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THE ZOOLOGIST. 



again. In October last the head keeper was still able to say that 

 there were two males and two females left. These four were well 

 guarded, but on Dec. 13th they had strayed as far as Mildenhall, 

 near Newmarket (Howlett). However, on the 17th, they were 

 safely back at their proper quarters, three of them flying strongly ; 

 but the fourth, a female, has an injured wing. 



It has been the worst Woodcock and Snipe season I remember 

 for a long time. The " Eed Partridge " (Perdix montana) did not 

 turn up again, and its grey brethren were not particularly abun- 

 dant. To the domestic Pheasant all seasons are more or less 

 alike. 



As usual, the Notes are arranged in the form of a diary. 

 Occurrences marked with a dagger indicate that such specimens 

 were examined by the recorder. 



Heronry at Keedham. 



January. 



1st. — A Tawny Owl, quietly sitting on my retriever's kennel, 



was found early in the morning by the keeper going his rounds. 



It was caught without much difficulty, and on examination proved 



to have a disease, or rather a growth of flesh in the mouth, which 



