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an old gentleman who appears to be in charge of the fishing of 
the lake, and he tells us that the Swans have nested at the place 
for the last seven years to his recollection. Last year they had 
a brood of seven cygnets, and this year the nest contains eight 
eggs. He said that in winter the old birds frequently leave 
the lake, and he has known them once to have been away for 
nearly a month. Among the birds that frequent the lake, he tells 

Mute Swan on Nest. (Photo T. Owen.) 
us, are a few pairs of Tufted Ducks, but we do not see them 
to-day. 
May 1st.—To-day we visit the district round the old Buzzard’s 
haunt. On the mountain side we see a Ring-Ouzel, and also 
obtain a fine view of a Kestrel that settles on a rock close 
to where we are resting. A loud cackling noise issues from 
somewhere below us, and -after scanning about we at last see 
two Pheasants amongst the bracken, they being engaged in 
