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Coquet near Hepple. The birds had been observed here in 

 the nesting season by the late Mr. Hancock, but I am not 

 aware our Transactions contain the record of a nesting place 

 so far from the sea and away from the shores of an inland 

 lake. The evidence was not so clear as I should have liked, 

 but from what Mr. Rich told us there appears to be but little 

 doubt that near Hepple the Common and Hooded Crows 

 pair and rear their young. The late Mr, Seebohm records 

 an instance of seeing both forms in the same nest. The 

 finding of the Rock Pipit so far from its natural home by the 

 sea or in the salt marshes was also interesting. 



Mr, Rich has been good enough to prepare for us a list of 

 the birds, animals, and reptiles he has observed during his 

 residence at Hepple or in the district, and of which the 

 following is a copy : — 



Birds. 



Peregrine Falcon 



Merlin 



Kestrel 



Sparrow Hawk 



Hen Harrier 



Long- eared Owl 



Tawny Owl 



Cuckoo 



Kingfisher 



Creeper 



Raven 



Carrion Crow 



Hooded Crow 



Rook 



Jackdaw 



Jay 



Starling 



House Sparrow 

 Tree Sparrow 

 Bullfinch 

 Green Finch 

 Chaffinch 

 Linnet 



Redpole 



Common Bunting 



Yellow Bunting 



Reed Bunting 



Skylark 



Tree Pipit 



Rock Pipit 



Meadow Pipit 



Pied Wagtail 



Grey Wagtail 



Dipper 



Blackbird 



Ring Ouzel 



Fieldfare 



Missel Thrush 



Redwing 



Thrush 



Redbreast 



Redstart 



Wheatear 



Whinchat 



Hedge Sparrow 



Whitethroat 



