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jackals and small beasts of prey than directly to forward the process of 

 hatching, for that is often left wholly to the sun. Some thirty eggs are laid 

 in the nest, and round it are scattered perhaps as many more, which are 

 said to be used as food for trie newly-hatched chicks." 



When the zoologist reads corrections of errors which have existed up to 

 the present time with reference to a bird with which man has had direct 

 acquaintance for nearly half a century, he may console himself with the 

 thought that the zoological field has not been entirely explored, and that 

 there is still room and time for fresh discoveries and observations. — G. W. 

 Smith (Winchester). 



Ornithological Folk-Lore.— In reply to Mr. Bird's query (p. 144), Mr. 

 Moore ('Folk-lore of the Isle of Man,' p. 151) states: — "Some of the 

 names" {i.e. of the "seven sleepers") "vary. Craitnag (the Bat), Cooag 

 (the Cuckoo), Cloghan-ny-cleigh (the Stouechat), and Gollan-geayee (the 

 Swallow), are found in all the lists ; the others being Crammag (the Snail), 

 Doallag (the Dormouse), Foilljean (the butterfly), Shellan (the Bee), 

 Jialgheer (the Lizard), and Cadlag (the Sleeper), a mythical animal." Mr. 

 Kermode(* Manx Note-book,' No. 4, p. 122), says : — "I have always heard 

 that there were seven, though there seems a difference of opinion as to 

 which were the seven. The following list I have received from a Manksman, 

 now nearly ninety years of age, who knows every part of the island, and 

 whose memory is good : — Foillyean (Butterfly), Shellan (Bee), Jialglheer 

 (Lizard), Craitnag (Bat), Cooag (Cuckoo), Clogh-ny-cleigh (Stonechat), 

 Gollan-geayee (Swallow). The Hedgehog is not included, and I fancy has 

 no more claim than the Dormouse, which has been included by some, but 

 which, not being a native of the island, is unlikely to have a place in any 

 Manx tradition." The Stonechat mentioned above is probably, as elsewhere 

 pointed out by Mr. Kermode, the Wheatear (often so called in the island), 

 as Saxicola I'ubicola does uot disappear in winter. It will be observed that 

 our "seven sleepers" are not, like those of Dorset, all birds. — P. Ralfe 

 (Laxey, Isle of Man). 



Amongst the Birds in Norfolk.— Green Sandpipers. — A pair of these 

 birds appeared on the Haddiscoe marshes on Jan. 11th, and allowed me to 

 get within easy shooting distance before they took wing; another of the 

 same species appeared on Feb. 22nd. These birds somewhat frequently 

 appear, more especially during August and September. 



Golden Plover. — A specimen of this bird attracted my attention on 

 April 4th. During January large flocks of these birds were daily feeding 

 on the marshes, the greatest quantity I have seen during the past ten 

 years; one flock must have numbered about a thousand. 



Redshanks. — On Feb. 15th I flushed five Redshanks on the verge of 





