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Occurrence of the Marsh Harrier on Pevensey Levels. — Mr. Albert Vidler, 

 (an excellent shot and naturalist of this town) shot on Saturday last, 

 October 2nd., in Pevensey Marshes, a remarkably fine specimen of the 

 Marsh Harrier, {Circus aruginosus.) It was in very fine plumage. The 

 crop was very much distended with the remains of a bird, apparently a 

 Moorhen. Mr. V. says he has often seen them in the marshes, but 

 never shot one before. The same indefatigable naturalist brought me 

 to-day, for inspection, a fine Lesser Black- backed Gull, (Larus fuscus,) 

 shot by one of his father's men the day before, in Pevensey Bay. — 

 John Button, South Street, Eastbourne, October 11th., 1858. 



Honey Buzzard. — Captain Richardson's gamekeeper killed at Sutton 

 Hurst, in the parish of Barcombe, on Monday last, a splendid specimen 

 of the Honey Buzzard, apparently a very old bird. — G. Grantham, Hove, 

 October 9th., 1858. 



The Partridge. — I have killed on an adjacent estate, in the same parish, 

 several of the Common English Partridge, having a perfectly white- 

 coloured horse-shoe on the breast instead of the usual- coloured one, 

 during the present season. On Wednesday last, 1 killed in the adjoining 

 parish, Isfield, a white Partridge, the feathers having the usual markings 

 in the same way as a damask table-cloth or the White Peacock; and 

 a brace of Partridges from another covey having the white horse-shoe. 

 G. Moliueaux, Esq., of Lewes, had previously killed two white varieties 

 at the commencement of the present season. I know not if the pecu- 

 liarity mentioned has been noticed elsewhere; none of the Brighton 

 game dealers have had any specimens, or have they ever seen or heard 

 of such instances before, and I presume it is almost, if not quite, a local 

 affair. — Idem. 



Hare Birds. — The following rare birds are in my possession for preservation: 

 — A fine old male of the Pomerine Skua, (Lestris pomarinus,) a very rare bird 

 in this quarter: it was found dead on Skipwith Common, and sent to me by 

 Colonel Drummond, who found it there. A fine specimen of the Yellow- 

 Shank, (Totanus Jlavipes,) shot near Tadcaster, by N. B. Thompson, Esq.: it 

 differs a little from the description in Morris's "British Birds," the length 

 being ten inches and a half, weight three ounces, wings, when extended, twenty 

 inches: it is a female, and in fine plumage. A pair of white Partridges, 

 shot at Huggate, by Eichard Christie Esq. : they are pure white — not a speck 

 on them. It is very singular that at Kirk Hammerton two white Swallows 

 have been shot by Colonel Thompson. — David Graham, Market Street, 

 York, October 17th., 1858. 



