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strengthens the supposition of its nest having been found in a most im- 

 probable locality. That " beautiful attendant foliage " is at all " inviting and 

 adapted to the specific habits of the Water Ouzel," is altogether a mistaken 

 fancy ; no one who has seen the bird " at home/' among the open stones of 

 the brawling stream, will entertain the notion for a moment. That the nest 

 was " somewhat" (read " very") " similar to a Blackbird's " may be taken for 

 granted, and one side being a little higher than the other, however well it 

 might have suited the exact situation, is by no means in accordance with 

 the, as far as I know, invariable structure of that of the Dipper. The bird, 

 indeed, has been found in the " Eastern counties," in Lincolnshire, and in 

 Norfolk, but I cannot believe that the instance adduced was a veritable case 

 of its building a nest there. What was the colour of the egg? Was it a green 

 or a white one ? This will decide the question. — F. O. Morris, March 5th, 

 1855. 



The Hmvh figured in September number. — If my Hawk is only a variety of 

 the Sparrow-Hawk, how comes it to have a dentate process on the upper 

 mandible, which it has most distinctly marked ? — E. Hobson, M. D.yyi^'A^fii 

 Oct. 17, 1855. /^"^i^'A:. 



Occurrence of the Bee Eater (Merops Apiaster) in the Isle of Wight. Lieu- 

 tenant E. J. B. Edwards, of the Royal Engineers, shot in June last, at 

 Weston, Freshwater, a splendid specimen of the Bee Eater. This was com- 

 municated to me by Mr. Murrow, of the Royal Albion Hotel, Freshwater 

 Gate, at whose house Lieutenant E. was stajdng at the time, and who saw it 

 in the flesh. I also saw the person who sldnned it, viz., Mr. Rogers, 

 naturalist, Freshwater, Isle of Wight. 



Disappearance of " Choughs " (Fregilus Graculus) from the Isle of Wight, 

 These birds were formerly (that is four or five years ago) very plentiful in the 

 island, building about the high clifi's, from the Needles to Freshwater Gate, 

 but are now, it is supposed, reduced to a pair or two. The last known to be 

 killed, was caught in the rabbit warren, at Alum Bay, about two years since. 

 They used to be as common as other crows. A man named Long, told me he 

 once shot five at a shot. A family named Lea, were nearly poisoned by 

 eating them, some twenty years since. This was told me by Lea himself, (a 

 coast-guard man,) who partook of them. — John Dutton, St. Peter's Place, 

 Hammersmith, Sept 15th, 1855. 



Additions to the Ornithology of Sussdx. I saw, a few d^ys ago, at Mr. 

 Swaysland's, a male and female Orange-legged Hobby, {Faleo rufipes,) 

 and a Blue-throated Warbler, {Phanicura Suecica,) which were, he tells 

 me, captured this season, near Brighton. These birds are not mentioned in 

 Mr. Knox's " Systematic Catalogue." — J. Cavafy, Brighton, Sept. 20th, 1855. 



