212 BENONI: NATURAL HISTORY NOTES, 
293. Mus sylvaticus L. Long-tailed Field Mouse. 
Bottesford, Lincs., 7.11.69. Dug out nest. There wasa 
bolt. ad stored acorns, nuts, and wheat. 
Cadney, Lincs., 24.9.93. Watched one carrying wheat toi 
nest. s 
Harrington, Northamps., 8.7.89. Young oak springing up fon 
deserted winter store in field by Larkland Wood. a 
If we are dealing with our bird-notes we work just the same. _ 
3 weak 
320. Scolopax rusticola L. Woodcock. | 
Broughton Wood, Lincs., 1872. Very plentiful this year, I helt 
The same. 1876. First seen 18.10.76. 2 
Harrington, Northamps. Big fall in 1870, Mr. Cheney tot 
me, after rough N.E. winds. a 
Cadney, Lincs., 1894. Watched one through hedge of ot 
wood turning over the dead leaves and eating worms, throug ‘i 
field-glass. o 
The left-hand figures refer to Yarrell, volume 3, page = fies | 
the notes accumulate a little case of deal, 12 in. long, 8 in. wid 
and 3 in. deep, stained throughout but varnished ‘only on the ouls® ; 
keeps them neatly together, in the order of the left-hand — 
while at the same time they may be turned over like the eo 
a book to find the sheet required, after the general index of Be'® 
Yarrell has been first consulted to give the right number. If pe 
gets damaged by mistakes or an accident it can easily be ‘oftes 
without spoiling the look of the whole series of notes, ed eee ches 
the case if a book is used. It is also much easier to write 0m 
than in a book. : ol 
A friend of the cynical order, who knows his own foibles 
as he sees other men’s, suggested that note-paper is a ae d 
illustrations, and pointed out how they enrich any call gould 
notes. He enclosed one, as a specimen of what these 4 of lest 
like—a sketch of a bird shot with an ounce of water Inste? 
He maintained he had never heard of water-shooting success 
him how to proceed. Whether in his hands it has be ; 
. . ‘ : cannot say, 
In saving damage to the plumage of delicate birds we ae 
his cartoon is the last communication we have had on the ee 
In another paper we purpose to make a selection fron these 
cil we 
ofa N orth Lincolnshire naturalist to illustrate how a ally oo : 
casual jottings, which only take a few minutes to C@! of years: 
and record, become as facts accumulate in the passage 
