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The Eastern Large-billed Reed-Buntixg {Emberiza palustris 

 tsc/iKsii). Male shot, Ilye (Sussex), April :23rd. 



TuE Sxow-BuNTiNG {riectvophenux nivalis). Several, Outer Dowsing 

 Lt-.v. (Lincolnshire), March 18th/19th ; one, Spurn Head Lt, 

 (Yorkshire), 2oth/i>Gth ; one seen, Bamburgh (Northumberland), 

 April 8th. 



The Jackdaw [Corvus monedula). Flock flying N., Lowestoft (Suffolk), 

 April 17th. 



The Hoopoe {Ujmpa ejMjys). One taken, Haisboro' Lt.-v. (Norfolk), 

 early in March ; single birds seen at Littlehampton (Sussex), 

 April 2nd, Plymouth (Dev^on) and Ellesmere (Shropshire) (shot) 

 13th, near Barnsley (Yorkshire), May 4th, and Diss (Norfolk), 

 at the end of May or beginning of June. 



Tengmalm's Owl {Xi/ctala temjmalmi). One caught, Unst (Shetland), 

 January 23rd. 



The Hen-Harrier {Circus cyajieus). One shot, Holywell (Northum- 

 berland), January 24th, and single birds seen, Fritton (Suffolk), 

 April 2()th and Downton (Wiltshire), April 29tli. 



The lioL'GH-LEGGED BuzzARD (Siiteo Irtffopus). Female shot, Sutton 

 Common (S.E. Suffolk), February 14th ; one seen, Croydon 

 (Surrey), April 21st. 



The Sparrow-Hawk {Accipiter 7iisus). One coasting N., CuUercoats 

 (Northumberland), April 8th. 



The Greenland Falcon [Falco ccmdiccms). Adult male captured, 

 Barra (Outer Hebrides), April 2ud. 



The Hobby {Falco mhbuteo). Pair arrived, Downton (Wiltshire), 

 April 27th. 



The Kestrel {Falco tinnunculus). Female arrived from sea and flew 

 N.W., Dungeness (Kent), 9.30 a.m., March 29th ; one arrived 

 from sea, Dungeness, 8.30 a.m., April 1st ; three flying N., Lowes- 

 toft (Suffolk), 12th ; one flying E., Hickling (Norfolk), 21st. 



The Cormorant {Phalacrocorax carbo). One shot, Ludlow (Shrop- 

 shire) end of January {cf. Shag, p. 160) ; one seen, Triug 

 (Herts), May 5th. 



The Night-Heron (^yc^;'cwff.r ^mf'?<s). One shot, near Shrewsbury, 

 early in May. 



The Little Bittern {Arcleita mimtfu). Female caught, between 

 Puxton and Banwell (N. Somerset), May 20th. 



The Bittern {Bvtuurus stellaris). One found dead, Oban (Argyll), 

 January 17th ; one shot, Breydon (Norfolk), 24th. 



The Spoonbill {Flatalea leucorodia). Adult male seen. Cooling (Kent), 

 May 1st ; two arrived, Breydon (Norfolk), 2nd, and a third onGth, 

 all three left on 10th ; one arrived 20th, a second on 22ud, and 

 both left on 27th ; three seen, Southwold (Suffolk), June 4th, and 

 at Brevdon from 5th to 8th. 



