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GREAT Grey Shrike (Lanius Exaibltor) was shot at 

 Abbot's Leigh in December, 1888. This species, 

 which has its home in the north of France and in Germany, 

 is a frequent visitor to the Eastern Counties, but occurs 

 only as a rare straggler in the West. The two other speci- 

 mens shown were both shot at Clevedon ; one in the autumn 

 of 1888, and one in the previous year. 



Pallas' Sand Grouse {Syrrhojjtes paradoxus). Out of 

 the large numbers of this singular bird which have visited 

 this country during 1888, only four occurred in our district, 

 one at Yate and two at Hambrook (Glouc), and one at Ken 

 Moor, near Yatton (Somt.). It is twenty-five j^ears since 

 an in'uption of this species occurred in this country (in 

 1863), when a great many were obtained in various 

 counties, but none in our vicinity. All four specimens 

 were shot during the month of July. 



Puffin {Mormon fvatercuUi), This bird, evidently quite 

 fi young one, was caught at Cheddar, driven inland by 

 some accident. It was probably a straggler from Lundy 

 Island, where this species breeds. 



The Bell Bird {Chasmarhyndius carunculatus\ from 

 Demerara, This singular bird is remarkable for its note, 

 which resembles the tolling of a bell, and also for the 

 curious appendage growing from the base of the bill, in the 

 shape of a fleshy horn, 2 or 2| inches in length, which 

 hangs alongside of the bill when the bird is at rest, but 

 stands erect when the bird is excited. The use or purpose 

 of this extraordinary organ remains quite unexplained, 



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