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and another pair nested for several years in 

 the grounds of Pennsylvania Castle, Portland/ 

 Mr, Jesse states ^ that some years ago a pair of 

 Hoopoes built their nest and hatched their 

 young in a tree close to the house at Park End, 

 near Chichester ; and according to the observa- 

 tions of Mr. Turner, of Sherborne, Dorsetshire, 

 the nest has been taken, on three or four occa- 

 sions, by the schoolboys from pollard willows 

 on the banks of the river Lenthay. The birds 

 were known to the boys as " Hoops." 



In the same county, on the authority of the 

 Rev. O. P. Cambridge, a pair of Hoopoes are 

 reported to have bred at Warm well. The Rev. 

 A. C. Smith, of Calne, Wilts, says that a nest, 

 containing young birds, was taken many years 

 ago in his neighbourhood ; and another nest, 

 according to Mr. A. E. Knox, was found at 

 Southwick, near Shoreham. Canon Tristram 

 states that the Hoopoe has bred at least on one 

 occasion, in Northamptonshire. 



1 Cf. Garland, "Naturalist," 1852, p. 82. 

 ^ " Gleanings in Natural History." 



