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84. Cautery-iron, Kashin. To stop bleeding when necessary. 



35. Hot-iron, Danji-kote. Applied heated over damped cloth to any 



painful spot. 



36. Jess-pin, Uguisu. To enlarge the openings in the jesses when putting 



them on. 



37. Borer, Kujiri. Used for similar purpose. 



88. Tail of Goshawk, showing method of fastening bell to central feathers. 

 39. Portable Hawk-house, Byobu-toya, for eyesses. 



[The reader may be reminded that in 'The Zoologist' for 

 December, 1885, appeared an article on " Birds used for Sport 

 in China," translated by the Editor from the French of M. Pichot, 

 who, at a meeting of the Societe Nationale d'Acclimatation held 

 in Paris, exhibited a curious collection of drawings on this 

 subject, sent from Pekin by M. Collin de Plancy, one of the 

 interpreters of the French Legation. — Ed.] 





NATURAL HISTOEY NOTES FROM EAST SUFFOLK. 

 By G. T. Rope. 



Grey Shrike.— On Feb. 25th, 1890, I met with one of these 

 birds at Tunstall ; it flew up from the road, and perched upon 

 the top of a tall ash. 



Sedge Warbler. — On the evening of March 27th, at about 

 half-past seven o'clock, I distinctly heard one singing by the river- 

 side, close to Langham Bridge, near Blaxhall. This, I think, is 

 an unusually early date for the arrival of this little songster. 



Crossbill. — On the same day as the last-mentioned occur- 

 rence a male Crossbill was picked up in a dying state by some 

 children, in a garden near Leiston. It was bleeding as if from 

 a gunshot wound. Prevailing colour a deep red. 



Hoopoe. — On the evening of April 19th, after sunset, I fell 

 in with a pair of these beautiful birds at Farnham. When first 

 seen they were on the outskirts of a fir plantation; and their 

 striking colours and Jay -like flight, attracted my attention from 

 a distance. They were not wild, but, owing to the fading light, it 

 was difficult to get a satisfactory view of them. One which perched 

 for a few seconds on a Scotch fir close to me kept alternately 

 raising and depressing its crest, which, owing perhaps to the red 

 glow from the western horizon, looked more chestnut than buff. 



