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THE BIRDS OF HAMPSHIRE. 
lambing-season, having the sky all to themselves, and a 
young one taken from the nest was a pet of the Bishop 
of Salisbury. 
The Rev. A. C. Smith includes this nest among the 
Wiltshire nesting-places of this bird, in his " Birds of 
Wiltshire," and relates that " on one occasion when one 
of the old birds was shot, at the time there were young 
birds in the nest, the other parent-bird disappeared for 
about three hours and returned with another mate, who 
helped to bring up the brood. This was told to Mr. W. H. 
Fowle, of Chute Forest, by a man who himself witnessed 
it. The young birds were frequently taken from this 
nest, but this never caused the old birds to forsake, for 
they invariably returned year after year." 
Another pair nested just within the western border 
of the county, in a clump of Scotch firs in a hollow of 
the down, within a short distance of the " Mizmaze," near 
Whitsbury. Mr. Westlake, of Redlynch, climbed to this 
nest on February 27th, 1872 (Thanksgiving Day), and 
found it empty, but about three weeks later some eggs 
were taken from the nest by another person. The spot 
was well known as the ravens' nesting-place, they having 
nested for many years previously, but not regularly. 
Dr. Rake, of Fordingbridge, has in his collection four 
eggs taken from this nest on March 7th, 1873, six eggs 
being in the nest at the time, and this is the latest date 
the birds nested there, for they shortly afterwards forsook 
the spot, and took up their quarters in Clearbury Ring, 
just across the border, in Wiltshire. 
This was probably the nest reported by Dr. Rake to 
Kelsall. 
For years another pair nested at Longwood, near 
Winchester, the last nest being built there about 1884. 
