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and laid three eggs, and the other pair would no doubt have done so had 

 they been allowed to remain unmolested. On May 25th a hawk was trapped 

 and stupidly destroyed. From the description I have had of it, I have no 

 doubt it was a female of this species. On May 29th a male Montagu's Har- 

 rier was trapped, and another on the 31st; both these birds were forwarded 

 to Mr.Gunn for preservation, and both, from the frayed and worn condition 

 of their primaries and tail-feathers, showed that they had mates in the 

 neighbourhood. On May 30th one of the keepers flushed a hawk from its 

 nest on Dunwich Common. The bird, he said, was not more than three or 

 four yards from him when it rose; he described it as brown on the back, 

 lighter underneath, and larger than the male Harrier he had previously 

 trapped. The nest, in the middle of a clump of heather, was of very simple 

 construction — a slight depression in the ground, lined with a few dead 

 heather-twigs and a little grass. There were three eggs in it of a bluish- 

 white colour. Two days after, on again approaching the spot, the keeper 

 found the birds had forsaken the nest, the eggs being quite cold. He 

 therefore took them, as he considered it useless leaving them to be destroyed 

 by Rooks or ground vermin. They were sent to Mr. Gunn, who identified 

 them as those of Montagu's Harrier, and they were slightly incubated. These 

 with the birds and nest are now preserved in my collection. As the nesting 

 of Montagu's Harrier may now be considered of rare occurrence in the 

 eastern counties, the foregoing notes may be of interest. — Mentieth 

 Ogilvie (Sizewell, Leiston). 



Eared Grebe near Scarborough.— A specimen of this somewhat rare 

 visitant was shot from a fishing-coble, near Scarborough, on Dec. 16th, 

 and is now in the possession of Mr. Head, of this town, who states, that 

 on dissection, it proved to be a female, with eggs in the ovary in an 

 advanced stage. The shape of the bill in this species is a marked feature, 

 distinguishing it from the Sclavonian Grebe, and reminding one of the bill 

 of the Turnstone, or that of a Thrush when the natural position is 

 reversed, i. e., with the under mandible uppermost. This is the only 

 example, to my knowledge, that has been obtained near Scarborough, 

 though the Sclavonian Grebe is not uncommon from autumn to spring. — 

 R. P. Harper (Scarborough). 



Pectoral Sandpiper: Correction of Misprint.- In my note on the 

 Pectoral Sandpiper, see 'The Zoologist 'for December last (p. 452), there 

 occurs a misprint in the date. For " Aug. 26, 1887," read " Aug. 26, 

 1889."— T. E. Gunn (84 & 86, St. Giles Street, Norwich). 



Short-toed Lark at Great Yarmouth. — A male example of the Short- 

 toed Lark (Alauda brachydactyla), was shot near South Breydon Wall, Great 

 Yarmouth, on Nov. 7th last, and is, I believe, the first that is known to have 

 occurred in Norfolk. — G. Smith (North Town, Great Yarmouth). 



