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  Davies, 
  when 
  be 
  showed 
  me 
  the 
  bird, 
  told 
  me 
  that 
  he 
  had 
  it 
  in 
  the 
  flesh 
  

   from 
  the 
  man 
  who 
  shot 
  it, 
  and 
  that 
  he 
  set 
  it 
  up 
  himself. 
  The 
  Night- 
  

   Heron 
  is 
  of 
  very 
  casual 
  occurrence 
  in 
  both 
  Lancashire 
  and 
  Cheshire. 
  — 
  

   T. 
  A. 
  Coward 
  (Bowdon, 
  Cheshire). 
  

  

  Ornithological 
  Notes. 
  — 
  As 
  I 
  was 
  leaving 
  my 
  brother's 
  residence 
  on 
  

   Shooter's 
  Hill, 
  Plumstead, 
  early 
  one 
  morning 
  about 
  the 
  third 
  week 
  in 
  

   June, 
  he 
  pointed 
  out 
  to 
  me 
  a 
  pair 
  of 
  Swifts, 
  which 
  were 
  breeding 
  in 
  

   the 
  nest 
  of 
  a 
  House-Martin. 
  It 
  is 
  rather 
  singular 
  that 
  this 
  species 
  

   should 
  not 
  breed 
  in 
  this 
  immediate 
  neighbourhood 
  ; 
  it 
  has 
  made 
  one 
  

   or 
  two 
  attempts, 
  but 
  unsuccessfully. 
  It 
  is, 
  however, 
  by 
  no 
  means 
  un- 
  

   common 
  ; 
  especially 
  is 
  this 
  so 
  on 
  fine 
  evenings 
  in 
  July, 
  when 
  they 
  may 
  

   be 
  seen 
  hawking 
  for 
  flies 
  at 
  a 
  great 
  height. 
  One 
  of 
  my 
  sons 
  last 
  June 
  

   showed 
  me 
  a 
  nest 
  of 
  the 
  Grey 
  Wagtail 
  built 
  near 
  a 
  waterfall, 
  and 
  

   which 
  contained 
  a 
  clutch 
  of 
  eggs, 
  all 
  of 
  which 
  were 
  white. 
  He 
  also 
  

   informed 
  me 
  of 
  his 
  finding 
  a 
  Cuckoo's 
  egg 
  in 
  the 
  nest 
  of 
  a 
  Twite, 
  

   which 
  is 
  the 
  first 
  instance 
  I 
  have 
  known 
  in 
  this 
  district, 
  although 
  I 
  

   was 
  informed 
  some 
  time 
  ago 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Wilson 
  that 
  this 
  is 
  by 
  no 
  means 
  

   an 
  uncommon 
  occurrence 
  near 
  Aberdeen. 
  The 
  egg 
  in 
  this 
  instance 
  

   was 
  of 
  the 
  type 
  usually 
  found 
  in 
  this 
  district, 
  and 
  which 
  approximates 
  

   in 
  colouring 
  to 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  Sky-Lark. 
  A 
  light 
  variety 
  of 
  the 
  Cuckoo's 
  

   egg 
  was 
  lately 
  shown 
  me, 
  which 
  had 
  been 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  nest 
  of 
  a 
  

   Meadow-Pipit, 
  which 
  contained 
  dark 
  eggs, 
  even 
  for 
  this 
  species. 
  I 
  

   have 
  only 
  once 
  previously 
  met 
  with 
  this 
  light 
  variety 
  of 
  Cuckoo's 
  egg, 
  

   and 
  it 
  was 
  deposited 
  in 
  the 
  nest 
  of 
  a 
  Titlark, 
  which 
  contained 
  abnor- 
  

   mally 
  light-coloured 
  eggs, 
  similar 
  to 
  those 
  of 
  a 
  Pied 
  Wagtail. 
  — 
  E. 
  P. 
  

   Butterfield 
  (Wilsden, 
  Yorks). 
  

  

  Birds 
  singing 
  at 
  Night. 
  — 
  On 
  July 
  15th 
  a 
  Hedge-Sparrow 
  was 
  

   singing 
  in 
  Teddington 
  at 
  10 
  p.m., 
  and 
  I 
  heard 
  one 
  in 
  Richmond 
  on 
  

   the 
  same 
  night 
  at 
  11 
  p.m. 
  On 
  the 
  16th 
  and 
  17th, 
  while 
  I 
  was 
  staying 
  

   in 
  Milford, 
  Surrey, 
  I 
  was 
  surprised 
  to 
  hear 
  a 
  Wren 
  singing 
  loudly 
  at 
  

   11.15 
  p.m. 
  (this 
  was 
  on 
  the 
  16th), 
  and 
  on 
  the 
  night 
  of 
  the 
  17th 
  a 
  

   Turtle-Dove 
  was 
  cooing 
  at 
  12 
  p.m. 
  The 
  only 
  other 
  birds 
  I 
  have 
  

   heard 
  singing 
  at 
  night, 
  with 
  the 
  exception, 
  of 
  course, 
  of 
  the 
  Nightin- 
  

   gale, 
  were 
  the 
  Sky-Lark 
  and 
  Cuckoo. 
  I 
  wonder 
  if 
  the 
  very 
  hot 
  

   weather 
  we 
  have 
  been 
  having 
  lately 
  had 
  anything 
  to 
  do 
  with 
  the 
  birds 
  

   being 
  restless 
  and 
  awake. 
  — 
  Gordon 
  Dalgliesh 
  (29, 
  Larkfield 
  Road, 
  

   Richmond, 
  Surrey). 
  

  

  Bird 
  Slaughter 
  for 
  Feminine 
  Fashion. 
  — 
  This 
  silly 
  craze 
  for 
  the 
  

   decoration 
  of 
  ladies' 
  hats 
  with 
  the 
  feathers 
  and 
  skins 
  of 
  unfortunate 
  

   birds 
  killed 
  in 
  the 
  breeding-season, 
  and 
  thus 
  leaving 
  their 
  young 
  

  

  