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likely that all these were local birds. Like everything else in the 

 place, the specimens were very old. The only other bird in the 

 house was a Short-eared Owl, but this had a label still on the 

 case, stating that it was shot on Kennel Fields, 21st October, 

 185G. 



From the 23rd September until the 21st October I was again 

 abroad. 



November. 



1st. A flock of Fieldfares. 



8th. Redwings seen. 



10th. I flushed a Woodcock from an upland grass-field close 

 to this house ; it rose from the first of some furrows which lay 

 broadside to the wind then blowing, the rest of the furrows in the 

 field lay at right angles. The first half of the month was wet, 

 and we had three gales, the last on the 15th and 16th, from S.W. 



December. 

 2nd. I saw a Peregrine Falcon near the village, and again a 

 few days later in the meadows. It appeared to be an adult male. 



NOTES AND QUERIES, 



Nesting of the Dunlin in Wales. — I know not whether it is the aim 

 of Dr. Bovvdler Sharpe to embody comparatively recent ornithological 

 discoveries in his new work on 'British Birds,' but in his latest issued 

 volume — the 3rd — the author writes of the Dunlin as follows: — "nothing 

 is known of its nesting in any part of Wales." From this it is manifest 

 that Dr. Sharpe has been neglectful of the stores garnered by ' The 

 Zoologist,' seeing that in the July number for 1893, at page 269, there is 

 a reference to the Dunlin having been found breeding in Cardiganshire; 

 while, again, in the July number for 1895, at page 275, there is another 

 reference to the species which had been discovered nesting in Merioneth- 

 shire. In his preface to the first volume Dr. Sharpe alludes to " a record 

 of the distribution of birds throughout the British Islands," as being 

 11 a very important subject ;" no one will deny this, or that ' The Zoologist' 

 has for many years been regarded as the most suitable repository for 

 current matters of interest relating to British Ornithology, and, as such, 

 of presumed inestimable value to those who issue books on the subject. 

 Nevertheless, it is essentially with a view to prevent, if possible, further 

 dissemination of what is contrary to fact in the present day that I venture 

 to send this note. — H. S. Davenport (Skeffington, Leicester). 



