BIRD ECCENTRICITIES IN DERBYSHIRE. 239 



only is recorded of nine, and there was a doubt as to all the eggs 

 having been laid by one swan. At Holly Bush, however, there 

 was no room for doubt ; this one pair of swans only inhabited 

 the pool, and the existence of the ten cygnets was verified and 

 vouched for by more than two or three sceptics. 



I have put these notes together at the request of several of my 

 friends who consider them worthy of chronicle. Should they 

 lead to the careful record of any interesting peculiarity in the 

 habits of our feathered surroundings, which those who read them 

 may observe from time to time, their purpose will be answered. 



