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the fact of its nesting in the previous summer in the gardens at 

 Bassett Down ; and also that it was described by the Rev. A. P. 

 Moires as widely scattered, though not numerous in the neigh- 

 bourhood of Salisbury. So, too, the fact of its breeding annually 

 at Mere for the past twenty years, frequenting only one particular 

 spot in the parish (' Birds of Wiltshire,' 1888, p. 191). 



Berkshire. — Captain A. Clark Kennedy records that the 

 Rev. F. O. Morris, in the summer of 1826 or 1827, procured one 

 of a pair at East Garston, near Lambourne, and also obtained 

 their nest and two eggs. Also that some specimens in Gould's 

 collection were procured in the grounds of Formosa, near Cook- 

 ham, and that he was informed by Mr. Sharpe that this species 

 was not uncommon in that neighbourhood. The author was not 

 aware that it had occurred near Windsor (' Birds of Berks and 

 Bucks,' p. 176). "A pair nested at Speen [Newbury], in the 

 spring of 1884 ; two were shot at Speen, December, 1885, now 

 in my collection" (the late Mr. Montagu H. C. Falrner, F.S.A., in 

 list of the birds of the district in Hawkins' ' Guide to Newbury'). 

 Mr. J. Young writes me word that it is "fairly common" about 

 Faringdon, and breeds (in litt.). 



(To be continued.) 



ADDITIONAL NOTES ON THE BIRDS OF DONEGAL. 

 By J. Steele Elliott. 



As the Ornithology of Ireland is just now attracting par- 

 ticular attention, in view of the preparations for a new edition 

 of Thompson's standard work, any useful notes on the subject, 

 however short, will doubtless be acceptable. I accordingly for- 

 ward a few remarks on the Birds of Donegal, which may be 

 regarded as supplementary to those already published by Mr. H. 

 Chichester Hart (Zool. 1891, pp. 297, 334, 377, 421, 459; and 

 1892, pp. 32, 108). They are almost all derived from personal 

 observation in the county. 



Peregrine Falcon. — In addition to the localities mentioned 

 by Mr. Hart, the Peregrine breeds on the Dawros Head, where 

 it is locally called " Kite Hawk." 



Kestrel. — -Breeds among the rocky sides of Loughs Kiltooris 

 and Doon* 



