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Storer procured one at Hinckley Road, September 22nd, 1884 
and I shot one at Knighton, November 22nd, 1884. In the 
winter of 1884-5 it was comparatively abundant. Mr. W. A. 
Evans shot a fine male on October 7th, 1885, close to the 
“ North End,” Leicester. 
Motacilla raii, Bonap. Ray's Wagtail. — Summer migrant, 
commonly distributed and breeding. Common in the meadows 
of the Soar around Leicester. The nest, placed on the ground 
among grass, young corn, and tall plants, is composed of dry 
bents, fibrous roots, and small twigs, mixed with green moss, and 
lined with hair. 
Anthus pratensis, Linn. Meadow Pipit. — Resident, and 
commonly distributed, and breeding. 
Anthus trivialis, Linn. Tree Pipit. — Summer migrant, 
Generally distributed, and breeding. 
(To be continued.) 
NOTES ON NEW ZEALAND BIRDS. 
By Tuomas H. Ports, F.L.S. 
Falco nove-zealandiea, Gmelin. Quail-hawk. —Eges taken 
from an eyrie near the Teremakau River are ovoid in shape, of 
a rich yellowish red, suffused profusely with reddish brown. In 
one specimen the upper portion of the surface is blotched with 
dark reddish brown; a second specimen has the entire surface 
generally mottled over with irregular marks of dark reddish 
brown. 
Circus assimilis, Jardine and Selby. Harrier.—In November, 
1884, in one of the large swamps in the Hind District, on the 
Canterbury Plains, a nest of this Harrier, built on a large tuft 
of coarse growing rushes (Juncus), was knocked over by a 
“mob” of cattle. The nest, being set up again and the eges 
put back, the hawk returned and resumed incubation. The nest 
contained five eggs; another nest in the Hororatu District also 
contained five eggs. 
Prosthemadera nove-zealandie, Gmelin. Tui or Parson-bird. 
—In January last I saw two nests with five eggs each, built on 
tall manukatras (Leptospermum ericoides). 
