LTO THE EDITOR OF TICE "SPECTATOR."]
SIR,—One summer evening many years ago I was standing in an old rickyard when suddenly a hen leaped out of an adjoining bed of stinging-nettles where she had stolen her nest in an unusual state of flutter and excitement. On going to the spot to learn what was the matter, I found a hedgehog in the middle of the eggs, one or two of which were already broken and the shells emptied. From that hour I have always held that hedgehogs do undoubtedly suck eggs, and that the animal I disturbed was in the act of making a hearty supper. Possibly the writer and some of the readers of your article on hedgehogs in the Spectator of October 22nd may be interested in this little incident.—I am, Sir, Sze.,
Careys, Brockenhurst.
F. H. BOWDEN-SMITH.
[We have received several other letters giving circumstantial evidence of the guilt of the hedgehog in this regard.—ED. Spectator.]
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