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your restrictions. I think that the strictest co-operation can be established 
by which we shall succeed in the conservation of the trade, and make it a 
lasting one. Otherwise this will be absolutely destroyed, for in a few years 
the Kangaroo will be exterminated.” We are now seeking to secure the 
enforcement of this restriction throughout Australia and Tasmania, and 
also, at the suggestion of Mr.{Salomon, to have a close season declared 
between January Ist and May Ist; for eighty per cent. of the skins that 
are obtained in the period covered by these four months are totally ruined, 
being sunburnt while drying. We shall likewise endeavour to secure total 
protection in our own colony for the Rock Wallaby, for Kangaroos under 
three years of age, and for Wallabies (other than the Rock Wallaby) under 
two years of age. What success we shall have time will show.—A. F. 
Rosrn (‘ Advertiser’ Office, Adelaide, South Australia). 
Daubenton’s Bat not in Norfolk.—In the article on this species 
which appeared in the last number of ‘ The Zoologist,’ it is stated (p. 163) 
that “at Easton, in Norfolk, it has been noted by Mr. Gurney.” This, it 
appears, is a mistake, the bat found at Kaston being the Barbastelle. The 
error arose in consequence of Bell having applied the same specific name 
to both species, Vespertilio daubentonit and Barbastellus daubentonii. 
According to the latest authority (Dobson, ‘ Catalogue of the Chiroptera’), 
the Barbastelle should be known as Synotus barbastellus (Schreber).— 
J. HK. Harrine. 
Squirrel breeding in a Church-tower.— While looking about our 
church-tower one day last mouth, I was surprised to see a Squirrel run out 
of one of the loop-holes, and on examining the nest I found three young 
ones. The Squirrel’s nursery has for its foundation an old Sparrow’s nest, 
to which a large quantity of fine dry grass has been added. The choice of 
the tower for a nesting-place seems the more singular, as an extensive 
plantation of lofty trees joims the churchyard. In another loop-hole close 
to the Squirrel’s a pair of Kestrels (no doubt those mentioned by me in 
‘The Zoologist’ for 1888, pp. 269, 308) have laid their eggs, and I hope 
the young ones may be safely rearedJuxian G. Tuck (‘Tostock Rectory, 
Suffolk). 
BIRDS. 
Kite and Raven nesting in South Wales.— Within the last two years 
the Kite and Raven have nested in Brecon. Omitting the exact localities, 
I may state that both nests were within six miles of the town of Brecon. 
In the spring of 1887, having seen a pair of Kites soaring over an 
extensive oak-wood on a steep hill-side, I went, with a friend who is well 
acquainted with the appearance of the Kite, to try and find their nest. On 
nearing the place we saw the Kites soaring over the wood, and found their 
nest without much delay. It was well placed for security, at a height of 
