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  THE 
  ZOOLOGIST. 
  

  

  Hoopoe 
  at 
  Beachy 
  Head. 
  — 
  A 
  relation 
  of 
  mine, 
  living 
  at 
  Eastbourne, 
  

   has 
  just 
  sent 
  me 
  the 
  enclosed 
  "cutting"; 
  she 
  went 
  at 
  once 
  to 
  see 
  the 
  

   bird, 
  but 
  found 
  that 
  it 
  had 
  died 
  soon 
  after 
  capture, 
  and 
  had 
  been 
  sent 
  

   to 
  be 
  stuffed. 
  If 
  it 
  had 
  not 
  escaped 
  from 
  confinement, 
  it 
  is 
  an 
  in- 
  

   teresting 
  occurrence. 
  Bird 
  died 
  twenty-four 
  hours 
  after 
  capture. 
  — 
  

   D. 
  A. 
  Bannerman 
  (Guildford). 
  

  

  " 
  On 
  Thursday, 
  April 
  21st, 
  1904, 
  Mr. 
  Marcus 
  Uzielli, 
  a 
  gentleman 
  

   staying 
  at 
  Granville 
  Hill, 
  was 
  riding 
  ou 
  the 
  downs 
  with 
  a 
  friend 
  

   (Mr. 
  Maurice 
  Stammers), 
  when 
  a 
  strange-looking 
  bird 
  was 
  seen 
  flying 
  

   slowly 
  near 
  the 
  ground. 
  Mr. 
  Uzielli 
  dismounted, 
  and 
  went 
  in 
  pursuit 
  

   of 
  the 
  bird, 
  which, 
  being 
  in 
  an 
  evidently 
  distressed 
  state 
  through 
  long 
  

   exercise 
  on 
  the 
  wing, 
  was 
  soon 
  caught. 
  Inquiry 
  quickly 
  revealed 
  that 
  

   the 
  bird 
  was 
  a 
  specimen 
  of 
  the 
  Hoopoe 
  (Upujoaepops), 
  whose 
  appearance 
  

   in 
  this 
  region 
  is 
  said 
  to 
  be 
  extremely 
  rare. 
  We 
  are 
  informed, 
  in 
  fact, 
  

   that 
  one 
  has 
  not 
  been 
  caught 
  in 
  Sussex 
  for 
  a 
  good 
  many 
  years. 
  The 
  

   presumption 
  is 
  that 
  this 
  particular 
  bird 
  had 
  strayed, 
  and 
  had 
  crossed 
  

   the 
  Channel. 
  The 
  specimen 
  captured 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Uzielli, 
  who 
  hopes 
  to 
  

   preserve 
  it 
  alive, 
  may 
  be 
  seen 
  at 
  the 
  premises 
  of 
  Mr. 
  Cameron 
  P. 
  Cum- 
  

   mings, 
  naturalist, 
  19, 
  Terminus 
  Eoad." 
  

  

  Appearance 
  of 
  Cuckoo. 
  — 
  On 
  April 
  7th 
  last 
  I 
  put 
  up 
  a 
  Cuckoo 
  out 
  of 
  

   a 
  small 
  bushy 
  hollow 
  on 
  the 
  downs 
  near 
  Swanage, 
  Dorset. 
  The 
  bird 
  

   was 
  very 
  weak 
  on 
  the 
  wing, 
  and 
  settled 
  again 
  in 
  the 
  next 
  field. 
  — 
  

   Bernard 
  B. 
  Riviere 
  (Flaxley, 
  82, 
  Finchley 
  Road, 
  N.W.). 
  

  

  Kestrel 
  (Falco 
  tinnunculus) 
  laying 
  in 
  an 
  artificial 
  Nesting-box 
  at 
  

   Rainworth 
  Lodge. 
  — 
  I 
  have 
  six 
  boxes 
  here 
  for 
  Stock-Doves 
  to 
  breed 
  in. 
  

   Three 
  are 
  made 
  of 
  poplar 
  trees 
  hollowed 
  out 
  and 
  boarded 
  at 
  each 
  end, 
  

   a 
  hole 
  being 
  left 
  for 
  the 
  bird 
  to 
  get 
  in 
  ; 
  they 
  are 
  placed 
  on 
  the 
  arms 
  of 
  

   two 
  oak 
  and 
  a 
  sycamore, 
  and 
  bound 
  on 
  with 
  wire 
  ; 
  the 
  bark 
  is 
  left 
  on, 
  

   and 
  they 
  are 
  very 
  attractive 
  to 
  Stock-Doves. 
  All 
  these 
  have 
  at 
  the 
  pre- 
  

   sent 
  time 
  nests 
  in. 
  The 
  other 
  three 
  are 
  simply 
  deal 
  boxes, 
  and 
  in 
  one 
  

   of 
  these, 
  which 
  is 
  fixed 
  up 
  about 
  25 
  ft. 
  high 
  in 
  a 
  Scotch 
  fir, 
  the 
  Kestrel 
  

   is 
  now 
  nesting. 
  We 
  have 
  noticed 
  them 
  hanging 
  about 
  since 
  February, 
  

   and 
  lately 
  they 
  have 
  been 
  seen 
  to 
  go 
  into 
  the 
  box, 
  which 
  is 
  about 
  2 
  ft. 
  

   by 
  18 
  in. 
  deep. 
  As 
  I 
  passed 
  the 
  tree 
  the 
  other 
  night, 
  I 
  gave 
  it 
  a 
  tap 
  

   with 
  my 
  stick, 
  when 
  out 
  came 
  the 
  Kestrel. 
  This 
  afternoon 
  (April 
  

   28th) 
  it 
  did 
  so 
  again. 
  A 
  long 
  ladder 
  was 
  got, 
  and 
  my 
  son 
  went 
  up 
  

   and 
  found 
  five 
  eggs 
  in 
  the 
  box, 
  the 
  Stock-Dove 
  nest 
  of 
  last 
  year 
  being 
  

   used. 
  They 
  are 
  a 
  very 
  beautiful 
  clutch, 
  and 
  having 
  been 
  laid 
  in 
  such 
  

   a 
  curious 
  place 
  makes 
  them 
  of 
  great 
  interest 
  to 
  us. 
  We 
  have 
  many 
  

   different 
  birds 
  nesting 
  in 
  boxes 
  here, 
  but 
  this 
  is 
  the 
  first 
  time 
  a 
  Hawk 
  

   has 
  done 
  so, 
  nor 
  have 
  I 
  ever 
  heard 
  of 
  such 
  a 
  case. 
  The 
  tree 
  stands, 
  

  

  