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(Zool., 8005), but he omits the date which, when the exact 

 day is lost, is always worth giving approximately.* Possibly 

 by some strange mistake it may have been confounded with 

 the Black Stork next to be noticed ; for there is no mention 

 of it in Mr. Hancock's catalogue. 



Black Stork. 



Hartlepool, 1862, fide Mr. W. C. Horsfall, Zool., 8196. 

 Here again the exact date is wanting, though I know there 

 is no mistake about the bird, some of my friends having 

 seen it. The same year one was got at Otmoor (Gould, 

 B. of G. B.). 



Squacco Heron. 



A Squacco Heron was got on the " Glasgow " 

 canal in October, 1852, fide Mr. W. Martin 

 (Morris' Naturalist, 1853, p. 61). Where the 

 " Glasgow canal " may be I cannot say, as I am 

 unable to find it in the map. The bird had no 

 plumes, and the owner showed his sense of the 

 value of it by exchanging it for a case of two 

 Bramblings. 



Pink-footed Goose. 



Has been obtained by Canon Tristram and others. This 

 turns out to be the commonest Goose in many parts of 

 England, now that the distinctions are better understood. 



* I may here remark that correspondents of the Zoologist and other 

 periodicals devoted to Natural History, often say a bird was killed 

 " last week " or " yesterday," which conveys nothing if a letter is not 

 dated ; and dates after a signature are so frequently omitted that they 

 should always be put in the body of the letter, which is the only way of 

 insuring the insertion. 



