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hung some trap cages temptingly bailed with the ripest of friut 
in the trees, hnt lie was very snspicious of the cages, and except 
on one or two occasions when he tried to rob them through the 
wires, lie coiiSned his attentions to the growing fruit. He was 
shy, and I liave no doubt a genuine wild specimen, of this, 
rather rare, British visitor. 
The Migrants. The small migrants are very late and 
very .scarce this season, and up to the present time (Sept. 2nd) 
have only appeared in about a fourth of their usual numbers. 
Willow Wrens are as usual by far the most abundant, and after 
them come the two species of Whitethroat. I have seen a few 
Blackcaps but have not succeeded in catching any yet. 
I find the Blackcap and the Lesser Whitethroat to be the 
easiest avicultural subjects amongst the Warblers; the Common 
Whitethroat is far more delicate than either of them, while the 
dainty little Willow Wren is so frail, that unless one is prepared 
to give more than ordinary lime and attention to its needs, it is 
better left to continue the long journey to its Winter home. 
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Golden Eagle : From a letter received from our esteemed 
member, Mr. E. J. Brook, on August 23rd, I have extracted the 
following as of general interest: — " When I was out deer stalking 
" a few days ago, a female Golden Eagle came within twenty-five 
" j'ards of me, while I lay watching some stags ; she never saw 
" me and remained clo.se to me for quite ten minutes, I never 
" knew one come so close before." W. T. P. 
Ravens : That the Raven is still fairly plentiful in some 
localities is evident, for our esteemed member Mr. Goodchild, 
during a recent visit to a northern county, saw fourteen of this 
interesting species ; for obvious reasons exact locality is not 
given, but I certainly hope Mr. Goodchild will give us a few 
details of his interesting observations in our next issue. 
W. T. P. 
Breeding Indigenous Species : Our esteemed member, 
Mr. W. E. Teschemaker has bred the Blackcap {Sylvia atrica- 
pilld) ; as soon as the young males began to get black feathers 
on the top of the head, one of them was promptly killed by its 
