FLAMINGO 319 



Dr. N. F. Ticehurst records a " young male Spoonbill 

 which was shot on October 25, 190'2, at Broomhill, in 

 Romney Marsh. It was a very small bird. Mr. Chap- 

 man, of Rye, to whom the bird now belongs, informs me 

 that it was shot just on the Sussex side of the Kent 

 ditch." 



Genus PLEGADIS, Kaup. 



GLOSSY IBIS. 



Plegadis falcinellus (Linnaeus). S.N., i., p. 241 



(1766). 



The Glossy Ibis is a rare visitor to this county. Morris 

 records that Mr. Arthur Havers, of Tenterden, Kent, 

 says that one was killed near Reading Street, on the 

 border of Romney Marsh, Kent, in December, 1852 ; 

 another near Dartford, 1837, and one at Swanscombe, 

 Kent. 



Dr. N. F. Ticehurst states that a young Glossy Ibis 

 was shot at East Guildford, in Romney Marsh, on 

 October 14, 1902. 



Family PHGENICOPTERID^. 



Genus FHCENICOFTERUS, Linn^us. 



FLAMINGO. 



Phcenicoioterus roseus, Pallas. Zoogra2:)hia Bosso- 

 Asiatica, ii., p. 207 (1811). 



The Flamingo, like a great many more of the European 

 and African birds, will by accident cross the Channel, 

 therefore it is not surprising to find an occasional 



