84 A. F. CEOSSMAN — NOTES ON BIEDS. 



Species. Locality. Date. Observer. 



TuRTLE-DovE Berkharasted April 27 A. F. C. 



{Tiirtur communis) Asliwell May 2 H. G. Fordham. 



Ashwell (last seen) Sept. 10 H. G. Fordham. 



Tring Reservoirs May 4 J. Street. 



Sawbridgeworth ,, 11 H. S. Elvers. 



Landrail Tring Reservoirs April 20... J. Street. 



[Crex pratensis) Berkhamsted ,, 21 A. F. C. 



Common Sandpiper Tring Reservoirs ,, 19 J. Street. 



[Totanus hypoleucus) 



"Winter Migrants. 



Redwing Berkhamsted Oct. 27 A. F. C. 



{Turdus iliacus) Sawbridgeworth ,, 27 H. S. Rivers. 



Fieldfare Tring Nov. 7 A. F. C. 



[T. pilaris) Sawbridgeworth 



(last seen) April 2 H. S. Rivers. 



(first seen) Nov. 9 H. S. Rivers. 



Ashwell „ 11 H. G. Fordham. 



Berkhamsted 



(last seen) April 27 A. F. C. 



Grey "Wagtail Berkhamsted Oct. 27 A. F. C. 



[Mofacilla melanope) 



Hooded Crow Ashridge Park, Tring ,, 27 A. F. C. 



{Corvus cornix) Ashwell Nov. 12 ....H. G. Fordham. 



Sawbridgeworth ,, 16 H. S. Rivers. 



Berkhamsted 



(last seen) April 6 A. F. C. 



I should like to mention that it is not only notes upon rare 

 birds that I wish to receive, but also notes on the distribution 

 and habits generally of any birds which occur in Hertfordshire. 

 Our Society does not want to be merely the means of recording 

 the slaughter of rarities, but to be of some assistance in teaching 

 what is the distribution of all birds within the limits of the county, 

 thus contributing to the general knowledge of the birds of Great 

 Britain. This can only be done by means of accurate observers 

 in different parts of the county. With regard to recording all 

 birds, accuracy is strictly necessary. In the case of a rare bird, 

 which has been shot, it should, if possible, be seen before it is 

 skinned, and in that state submitted to some competent authority ; 

 but if that cannot be done, it should be produced after it has been 

 preserved, and the person who procured it should be thoroughly 

 cross-examined as to the occurrence. When a bird has only been 

 seen and not shot, such an accurate description should be given by 

 the person who saw it as should easily enable a practical ornitho- 

 logist to recognize it from such description. 



In conclusion, let me thank all those who have been kind enough 

 to send me notes for this paper. I hope they will continue to do 

 so, and will also do what they can to get others to do the same, so 

 that we may hope in time to attain to a good knowledge of the 

 birds of Hertfordshire. 



