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flew, the addled egg and the nest were presented to the Carlisle 

 Museum. 



Some curious nesting-sites are again recorded, the strangest 

 being that of a Thrush, which built its nest on the steam-pipe of 

 the brake-gear beneath a North British Eailway passenger coach 

 whilst standing during the strike at Edinburgh in April. After 

 the strike ended, the coach left Edinburgh at 6 p.m.' on April 

 13th, and arrived at Carlisle at 8.42 p.m. with nest and eggs 

 intact. Several nests of Blackbird and Song-Thrush were situated 

 on the rain-water pipes and gutters of houses, and at Belle Vue 

 Mr. Dawson had a pair of Bobins nesting in an outhouse, which 

 chose for their first nest an old saucepan hanging against the 

 wall, and for their second brood utilised a watering-can hanging 

 in the same shed. 



Dr. Chalmers Mitchell's address on the protection of animals 

 to the British Association for the Advancement of Science, at 

 Dundee, in 1912, has borne fruit in the shape of a " Nature 

 Reserve Association "; it has a good work before it, and we wish 

 it every success. 



In Carlisle, however, we had already taken a step in this 

 direction, and had secured Kingmoor Common as a " Nature 

 Reserve." This piece of common land has long been noted by 

 Carlisle botanists, entomologists, and ornithologists as a rich 

 primeval tract. In recent years, however, the common has been 

 less productive owing to partial cultivation. It has now been 

 handed to the Museum Committee by the Corporation, and a 

 number of "Wardens have been appointed to take charge of it. 



An Association has been formed under the name of the 

 " Cumberland Nature Reserve Association," which will administer 

 and protect the " Kingmoor Nature Reserve," and probably others 

 in the county, if opportunity arises. 



The Roedeer still maintains a precarious existence in the 

 woods of North Cumberland, and the Badger yet exists in the 

 same area. Reports reach us now and then of these persecuted 

 animals. During the summer of 1912 a Badger was trapped by 

 a rabbit-catcher in the Eden Valley, and one was reported to 

 have attacked a sheep-dog at Cumwhinton. 



The Grayling was introduced into the River Eden, in its 

 upper reaches, about twenty years ago. It has now spread 



