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verifying the remark of the author of the ' Birds of Yorkshire ' (vol. i, 

 p. 124) : " There seems no reason why some of the White Wagtails 

 which are noticed every year on migration should not remain to 

 breed." A friend sent me some photographs of two young Wagtails 

 just ready to fly, asking my opinion on them. The nest was in the 

 cliffs at the north end of the town, and the finder, who saw the 

 parent birds, was quite sure they were not Grey Wagtails ; my 

 friend was equally sure they were not Pied. He knows the birds of 

 his district pretty well, and not long ago obtained a very good 

 photograph of the Grey Wagtail on her nest, clearly showing the 

 long tail of this species. I may add that he is one of the most 

 tender-handed and tender-hearted of men, and no living creature 

 utilised as a model for his numerous life-studies is ever in any way 

 the worse for it. — Julian G. Tuck (Tostock Kectory, Bury St. 

 Edmunds, Suffolk). 



Zoned Type of Cuckoo's Egg. — Since recording the " zoned " 

 Cuckoo's egg (p. 273) three more of the same type have been found 

 in Eeed- Warbler's nests, two by myself and the third by a young 

 friend. They are all exactly alike, and whether any more were laid 

 no one can say, as it is impossible to search all the reed-beds in the 

 "Low Meadows." No doubt some hen Cuckoos are more prolific 

 than others, as is the case with Owls ; the Tawny Owl is sometimes 

 content with two eggs, but a clutch of five is not unknown. — Julian 

 G. Tuck (Tostock Rectory, Bury St. Edmunds). 



Long-eared Owl as a Pet. — Hearing a few weeks ago that a school- 

 boy neighbour had a pet Owl, I went to see it, quite expecting to see 

 a young Tawny Owl, and hoping that it was not one of those which 

 came off from our nest-box. But, to my surprise, when I was intro- 

 duced to it, it looked up at me with the splendid orange-yellow eyes 

 of a Long-eared Owl. It became very tame, and when let out would 

 fly round and come on its owner's shoulder for food. The cry was 

 very much like the mewing of a Cat asking to be let in. Its evening 

 flights became more and more prolonged as the summer advanced, 

 till at last it took one from which it never returned, much to my own 

 regret, as well as to its possessor's. A more beautiful and interesting 

 pet I have seldom seen, and I much wish that some bird-photographer 

 had been here to secure a few pictures before it took its departure. — 

 Julian G. Tuck. 



PISCES. 



A Note on the Vibratile Fin of the Rockling. — Whilst examining 

 several fishes which had arrived from the seaside in a collecting-can 



