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or portions of skulls, of 19 young rats, 126 long- and short-tailed 
field-mice, 69 shrew-mice, and three small birds, apparently 
sreenfinches—a pretty good testimony this to the utility of the 
Barn-Owl! I have never seen a full-sized rat in a Barn-Owl’s 
nest; generally they are about a quarter grown or less, and I 
can hardly believe they would tackle a large one. About June 
9th Mr. Q. E. Gurney found the remains of two moles in a 
Barn-Owl’s nest, and this I regard as most unusual food, but it 
was in the same parish where a mole was found before (Zool. 
1910, p. 186)—a parish where these little burrowers are very 
plentiful. On revisiting the nest with my nephew on the 19th 
two Barn-Owls flew out, but there were no more moles, only 
some mice-pellets and one egg. On July 3rd there were five 
eggs, and on the 15th six. On the 27th three of them were 
hatched, and on Aug. 4th the other two were hatched. 
17th.—A Tawny Owl’s nest} with young in a pigeon-locker 
at Intwood, and about the same time another nest, also with 
young, was seen by Mr. B. B. Riviere at Colton. In the same 
locker a pair of Jackdaws were nesting, but the tame Pigeons 
had apparently forsaken it, perhaps from suspicions of such 
predatory neighbours. The Tawny Owl is apt to be very aggres- 
sive when it has young, and it is dangerous to approach the nest 
without a stick. 
May. 
1st.—A Cuckoo’s egg in a Chaffinch’s nest at Brunstead 
(M. C. Bird). 
2nd.—A Lesser Redpoll’s nest with two eggs at Croxton 
(B. B. Riviere). 
4th—The Earl of Kimberley reports over thirty Heron’s 
nests on Kimberley Lake. There is one nest at Wheatacre and 
two still at Earlham, where there was only one last year; from 
both these places they have been driven by injudicious felling of 
trees. Four nests at Catfield, and one at Ranworth (M. C. Bird). 
8th.—This was really a summer’s day, and perfect for birds’- 
nesting. Accordingly, it was with no small pleasure that Mr. 
Gerard Gurney and I directed our steps, by invitation, to one of 
the smaller Broads, where Redshanks and Reed-Buntings were 
soon seen, but on this occasion no Grasshopper-Warblers, 
although it is a favourite place for them, and some had been 
