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On tlic 1 Itli of July I examined the same Carrion CroAv’s nest 
at wliicli 1 had so unfortunately disturbed the two Hobbies on tlie 
23rd ot May, and though it looked deserted, and was surrounded 
with Spiders’ webs, which were visible from the ground, I was 
surprised to find in it one egg, hot, chipped, and hatching. This 
^’oo so lai’ge, of such a pale dirty brown colour, and so in- 
flistinctly marked, that I thought it might be a Kestrel’s egg. 
d'ho Oak foliage was at that time so luxuriant that I could not 
see either of the birds, and it was only by an examination of the 
young nestling Hawk when fiiiiiy fledged, that I Mentified it as 
a Ilobliy. J lio pleasure of this visit was increased by the sight 
of three or four Aixifara ms flying. One of them, a large female, 
tried many times to settle on my boots ! 
On the 3rd ot August I climbed up to see the young Hawk. 
It Avas like a large ball of Avhite down, the tips of tlie dark 
primaries being just visible through the down ; but I coidd not 
identify it until my next inspection on the 12th of the .same 
month, Avhen, by climbing very sloAvly and gently, I put my eyes 
Avithin two feet of the young bird, and admired it for about five 
minutes, particularly noticing its very dark (nearly black) hood, 
including the eyes. The very conspicuous inustachios Avere of 
the same dark colour. The throat and neck Avere of an orange 
tint, the wings and upper wing-coverts being of a dark brownish- 
grey colour. It then flew off the nest into another tree, and I 
saw no more of it. I was much surprised at finding a nestling 
AA'ith such a dark hood, and such a bright oi'ange tint on the neck. 
One of the woodmen then took mo into a field just outside 
the wood to show me a very largo brown Hawk “ as big as a hen,” 
which he had just seen flying up from the ground into the wood 
and out again, alighting on the same field. I Avas not, hoAvever, 
fortunate enough to see it. Probably it AA%as a Honey Buzzard' 
or iiossibly a Common Buzzard. 
'Whilst driving in the parish of Bylaugh on the 15th of August, 
I saw a Hobby (a hen-bird apparently) fly from a small Oak°tree 
by the road-side ; it settled on the ground near the carriage, but on 
the other side of the hedge. ° 
I hope those apparently uninteresting notes such as this last, and 
one or two at the beginning of this paper, may help to confirm my 
identification of the five Hobby’s eggs. I am aAA'are that there is 
no proof of their identity as Hobby’s, and although I myself am 
