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  AND 
  QUEBJES. 
  35 
  

  

  that 
  a 
  Buzzard 
  was 
  killed 
  at 
  Datohet 
  (Bucks) 
  in 
  the 
  following 
  month, 
  

   which 
  emboldens 
  me 
  to 
  •' 
  have 
  the 
  courage 
  of 
  my 
  convictions 
  " 
  ! 
  

  

  Golden 
  Oriole 
  (p. 
  447). 
  — 
  Turville 
  Park 
  is 
  in 
  Bucks 
  (as 
  well 
  as 
  

   Ibstone 
  and 
  North 
  End), 
  but 
  on 
  the 
  Oxon 
  border, 
  so 
  " 
  about 
  the 
  bor- 
  

   ders" 
  might 
  apply 
  to 
  the 
  latter 
  county. 
  Reported 
  to 
  have 
  nested 
  near 
  

   North 
  End 
  in 
  1902, 
  but 
  whether 
  in 
  Bucks 
  or 
  outside 
  the 
  limits 
  of 
  

   Turville 
  parish, 
  in 
  Oxon, 
  I 
  do 
  not 
  know. 
  The 
  nest 
  was 
  taken. 
  

  

  Cirl-Bunting 
  and 
  Hawfinch 
  (p. 
  448). 
  — 
  Part 
  of 
  Henley 
  Park 
  is 
  in 
  

   Bucks. 
  

  

  Medmenham 
  (p. 
  449) 
  is 
  in 
  Bucks 
  (not 
  Berks). 
  It 
  is 
  correctly 
  

   assigned 
  on 
  p. 
  458. 
  

  

  Rock-Dove. 
  — 
  Used 
  to 
  breed 
  on 
  the 
  chalk 
  escarpment 
  near 
  the 
  river 
  

   edge, 
  between 
  Danesfield 
  and 
  Harleyford 
  (between 
  Medmenham 
  and 
  

   Great 
  Marlow), 
  Bucks. 
  Unfortunately 
  I 
  neglected 
  to 
  secure 
  any 
  speci- 
  

   mens 
  before 
  shooting 
  on 
  the 
  river 
  was 
  stopped, 
  and 
  do 
  not 
  know 
  

   whether 
  they 
  still 
  occur 
  there. 
  On 
  one 
  occasion 
  many 
  years 
  ago 
  

   I 
  flushed 
  a 
  specimen 
  from 
  a 
  small 
  gravel-pit 
  in 
  a 
  wood 
  near 
  Little 
  

   Marlow. 
  

  

  Quail. 
  — 
  One 
  shot 
  while 
  Partridge-shooting 
  on 
  my 
  land 
  here, 
  Sept. 
  

   20th, 
  1902, 
  and 
  I 
  was 
  told 
  that 
  some 
  had 
  been 
  heard 
  calling 
  here 
  

   in 
  the 
  spring 
  of 
  1900. 
  

  

  Stone 
  Curlew 
  (p. 
  450). 
  — 
  Fly 
  constantly 
  backwards 
  and 
  forwards 
  

   past 
  this 
  house 
  every 
  evening 
  during 
  four 
  or 
  four 
  and 
  a 
  half 
  months 
  in 
  

   the 
  summer, 
  and, 
  I 
  believe, 
  breed 
  in 
  a 
  neighbouring 
  plantation, 
  on 
  the 
  

   side 
  of 
  a 
  Chiltern. 
  

  

  Heron. 
  — 
  There 
  is 
  a 
  flourishing 
  heronry 
  now 
  at 
  Oaken 
  Grove, 
  

   Bucks, 
  near 
  Greenlands, 
  where 
  birds 
  and 
  nests 
  are 
  carefully 
  preserved 
  

   by 
  Mr. 
  W. 
  D. 
  Mackenzie, 
  of 
  Fawley 
  Court. 
  The 
  Harleyford 
  (Bucks, 
  

   Great 
  Marlow 
  parish) 
  heronry 
  has 
  of 
  late 
  years 
  been 
  much 
  disturbed 
  

   by 
  the 
  cutting 
  down 
  of 
  trees 
  and 
  shooting, 
  and 
  I 
  fear 
  there 
  are 
  very 
  

   few 
  nests 
  there 
  now. 
  

  

  Purple 
  Heron. 
  — 
  " 
  Near 
  Reading." 
  As 
  Reading 
  is 
  in 
  Berks, 
  the 
  

   specimen, 
  in 
  the 
  absence 
  of 
  more 
  precise 
  locality, 
  must 
  reckon 
  as 
  be- 
  

   longing 
  to 
  that 
  county, 
  though 
  the 
  opposite 
  bank 
  of 
  the 
  river 
  is 
  Oxford- 
  

   shire. 
  

  

  Night 
  Heron. 
  — 
  " 
  In 
  the 
  neighbourhood 
  of 
  Oxford." 
  The 
  converse 
  

   of 
  the 
  last 
  sentence 
  applies 
  to 
  this. 
  

  

  Corn 
  -Crake 
  (p. 
  451). 
  — 
  So 
  far 
  as 
  my 
  experience 
  goes, 
  this 
  species 
  

   has 
  only 
  become 
  scarce 
  since 
  1899, 
  and 
  from 
  the 
  same 
  year 
  the 
  

   Turtle-Dove 
  has 
  become 
  extraordinarily 
  numerous. 
  

  

  Red-necked 
  Grebe 
  (p. 
  453). 
  — 
  Greenlands, 
  Hambleden 
  parish, 
  is 
  in 
  

  

  