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One seen by Bartlett in Kent in June 1871 : Gurney, 



Zool, 1876, p. 5046. 

 One, Riponden, near Halifax, autumn 1872. In possession 



of Mr. Priestley (fide W. E. Clarke). 

 One, Yarmouth, Sept. 9, 1872 : Stevenson, Zool, 1872, p. 



3319, and Trans. Norf. Nat. Soc, 1872-73, p. 117; 



Gurney, Zool., 1876, p. 5046. 

 One shot, two others seen, Ilfracombe, Oct. 4, 1876 : 



Rawson, Zool, 1880, p. 108. 

 One seen at Scarborough, April 17, 1880: West, Zool, 



1880, p. 407. 

 One, Wickhambrook, Suftblk, June 1881 : Babington, "Birds 



of Suffolk," p. 236. 

 One, Alnmouth, July 1882 : Archer, Field, July 29, 



1882. 

 One, Staines, Middlesex, May 19, 1895; Pettitt, Field, 



June 15, 1895. 



NEEDLE-TAILED SWIFT. ChMura caudacuta (La- 

 tham). Length, 8 in. ; bill, 0-4 in. ; wing, 8*2 in. : 

 tarsus, 0-G in. 



Hah. Eastern Siberia, South-Eastern Mongolia, India, 

 Persia, China, and Japan ; wintering in Australia. 



One, Great Horkesley, near Colchester, July 8, 1846 : 

 Catchpool, Zool, 184G, p. 1492: Newman, Zool, 1863, 

 p. 8329. Examined in the flesh by Messrs. Yarrell, 

 Fisher, Doubleday, and Newman. 



Two seen and one shot at Ringwood, Hants, July 26, 1879 : 

 Corbin, Zool, 1880, p. 81 (figured). Forwarded for 

 my inspection and exhibited by Prof. Newton at a 

 meeting of the Zoological Society, Proc. Zool. Soc, 

 Jan. 6, 1880. 



Ohs. As to the habitat of this species see Blyth, 

 Zool, 1863, p. 8329, and Newton in Yarrell's "Brit. 

 Birds," 4th ed., vol. ii. p. 371. 



