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frequent occurrence, particularly in the neigh- 

 bourhood of Storrington, Parham, and Steyning, 

 and again at Henfield. It is common on the allu- 

 vial tract to the south of the Downs between 

 Chichester and Brighton, is not unusual in the 

 neighbourhood of Bexhill, St. Leonard's, and 

 Hastings, but is only sparingly scattered over 

 the forest range in the eastern division of the 

 county. 



Black Redstart, PhcBnicura tithys. This spe- 

 cies seems to be a winter visitor to Sussex. It 

 has occurred near Hastings and Chichester, but 

 more frequently at Brighton than elsewhere. Of 

 these the greater number have been killed on or 

 near a large permanent heap of rubbish at Hove, 

 which would appear to possess some mysterious 

 charm for these birds. On the 5th of December, 

 1839, a female was killed there, and another on 

 the 30th. On the 9th of March, 1840, a male was 

 obtained on the same spot, and another in 1842. 

 During the winter of 1847 two were shot in that 

 neighbourhood by Mr. Swaysland, which I saw 

 soon afterwards. 



On the 1 6th of October, 1839, a male was killed 

 in Oriental Place, and in January, 1848, a female 

 v'as caught alive in a greenhouse near the German 

 Spa; a specimen was also captured in a garden 

 near the western road, in a nightingale-trap baited 



