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Sparrow, Stock-Dove, Ring-Dove, Moorhen, and Coot, &c, this seems 

 generally taken for granted. But, to take as an instance the nesting 

 of the Common Sparrow, I might add the conclusions of some careful 

 observations on this species. I have never known them attempt a 

 third brood, should the first two have been successful in leaving the 

 nest, but if the first clutch be taken then two broods would still be 

 reared, or as many as four clutches laid before a brood is reared, and 

 after this no further laying attempted. The following are the only 

 species nesting in the above-named county that to my knowledge ever 

 attempt the rearing of a double brood, and I include several that rarely 

 do so, and others that I am not as yet fully satisfied upon : — Mistle- 

 Thrush, Thrush, Blackbird, Hedge-Sparrow, Robin, Stonechat, Pied 

 Wagtail, Meadow-Pipit, Sky-Lark, Reed-Bunting, Yellowhammer, 

 Common Sparrow, Tree-Sparrow, Greenfinch, Linnet, Starling, Wren, 

 Swallow, House-Martin, Sand-Martin, Kingfisher, Ring-Dove, Stock- 

 Dove, Moorhen, Coot, Grebe. — J. Steele-Elliott (Dowles Manor, 

 Shropshire). 



A Query. — Some one of your correspondents might perhaps give 

 us some account of the herd of Wild Red Deer, said to number some 

 jive hundred head, which occupy the fells to the north-east of Ullswater, 

 of which I have received a bare statement lately. I do not fancy the 

 fact is one in common knowledge amongst British naturalists. I 

 would also like to know what population of Dotterels is to be found 

 (1905) in the north-west of England. — J. A. Harvie-Beown (Duni- 

 pace, Larbert, Stirlingshire, N.B.). 



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Several interesting additions to the Zoological Gardens were made 

 during September. First and foremost must be mentioned a fine 

 young male Orang-utan from Sumatra, presented by Mr. H. N. Ridley, 

 who had kept the animal for seven years in the Botanical Gardens at 

 Singapore. It is probably, therefore, not less than eight years old. 

 Mr. Ridley also sent an adult male hybrid between the Pig-tailed and 

 the Common Macaque. In size and general appearance this fine 

 Monkey favours his pig-tailed parent. In the matter of the tail, 

 however, Nature has effected a compromise. In length it is like that 

 of a Common Macaque, but in direction of growth the so-called pig- 

 tailed curvature is evident, the result being an organ resembling very 



