48 the Zoologist. 



went again to the same wood, with another excellent climber, and 

 examined many other nests, without result ; on this second visit 

 the explorers did not even see a Hobby, from which fact I infer 

 that the eggs must have been taken between the two expeditions, 

 and that the old birds had left the locality in disgust. 



26th. I received from Mr. Clarke Thornhill, of Eushton Hall, 

 Kettering, a fine young female Peregrine, with a bell on each leg, 

 captured near that place a few days previously. I advertised this 

 falcon, and am glad to say that I was thereby enabled to restore 

 her to her rightful owner, Mr. Thomas Mann, of Hyde Hall, 

 Sawbridgeworth. 



August. 



5th. A great many Herons haunting the meadows during the 

 last week. 



12th. The decoy-man brought me a Green Sandpiper, alive, 

 snared at the decoy this morning. This bird showed no sign of 

 injury, and pecked viciously at our fingers, but could not, or 

 would not, use its legs, and utterly declined to feed. 



13th. Some large Gulls and a small trip of Golden Plovers 

 reported as going up our valley by one of the gamekeepers. 



14th. First report of Snipe for the season. 



23rd. My cousin, the Eev. Wm. Powys, rector of Achurch, 

 brought, for my inspection, the mummified remains of a Kestrel, 

 which were discovered, with many Jackdaws in similar condition, 

 in an old disused chimney, by workmen employed on repairs at 

 the rectory. 



27th. One of our gamekeepers brought to me the head, wings, 

 and legs of a Whimbrel, shot from a passing flock a few days ago, 

 near Sudborough, by a tenant of my neighbour, Lord Lyveden. 

 The shooter had eaten the body of the bird, no doubt with satis- 

 faction to himself, but giving me cause for regret, as — although 

 the Whimbrel is by no means uncommon in this neighbourhood 

 on double passage — I do not possess a " county" specimen. 



September. 



3rd. I saw a flight of some six or seven Whimbrels going up 

 the valley near Wadenhoe. 



4th. Some Turtle Doves still lingering with us. 



8th. I saw a Kestrel chased, and fairly bullied, by a Wood 

 Pigeon. 



