32 J. E. LITTLEBOY THE BIRDS OF OITR DISTRICT. 



Birds reported as having been shot several years ago at Great Mun- 

 den and still preserved in the vestibule of Mundcn House. 



Corvus Corax — Eaven. Anser segetum — Bean Goose. 



£uteo vulgaris — Buzzard. Mareca P(w«/o/)e— Widgeon. 



Fernis aviporus— Honey Buzzard. Ntttium Crecca — Teal. 



Milvus ictimis — Kite. Spatula clijpcata — Shoveller. 



Machetes pugnax — EufF. Fuligula critttata — Tufted Duck. 



CEdicnemiis Scolopax — Stone-curlew. F. marila — Sfuup. 



Larus f metis — Lesser Black-backed Clanyuln G/«MCi6i/<— Golden-eye. 



GuU. Mergus alhvllus — Smew. 



Sula hassana — Gannet. M. serrator — Eed-bi'easted Merganser. 



Birds observed in the neighbourhood of Hitchin and reported by 

 Mr. James H. Tuke. 



Turdns torquatiis — Eing Ousel. Asio Otus — Long-eared Owl. 



Locust tila navia — Grasshopper Biiteo vulgaris — Buzzard. 



"Warbler. Falco JEsalon — Merlin. 



Lanius excubitor — Great Grey Shrike. Actitis hypoleiicus — Common Sand- 

 Flectroiihanes nivalis — Snow Bunting. piper. 



Corvus corcne — Carrion Crow. (Edioiemus Scolopax — Stone-curlew. 



Birds shot at South End, near Redbourn. 

 Picus major — Great Spotted Woodpecker. Asio accipitrinus — Short-eared Owl. 



