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many large ponds whose banks are furnished witli 

 reeds and sedges. 



Family LoBiPEDiDiE. 



Grey Phalarope, Phalaropus lohatus. Has 

 been occasionally obtained in the spring — in the 

 red plumage peculiar to the breeding season — but 

 more frequently during the autumn, when return- 

 ing to the continent from its northern summer 

 quarters. During September 1846, after a severe 

 gale from the south-west, which lasted for some 

 days, great numbers of grey phalaropes suddenly 

 appeared on various parts of the coast of Sussex ; 

 many were shot, others taken in a dying state, 

 and some killed with stones as they were swim- 

 ming among the breakers near the shore. They 

 appeared almost simultaneously at Pagham, Wor- 

 thing, Shoreham, Newhaven, and Hastings. By 

 far the greater number of these phalaropes were 

 birds of the year. 



Eed-necked Phalarope, Phalaropus hyper- 

 boreus. A very rare straggler from the North. 

 A few years ago a bird of this species was taken 

 alive on the beach near Hastings, and subse- 

 quently preserved by Mr. Bissenden, a bird-stufier 

 in that town. In this species the rufous colour 

 is restricted to the neck and breast, the upper 



