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what a rarity I was watching ; the silvery grey, deep black and white of 

 the upper parts, and the delicate piuk breast and flanks, looked particularly 

 rich in the sunlight, and in strong contrast with the turf on which it stood. 

 It then flew up and perched on a small hawthorn, from that again to the 

 ground, and then on to a furze-bush. After two or three such movements 

 it disappeared over the brow of the hill. After waiting a short time I saw it 

 again further along the hill-side, chasing a smaller bird, I thiuk a Lionet ; but 

 the distance was too great to make sure of the species, though the colouring 

 of the Shrike was plainly visible. From the intensity of the black mark- 

 ings it was clearly a male. I think it very probable that it had taken up 

 its abode on the hill for nesting purposes, for which the character of the 

 place was admirably adapted ; and if opportunities had been afforded, I in- 

 tended paying another visit to the ground later on, with the hopes of seeing 

 more of the bird and perhaps its nest. — F. W. Frohawk (34, Widmore 

 Road, Bromley, Kent). 



" Kentish Crow." — Your correspondent, Mr. L. C. Farman (ante, 

 p. 356), mentions " Kentish Crows " visiting the Norfolk fens. I should be 

 very glad to know the scientific name of these birds, as the term is new to 

 me. — C. B. Horsbrugh (4, Richmond Hill, Bath). 



[The Crows to which 1 referred were Hooded or Grey Crows, Corvus 

 comix. These are known all over Norfolk as Kentish Crows, and remain 

 with us in quantity throughout the winter. — Last C. Farman.] 



Crossbills near Bournemouth. — Scarcely a winter passes without this 

 varied plumaged and interesting species occurring in greater or less num- 

 bers — sometimes not uncommonly — in the neighbourhood of Riogwood and 

 the New Forest, and on one occasion I saw a small flock of eight or ten 

 busily engaged in discussing the cones which grew on a few Scotch firs not 

 far from Salisbury ; but I was somewhat surprised and unprepared to detect 

 its presence near Bournemouth at the end of July. Enforced idleness, 

 caused by indisposition, compelled me to seek change in the beautiful 

 health-giving pine-woods of Branksome and its neighbourhood, where on the 

 sandy heather-clad slopes the Lizards panted, or glided silently along in the 

 hot sunshine, and over them flitted the "grayling " (Satyrus semele) in some 

 abundance, accompanied by a few common blues (Lycceua bellargus), and 

 small coppers (Chrysophanas phlceas), or the tiny fry of Crambus pi?ietellus, 

 Endotricha flammealis, and other moths of a still lesser bulk. One morning, 

 whilst seated underneath a tree, my attention was taken from the book I 

 was perusing to the notes of some bird which were unfamiliar to my ear, 

 although a number of Sparrows, Tits, and Warblers were chirping and 

 singing in the branches above me. Looking up in the direction from 

 whence the sound proceeded, I could see two or three birds in the tree-tops, 

 but the thickness of the foliage and the bright light shining between the 



