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already nest-making in the same corner (of their aviary at Lilford) 
as in previous years.’—R. C. 
Jan. 19th. “A fine male specimen of Pallas’s Sand Grouse, 
weighing 113 oz., was shot in the parish of Weedon on 15th inst. 
It flew out of some turnips close to a rick of barley, where it had 
evidently been feeding, its crop being full of the same.”—Wm. 
Bazeley (from ‘Northampton Daily Chronicle’). 
Jan. 23rd. Seven Wild Geese seen going northwards over 
Aldwincle. 
Jan. 28th. My fisherman, writing from Lilford under this 
date, states :—‘* The weather at present is very mild, and Thrushes 
and Hedgesparrows are singing every day; they began to sing 
about the middle of November last, and continued until the frost 
came. The Rooks were at their nests for several days. 
Jan. 3lst. Through the good offices of Lord Burghley, I this 
day received a pair of wings of Pallas’s Sand Grouse from John 
Munton, one of Lord Exeter’s gamekeepers at Southorpe, near 
Stamford, who subsequently gave me the following information 
by letter dated Feb. 4th:—‘“ Twelve of these birds were first 
seen, in one flock, in one field on the Southorpe Mill Farm, on 
the last day of May, 1888, and again on June lst; on this latter 
day two of the birds were shot by a boy in the employ of the 
occupier of the farm; the others were not seen again.” 
Feb. 6th. “I am pleased to see the Golden Eagles (at Lil- 
ford) begin nesting again. I gave them a lot of sticks, moss, &c., 
which they at once began to take to the place where the nest was 
last year; they are getting savage.”—R. C. These Eagles are a 
pair that I received in 1877 from a nest in Inverness-shire; they 
built a nest for the first time in 1888, and laid three eggs, of which 
they broke one and devoured another; the third was addled. 
Feb. 13th. “This afternoon, when I went to the park aviary 
to lock the fence-gate for the night, I was surprised to see two 
wild Swans rise from the pond. When I first caught sight of 
them they were close by the pinioned ones (Whoopers and Mute 
Swans). As they flew away they kept calling to the others. There 
is also a female Pochard which dropped in yesterday; she goes 
to the river when I go near, but returns to the pond again.” —R. C. 
Feb. 19th. “Three Swans flying southwards this morning. 
Gadwall brought alive to me from the decoy, caught on the 
18th.”—R. C. 
