36 Bolam : Hen Harrier on the Borders. 
The Flounder !' smooth and flat, in other rivers Pal 
_ Perhaps in greater store, yet better are not thought 
i The dainty Gudgeon,* Loche,* the Minnow, * and ae Bleake, * 
Since they but little are, I little need to speak 
Of them, nor doth it fit me much of those to reck, 
Which everywhere are found in every little beck ; 
Nor of the Crayfish® here, which creeps amongst my stones, 
ie From all the rest alone, whose shell is all his bones : 
For Carpe,’ the Tench,* and Breame,” my other store among, 
To lakes and standing pools that chiefly do belong, 
Here scouring in my fords, feed in my waters clear, 
Are muddy fish in ponds to that which they are here. 
From Nottingham, near which this River first begun 
This song, she the meanwhile, by Mewarke having run, 
Receiving little Sxyze," from Bever’s batning grounds, 
t Gaynsborough goes out, where the Zzxco/nzan bounds. 
x en (Pleuronectes flesus L.). Common in the Trent below 
wa 
auigean (Gobio fluviatilis Flem.). 
® Loach (Nemachilus barbatulus L.). 
* Minnow (Leuciscus phoxinus L.). 
5 Bleak (Alburnus Jucidus Hiack.), known on the Trent as the 
Whitling. 
These four are all common Trent fishes, 
® Crayfish ene xg raed <a sy, L.). I know nothing of this crustacean 
as a Trent species ; it is abundant in the Dove, a tributary of the Derbyshire 
Derwent, which ie 5 pours its waters into the Trent 
? Carp (Cyprinus carpio L.). Occurs, but is not common inthe Trent, 
preferring ponds and still waters, in which siuiclicad it is fairly common. 
®° Tench (Tinca vulgaris Cuy.). The same remark applies. 
® Bream (Abramis brama L.). Very common in the Trent: a 
specimen in the Nottingham Museum weighed 63{ lbs. The White or 
Silver Bream (A. blicca Bioch) is also common 
1° The Smite, which drains the Vale of Belvoir. 
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NOTE— ORNITHOLOGY. 
rders.—On the roth inst. a female Hen 
Harrier (Circus cyaneus L.), in the characteristic ring-tail plumage, 
flew past my b r and myself, near Mu ite use, about three 
miles south of Berwick. enty years ago we used to se ne birds 
alm very pon our Northumbria o now they are all but 
extirpated, and this is the only example I seen alive for ral years 
ck. It is interesting to note that in a letter I ust received fr 2 
friend, Dr. stuart, of C side, he writes that ‘a arrier was 
shot at lately near Billie in Berwickshire) but was too far off. I 
Berwi ot tweed: ¢ mst Janua 
_ around from the guns of a shooting party, but escaped.’—GEORGE BOLAM,. 
nuary 1898 “Necetit, 
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