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April 1868, and sent by Professor Huber to England. One of these came into my possession. 

 Dr. Baldamus found two nests near Tiefkasten, in Switzerland, in May 1867; and a nest con- 

 taining four eggs was obtained in March 1868, in the Niedlitzer district in Anhalt. Mr. Sten- 

 strom obtained a nest with small young ones in Dalsland, in Sweden, in April 1868, and in April 

 1869 he took another containing three eggs. Fiister obtained three nests, each containing three 

 eggs, near Bruck, in Styria, in April 1870; and Stenstrom obtained a nest with four fresh eggs 

 in April 1870, in Dalsland, Sweden. In July 1871 the Bitter von Tschusi Schmidhofen found 

 an empty nest on the Sirbitzkogel, in Upper Styria; and in March 1872 Mr. Hanf obtained a 

 nest with four eggs, taken at the same place ; and the same year Dr. Fiister obtained two nests 

 near Bruck, in Styria, taken on the 15th March. Mr. Meves, of Stockholm, obtained a nest with 

 three eggs, taken in Wermland, Sweden, on the 10th April, 1872 ; and Dr. Stolker obtained a 

 nest with three eggs taken in Graubiinden, Switzerland, in March 1873. Besides the above, 

 other nests have been taken; and M. Fairmaire, the dealer, in Paris, obtained several lots of 

 eggs from Switzerland, many of which I have seen, and am convinced that they are really 

 Nutcrackers' eggs. Mr. Alfred Benzon, of Copenhagen, has sent me copious notes on the 

 nidification of this bird in Denmark, which I translate as follows : — "It was supposed to breed 

 in the woods of Moen and in some parts of Seeland, where it is said to to have been seen and 

 shot during the summer season ; but the only place where I know for certain that it breeds 

 is Almindingen, on Bornholm, a wood planted on that otherwise heath-covered island, this 

 wood consisting chiefly of hornbeam (Carpinus betulus,~L.), oaks (Quercus pedunculated, Ehr., and 

 Quercus sessiliflora, Sm.), and pine [Abies ecccelsa), in which last species of tree the Nutcracker 

 builds its nest. Besides the trees above enumerated, a few birch [Betula verrucosa, Ehrh.), larch 

 (Larix europoea, DC), aspen (Populus tremula, L.), and ash (Fraxinus excelsior, L.) are scattered 

 through the wood; but the hazel (Corylus avellana, L.) is scarcely found there, though hazel 

 bushes are round almost every peasant's hut, of which not a few are in the neighbourhood. 

 When, in 1862, I, in company with my friends, Messrs. Fischer, Erichsen, and Theobald, visited 

 this place on the 22nd May, we observed in a pine, close to the top, on a bare branch, resting 

 against the main stem, a nest, about eighteen feet from the ground ; and in the branches near it 

 at least five partially down-clad young Nutcrackers flew or hopped about with difficulty from 

 twig to twig. We could not catch one, as they were warned by a sharp cry from the old bird, 

 resembling the words gre, gre, grS. Next day we found another nest, though placed higher up, 

 also in a pine tree ; and near it several young birds were flying about, which appeared to be 

 older than those we saw on the previous day ; of these Mr. Fischer shot three, one of which was 

 sent to Professor A. Newton, and the other two are in my collection and that of Mr. Fischer. 

 We found several more nests, all old ones, and all placed on conifer trees, which grow on the 

 peat-covered stony ground. When we made the above-recorded discovery the breeding-habits of 

 the Nutcracker were still veiled in mystery, and even the well-known collector Thienemann did 

 not possess authentic eggs ; so we determined to visit this place the following year rather earlier, 

 so as to get the eggs. Next year Messrs. Erichsen and Theobald visited the above-mentioned 

 locality on the 9th of April, and found a Nutcracker's nest, about thirty feet from the ground, in 

 a pine tree, built like those we found the previous year. The old bird flew noiselessly off, and 

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