SOME ACCOUNT OF THE BIRDS OF GODALMING. 



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Charadrius pluvialis, 

 hiaticiila, 

 Sqiiatarola cinerea, 

 Vanellus cristatus, 

 Calidris arenaria, 

 Hsniatopus ostralegus, 

 Ardea cinerea, 

 Botaurus stellaris, 

 Ibis falcinellus, 

 Nunienius arquata, 

 Totanus ochropus, 

 hypoleucos, 

 glottis 

 Himantopus melanop- 



terus, 

 Scolopox rusticola, 

 gallinago, 

 gallinula, 

 Machetes pugnax, 

 Phalaropus lobatus, 

 Rallus aquaticus, 

 Crex pratensis, 

 Gallinula Chlo- 

 ropus. 



Golden Plover 



Ringed Plover 



Grey Plover 



Lapwing 



Sanderling 



Pied Oyster-catcher 



Heron 



Bittern 



Glossy Ibis 



Common Curlew 



Green Sandpiper 



Common Sandpiper 



Greenshanks 



Black-winged Long 



shanks 

 Woodcock 

 Snipe 



Jack Snipe 

 Ruff 



Grey Phalarope 

 Water Rail 

 Corn Crake 



Common Moorhen 



Fulica Atra, 

 Anser ferus, 



albifrons, 

 Anas Boschas, 

 Datila Acuta, 

 Querquedula crecca, 

 Mareca Penelope, 

 Fuligula ferina, 

 cristata, 

 Clangula chrysopthal 



mos, 

 Podiceps cornutus, 



minor, 

 Colymbus glacialis, 

 arcticus, 

 Sterna Hirundo, 

 minuta, 

 nigra, 

 Larus canus, 



atricilla, 

 Thalassidroma pelagicaStorm Petrel 



Leachii, Fork-tailed Petrel 



Common Coot 

 Grey Lag Goose 

 White-fronted Goose 

 Wild Duck 

 Pintail 

 Teal 



Widgeon 



Common Pochard 

 Tufted Duck 



Golden Eye 

 Horned Grebe 

 Little Grebe 

 Great Northern Diver 

 Black-throated Diver 

 Common Tern 

 Little Tern 

 Black Tern 

 Common GuU 

 Black-headed Gull 



Remarks on the foregoing List. 



Pandion Haliwetus. — This bird has appeared at various 

 times in the neighbourhood of the Pudmoors, Frensham Pond, 

 and similar situations. No less than seven have been pre- 

 sented by W. K. An Osprey was shot at Frensham Pond, in 

 1772, while it was sitting on the handle of a plough devouring 

 a fish. White. 



Falco Pereqrinus. — Very uncommon ; one has been shot in 

 Hindhead, W. K. ; a second was taken in a rabbit trap at 

 Eshing, E. N. D. 



Falco suhhuteo and F. oesalon. — The Hobby is by no means 

 uncommon throughout the Godalming district, but the Merlin 

 is much more rai'e ; specimens of the latter, shot by game- 

 keepers, have been occasionally brought to W. K. The Kestril 

 and Sparrow Hawk abound. 



Buteo Vulgaris. — The common Buzzard is very abundant, 

 W. K. 



Pernis apivorus. — Two specimens of the Honey Buzzard 

 have been shot at Shillinglee Park, the seat of Lord Win- 

 terton. W. K. A pair of Honey Buzzards built a nest in a tall, 

 slender beech tree at Selbourne, in 1786. White. 



Circus rufus. — Three specimens, shot in the neighbourhood 

 of Godalming, have been preserved by W. K. 



Circus cyaneus and Cineraceus. — These birds, although 

 never abundant, are continually to be seen ; the remarkable 



