270 THE ZOOLOGIST. 
Cuckoo’s Eggs.— During a hurried visit which I paid to Mr, 
Thomas Jackson, ‘Ship Hotel,’ Overton, near Morecambe, on June 
16th, he informed me that two Cuckoo’s eggs had recently been found 
in the nest of a Meadow-Pipit, but with no eggs of the owner at the 
time these were found. One, however, was subsequently laid. He 
also let me see a Cuckoo’s egg which had recently been found in the 
nest of a Sky-Lark built in the churchyard, and told me he has found 
the Cuckoo’s egg in the nest of Greenfinch and Linnet, and also in 
the Ray’s, Pied, and Grey Wagtail, Grasshopper- and Reed- Warbler, 
Tree-Pipit, Robin, and Redstart. He further informed me that 
during a forty years’ experience of bird’s-nesting he had never found a 
Cuckoo’s egg in the nest of a Hedge-Sparrow, which coincides exactly 
with my experience in this district. Although the Whinchat is by no 
means scarce in the Overton district, Mr. Jackson knows of no 
instance of this species having been selected as fosterer, thus differ- 
ing in this respect from many districts. — EH. P. BurrerFieLp (Bank 
House, Wilsden). 
Peregrine Falcons and Buzzards in Cornwall.—During May and 
June I spent some of my leave in Cornwall, and went to my usual 
bird haunts. I am very pleased to be able to say that our two largest 
birds of prey keep up their numbers; in fact, the Buzzard is almost 
certainly increasing. I have visited two Peregrines’ eyries, and have 
heard of two more, whilst a fifth couple had mated, but the male was 
shot by a well-known West Country farmer. In the spring of this 
year also two Falcons were shot near .... by two local farmers 
within a short time of each other. The former bird shot was evidently 
a male, as on Sunday I saw the remaining bird alone, a very fine 
one, and, judging by size, a female. A resident also told me the bird 
has always been seen alone since the shooting affair, so she has 
evidently failed to find a mate. On June 14th I visited an eyrie 
which defied the efforts of some fishermen (so one told me) to get at 
the eggs. The Falcon flew out, screaming loudly. A pair of Buz- 
zards were circling round at the time; one was immediately flown at 
by the Peregrine, and there was a very real collision. The larger 
bird stopped wailing, and flew away with all speed. Peregrines— 
especially the male bird—in stooping to Buzzards, generally avoid 
coming in contact by swooping above just without touching. Two of 
the eyries I consider safe now, as very few people know anything 
about them, but three eggs were taken by some fishermen from a © 
more accessible nest. The usual price is five shillings each egg. 
Four were sold to a man two years ago for £1, and four more 
