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discovered the carcase directly, and dragged it a distance of about twenty yards. 
Together with a pair of carrion crows they had left nothing but bare bones at the 
end of a couple of days. In this district, if a lamb dies, the body is always hung 
up in a tree to be out of reach of the dogs. 
Llanbedr, Vale of Conway. Angela Brazil. 
508. Canada Geese. — These birds turn up about here now and then, 
having probably strayed from Holkham, where they breed. A few weeks ago 
I saw one on Narford Lake, where it was so chased and hustled by a swan as to 
render its stay improbable. Since then a pair settled in a field in this village, but 
soon left. The man who saw them felt very much inclined to take their lives, 
but luckily desisted, not knowing what they were. I hope they have given up 
wandering, and safely returned to their home on the coast, some twenty-five 
miles off, where every care is taken of them. 
Edmund Thos. Daubeny. 
509 . A Garden Full of Birds. — There is no spot of its size with which 
I am acquainted that contains a greater number and variety of birds than ray own 
premises. Within 30 yards of the house, and in a space less than 100 yards 
square, the following birds make their home : — 
Pheasant. 
Partridge. 
Missel-Thrush. 
Thrush. 
Blackbird. 
Starling. 
Swallow. 
House-Martin. 
Wood-Pigeon. 
Turtle-Dove. 
Great Tit. 
Blue Tit. 
Cole Tit. 
Nuthatch. 
Creeper. 
Linnet. 
Lesser Red pole. 
Chaffinch. 
Greenfinch. 
Bullfinch. 
Goldfinch. 
Gold Crest. 
Hedge-Sparrow. 
Chiffchaflt. 
Sedge-Warbler. 
Garden- Warbler. 
Blackcap. 
Whitethroat. 
Lesser Whitethroat. 
Willow-Wren. 
Spotted Flycatcher. Sparrow. 
Pied Wagtail. Robin. 
Tree-Pipit. Wren. 
I am surrounded by a halo of music from the throats of numerous lovely 
songsters. With the exception of game birds, wood-pigeons, turtle-doves, an 
occasional thrush or blackbird, |and those that build in holes, the birds in the 
above list rarely nest in the extensive coverts that reach to within 60 yards of the 
house. Little birds are learning more and more to avail themselves of the pro- 
tection that man affords them during the breeding season. The presence of 
human beings, dogs and cats, gives protection to the small birds on my premises 
which they do not obtain a little further off. My trees and bushes are not 
searched day after day by squirrels like those in the coverts are ; for squirrels are 
very afraid of dogs and cats. Even the jackdaws, which build in the church across 
the road, and take terrible toll of the eggs and young of little birds, draw the line 
at my premises, in which a gun is never used, and seldom dare to trespass, 
while the kestrels in the church tower never interfere, and seek their food in 
more open ground. Two or three years ago the keepers did not know the 
squirrels’ habits, and, were sceptical when I told them. Last spring one of them 
informed me that his mate and he had, independently of each other, caught 
squirrels in the act of eating young birds, and that I was right after all. My 
garden supplies me with abundance of flowers, fruit and vegetables. 
South-acre, Swaffham, Ed.mund Tiios. Daubeny. 
May, 1907. 
510. Birds in Towns. — There appear to have been greater numbers than 
usual of wild birds driven into the large towns this last winter during the spell of 
severe cold. Your June correspondent cites the Redstart as one. In Brighton 
many Redwings were observed in the public gardens close to the main thorough- 
fare. The poor birds were, I noticed, scratching frantically at the frozen ground 
for food, and so tame they could easily have been captured. Thirteen of them 
were picked up in one garden north of the town, killed by cold and hunger. 
9, Park Crescent, Brighton, E.mma M. Nicholson. 
June 21, 1907. 
511. Bird Protection v. Bird Destruction. — At the annual meeting 
of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, the Chairman is reported as saying 
in the course of his remarks that, “ In such a matter as bird protection the only 
