346 THE BIRDS OF KENT 



There is a male in the Maidstone Museum, obtained 

 at Heme Bay, 1872, by Mr. E. Bartlett, and a female 

 obtained at Sheerness, February 14, 1889, by Mr. H. 

 Payne. 



It has been procured by Dr. F. Plomley in Eomney 

 Marsh ; Mr. C. Gordon at Dover ; the Eev. B. Austen 

 at Wahner ; Mr. H. Ullyett at Folkestone, and Mr. G. 

 Dowker at Stourmouth in 1886. 



A male in the Maidstone Museum was shot in the 

 Medway on February 25, 1881, by Mr. K. J. Balston. 



SMEW. 



Mergus alhellus, Liniifeus. S.N., I, p. 209 (1766). 

 Magpie Diver ; Minute Goose. 



Boys, in his Birds of ScnidicicJi, 1792, calls this bird 

 the Minute Goose. It is only an occasional winter 

 visitor to the coast of Kent. 



There is a pair in the Maidstone Museum from Mr. G. 

 Simmons' collection ; others have been recorded by Mr. C. 

 Gordon at Dover ; Mr. H. Ullyett at Folkestone ; Mr. G. 

 Dowker at Stourmouth in 1885, and Dr. F. Plomley in 

 Kent. 



Family COLUMBID^. 



Genus COLUMBA, Limic^us. 

 EING-DOYE. 



Columha paJumhuSj Linnaeus. /S.A^., i., p. 282 



(1766). 



Wood-Pigeon. 

 This fine large Wood-Pigeon, so easily recognised, 

 is one of the most abundant species of pigeons in every 



