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at Sampford, by Barker, the Postman. It was apparently in a fatigued 

 state, but lived two days in my (Mr. Travis's) possession, during which 

 time it ate a few slugs, and sometimes used its hooked bill to assist it in 

 climbing about the cage. The specimen was sold to Mr. Burrell, of 

 Littlebury. 



(2.) November gth, 1879. Fulmar Petrel [Pyoccllavia ghicuilis), taken 

 by G. Pavitt, Esq., Battle's Bridge, near Chelmsford, and now in his 

 possession. 



(3.) December 5th, 1879. Great Bustard {Otis tarda), shot by Mr. 

 Pertwee on what is called the " Main " near Chelmsford, and 



(4.) February 6th, 1880. Another Bustard shot by the foreman to 

 Mr. Jonas, Manor Farm, West Wickham, Cambridgeshire, and now in 

 the latter's possession. Has any other naturalist within the last fifty 

 years been so fortunate as to receive two English specimens of the Great 

 Bustard within so short a period ? 



[These specimens are, of course, the birds referred to in Mr. Christy's 

 paper, "Transactions," pp. 59 and 62. — Ed.] 



{5.) August 27th, 1880. A pair of Woodchat Shrikes {Lanius auricu- 

 latus), shot by a man named Jeffrey, between Elmdon and Arksden. 

 A boy driving sheep into Walden was accosted by Jeffrey, who had a gun. 

 He gave the birds to the boy, remarking that they were " a pretty pair, 

 and perhaps the bird-stuffer might give something for them." I received 

 them within two hours of their death, quite fresh and hardly stiff. These 

 are the first specimens of this very rare bird I have heard of as occurring 

 in Essex. 



(6.) , iSBo. Peregrine Falcon {Falco peregrinus), taken 



by the gamekeeper to Squire Wilkes, of Lofts Hall, in whose possession 

 it now is. 



(7.) November, 1880. Peregrine Falcon, a young bird trapped by 

 one of Lord Braybrooke's keepers at a moorhen, on which it had been 

 feeding, near the Debden Road, Saffron Walden. Two other Peregrines 

 killed in the neighbourhood are now in my hands. 



(8.) 1880. Two Merlins {Falco jEsalon), killed by Mr. 



Chipperfield, of Newport, near Saffron Walden. 



(9.) November ist, 1880. Two Black-throated Divers {Colymbus 

 arcticus), taken at Southend, and now in the possession of Mrs. Ackland, 

 of Saffron Walden. 



<'io.) November, 1880. Sclavonian Grebe {Podiceps auritus), taken at 

 Southend, and now in possession of Mrs. Ackland, Saffron Walden. 



(11.) November 12th, 1880. Grea.t Grey Shrike {Lanius excubitor), a 

 good female specimen, shot by Mr. H. Rolfe, of Clavering, and now in 

 his possession. 



(12.) June 27th, 1879. A Lesser Redpole's nest {Liiiota linaria), taken 

 by a boy named Rushforth out of some fir trees by the roadside close 

 to Shortgrove Park. It contained young, which were brought to me, 



