BIRDS OBSERVED ON THE KIMBERLEY ESTATE. 
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Deccmlier, 1884, I saw thirteen together, several of them old male 
birds. They stayed here a long time. Every year since there have 
been several here, and always some old male birds. La.st spring 
several stayed as late as l\Iay. Of course, 1 never molest them. 
They are much tamer than Wildfowl. 
A liing-tailed Eagle came here on October Gtb, 1881 ; he was 
here all day mobbed by the Rooks. I watched him for some time. 
Several Egyptian Geese appeared on the lake in 1883 ; in 1885 
I saw eight together. They have bred more than once ; this year 
they made a nest, but did not hatch off. T .saw, one day, two of 
them perched high up on Oak trees. I conclude that the original 
birds had escai)cd from st)ine private water, but do not know of 
any in this inuiiediato neighbourhood. 
'I'he Eesser 8potb)d Woodpecker, formerly very .scarce, is now 
frc([uently seen ami breeils here. 
A Grey Shrike was killed in December, 1870, and I saw another, 
or perhaps the same (though not in the same locality), in October 
of that year. 
Peregrines are almost alway.s here for some time in the winter. 
'I'he Rlack 'I'ern, which is a rare visitor, was seen here in the 
spring of 1881. 
'I’he Reil-backed Shrike bred on my home farm in 1876. 
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