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Haven ; one of them has been shot by a person of Sand- 

 wich, and another in the Wingham Marshes (this is the 

 bird, no doubt, which was procured by Mr, W. 0. 

 Hammond in 1850), the latter was an old female ; both 

 were shot in the first week of June. My friend saw three 

 flying about in Pegwell Bay a few days since, but was 

 not able to get near them." 



There is a specimen in the British Museum, which 

 was obtained in Komney Marsh in September, by Dr. 

 Gordon Hogg. 



Mr. W. Prentis, in his Birds of Bainham, mentions 

 " a fine adult Spoonbill, with a buff collar and pendant 

 crest, that was shot on the Isle of Elmley, April 12, 1865, 

 and that immature specimens have been met with on 

 three occasions in the marshes near the River Med way." 



From a note in Mr. J. Gould's Birds of Great Britain, 

 it appears that Mr. F. Bond told him that two Spoonbills 

 had been shot on October 12, 1864, near Lydd, in Kent. 



In his Ornithological Notes from Romney Marsh, 

 Captain Boyd Alexander says : " On June 12, 1896, a 

 White Spoonbill appeared near the Midrips. Its appear- 

 ance created considerable excitement amongst several of 

 the fisherfolk. I have the following records of the occur- 

 rence of the Spoonbill in this locality : Two adult males 

 were shot, May 9, 1889, by two of the Southerden family. 

 One of these specimens was subsequently sold to Mr. G. 

 Gray, of Dover, for £1 . In June, 1890, a party of five 

 Spoonbills appeared ; but, to use the words of the fisher- 

 men, 'We were too greedy; we wanted the blooming 

 lot, and ended by getting none.' On May 24, 1891, an 

 immature bird was obtained. The bird now in question 

 was at the time of its being seen feeding along with five 

 Herons. I have also observed this species on the sand 

 in company with Gulls." 



