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FIELD NOTES. 
Pheasant Nesting in Spruce Fir. — This year a pheasant 
nested upon the remains of an old squirrel’s drey in a spruce 
fir on the Clifton Castle estate near Masham. The position 
Pheasant’s Nest with 12 eggs in spruce fir, 22 feet from ground, 
near Harrogate, 1906. 
From - Birds of Yorkshire.' R. Fortune, Photo. 
is almost identical with the illustration by me in ‘ The Birds 
of Yorkshire ’ reproduced herewith. — R. Fortune. 
Milax (= Amalia) gagates at Louth. — During the month 
of August I found amongst potato roots and broad beans in 
an allotment in Louth, several specimens of Milax (= Amalia) 
gagates. As far as I am aware this is the first record of this 
species for the Louth District. — C. S. Carter, Louth, Sept. 2nd. 
Naturalist 
