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back. We learnt from a beater that one of the spaniels jumped on the 
bird in a bush, and held it for some time, but it managed to get away 
before the retriever could get hold of it. We moved it again afterwards, 
but failed to get a shot. The continuous noise it made when the dog had 
hold of it was something between the scream of a child and a hare, and, 
until one knew from whence it proceeded, was quite alarming. Have any 
readers of ‘The Zoologist’ had a similar experience?—HK. CAMBRIDGE 
PuItiips (Brecon). 
Tengmalm’s Owl in Yorkshire.—Within the last three years three 
examples of this rather rare species have occurred near Scarborough, but I 
regret to state that the exact date was not observed in any instance. . The 
first was taken on board a fishing-smack, and identified by Mr. A. Roberts, 
of this place. The second was caught by some boys in an old quarry on 
Oliver’s Mount, and kept alive in a cage for nearly two years, when it died, 
being in bad plumage at the time, and much soiled: it is now preserved 
by Morley, of Scarborough. The third specimen was trapped on Ayton 
Moor, about four miles from here, by a gamekeeper about a year ago, and is 
a good specimen and nicely mounted for Mr. D. Young, of Irton.—R. P. 
Harprr (Scarborough). 
Ornithological Notes from Breconshire.—The snow in February had 
its usual effect of driving nearly all our feathered visitants to the sea-shore. 
In November a great number of Golden Plover frequented the various fields 
about Brecon, but when the snow came there were none to be seen on the 
open green spaces in the fields that were flushed with water. A very few 
Peewits remained, but the visitor that attracted most attention was a 
magnificent Kite, that hovered about the outskirts of Brecon in February for 
about a fortnight, on several occasions coming into the outlying streets of 
the town, attracted by the town pigeons, of which there are a good number. 
My son saw it make a most determined stoop at one of them, but it 
managed to evade him. To my great relief this Kite escaped the many 
prowling gunners, and, on the disappearance of the snow, returned 
to his native moor. Snipes have been scarce with us, and ducks of all 
descriptions unusually so, that is, near Brecon. Woodcock left us 
altogether, but the Partridges, judging from the condition of one killed late 
in January, managed to keep in wonderful order, considering the severe 
weather. A curiously pied hen Pheasant was also reported to me, but pied 
Pheasants are nowadays much on the increase.—H. CAMBRIDGE PHILiirs 
(Brecon). 
Capture of a Cormorant in the City of Dublin.—On the 20th March 
the keeper of my office in the Custom House asked me to inspect a large 
bird which he produced. I found it to be a Cormorant, and on examination 
I could not discover that it had sustained any injury. I learned that it 
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