCE OF THE GREAT GREY SHRIKE.—A specimen of 
the Great Grey Shrike, Lanius excubitor, was shot at Friskney by one 
