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  occasion 
  in 
  close 
  proximity 
  to 
  a 
  couple 
  of 
  Jays, 
  whose 
  voice 
  and 
  

   actions 
  were 
  very 
  different 
  from 
  the 
  visitor. 
  A 
  glass 
  revealed 
  that 
  

   the 
  stranger 
  was 
  a 
  Roller, 
  and 
  on 
  following 
  days 
  he 
  saw 
  it 
  several 
  

   times, 
  and 
  much 
  nearer 
  ; 
  so 
  there 
  was 
  no 
  mistaking 
  it. 
  About 
  the 
  

   same 
  time 
  the 
  coachman 
  in 
  the 
  gentleman's 
  employment 
  also 
  saw 
  

   another 
  — 
  or 
  it 
  might 
  have 
  been 
  the 
  same 
  bird 
  — 
  in 
  quite 
  a 
  different 
  part 
  

   of 
  the 
  estate, 
  and 
  knew 
  it 
  at 
  once 
  by 
  the 
  figure 
  in 
  Lord 
  Lilford's 
  grand 
  

   book. 
  This, 
  I 
  believe, 
  was 
  in 
  July, 
  after 
  which 
  the 
  bird 
  or 
  birds 
  were 
  

   not 
  seen 
  again, 
  and 
  I 
  have 
  not 
  heard 
  of 
  this 
  lovely 
  species 
  having 
  been 
  

   slaughtered 
  elsewhere 
  ; 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  it 
  stayed 
  upon 
  the 
  estate 
  of 
  the 
  

   gentleman 
  who 
  saw 
  it, 
  it 
  had 
  the 
  kindly 
  protection 
  it 
  deserved. 
  — 
  G. 
  B. 
  

   Cokbin 
  (Ringwood, 
  Hants). 
  

  

  Shoveler 
  in 
  East 
  Lothian. 
  — 
  On 
  Nov. 
  19th 
  my 
  friend 
  Mr. 
  Robert 
  

   Whyte 
  and 
  myself 
  were 
  greatly 
  interested 
  in 
  watching 
  a 
  Shoveler 
  drake 
  

   (Spatula 
  chjpeata) 
  near 
  Morrison's 
  Haven, 
  on 
  the 
  East 
  Lothian 
  fore- 
  

   shore. 
  The 
  bird 
  was 
  in 
  company 
  of 
  a 
  dozen 
  Mallard, 
  and 
  the 
  party 
  

   kept 
  near 
  the 
  shore. 
  Although 
  the 
  Shoveler 
  has 
  been 
  found 
  nesting 
  

   in 
  East 
  Lothian, 
  it 
  is 
  by 
  no 
  means 
  a 
  common 
  bird 
  in 
  that 
  county 
  as 
  

   yet. 
  — 
  Henry 
  D. 
  Simpson 
  (52, 
  Queen 
  Street, 
  Edinburgh). 
  

  

  Habits 
  of 
  Willow-Grouse. 
  — 
  In 
  rejoinder 
  to 
  the 
  reply 
  on 
  this 
  subject 
  

   by 
  Mr. 
  Einar 
  Lonnberg 
  {ante, 
  p. 
  430), 
  I 
  can 
  only 
  say 
  that 
  if 
  the 
  Willow- 
  

   Grouse 
  never 
  perches 
  or 
  trees 
  or 
  shrubs 
  where 
  observed 
  by 
  Mr. 
  

   Lonnberg, 
  in 
  summer, 
  when 
  the 
  ground 
  is 
  bare 
  of 
  snow, 
  the 
  habit 
  of 
  

   the 
  birds 
  on 
  north-eastern 
  Russian 
  tundras 
  is 
  different, 
  and 
  Willow- 
  

   Grouse 
  can 
  be 
  seen 
  constantly 
  sitting 
  on 
  the 
  low 
  willow-scrub, 
  especi- 
  

   ally 
  where 
  an 
  extensive 
  view 
  can 
  be 
  obtained 
  ; 
  and 
  that 
  in 
  summer. 
  Of 
  

   course 
  I 
  am 
  not 
  referring 
  to 
  Mr. 
  Lonnberg's 
  remarks 
  strictly 
  confined 
  

   to 
  young 
  hybrids. 
  I 
  presume 
  Mr. 
  Lonnberg 
  means 
  to 
  express 
  that 
  

   " 
  young 
  hybrids, 
  when 
  scared, 
  perched 
  in 
  trees 
  as 
  the 
  (young) 
  Black- 
  

   game 
  does, 
  but 
  not 
  as 
  the 
  (young) 
  Willow-Grouse 
  does." 
  I 
  am 
  willing 
  

   to 
  modify 
  my 
  statement 
  — 
  "seen 
  scores 
  of 
  Willow-Grouse 
  perch 
  on 
  

   trees," 
  and 
  substitute 
  " 
  seen 
  Willow-Grouse 
  scores 
  of 
  times 
  perch 
  on 
  

   trees 
  and 
  willow-scrub." 
  The 
  time 
  I 
  and 
  Seebohm 
  saw 
  them 
  perching 
  

   on 
  trees 
  or 
  scrub 
  on 
  the 
  skirts 
  of 
  the 
  tundra, 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  willow-scrub 
  

   at 
  the 
  little 
  lakes 
  on 
  the 
  tundra, 
  was 
  after 
  the 
  snmv 
  was 
  all 
  gone, 
  and 
  all 
  

   the 
  river-ice 
  floated 
  away. 
  But 
  it 
  may 
  be 
  recalled 
  by 
  some 
  of 
  your 
  

   readers 
  that 
  we 
  saw 
  stranger 
  facts 
  than 
  Willow-Grouse 
  perching 
  on 
  

   trees. 
  We 
  saw 
  and 
  recorded 
  Snipe 
  on 
  top 
  of 
  a 
  Petchora 
  larch, 
  and 
  

   Gulls, 
  Curlews, 
  Snow 
  -Buntings, 
  Meadow 
  and 
  Red-throated 
  Pipits 
  perch- 
  

   ing 
  constantly, 
  a 
  habit 
  learned 
  (or 
  induced) 
  by 
  the 
  flooding 
  of 
  the 
  

  

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