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BRITISH BIRDS. 



[vol. VI. 



2 out of 4 females examined 



3 



1 



'Great Crested Grebe 

 (Colymhus c criatatus ) 

 B Red Grouse (Lagopvs 



Families other I. scoticua) .. 3 ,,17 



than Falconidac Black Grouse (Lyrurua 

 (7 species) 12 t. tetrix) 



out of 101 Bewick's Swan (Cyg- 



females \ niia b. bewickii) 



examined Water-Rail (Rallua a. 



=;11.88% aquaticiia) . . 



Woodcock (Scolopax 



rusticola) . . . . 1 ,,50 



Little Gull (Larua 



I minutus) . . . . 2 ,, 14 ,, ,, 



Compiled from Signora Cecilia Picchi's notes published in British 



Birds, Vol. V., pp. 45-9. 

 Specimens obtained in Italy, M'ith the exception of two from Sardinia. 



A. 



Fal- 

 conidae 



species) 

 23 out , 

 of 48 

 females 

 exa- 

 mined 

 =48% 

 (47.91). 



Falco 



^50°' 



Sparrow-Hawk {Ac- 



cipiter niaiia) 

 /Kestrel {Falco t. tin- 



nunculua) . . 

 Lesser Kestrel* (F. n. 



namnanni) 

 i Merlin [F. r. r equina) 

 Red - footed Falcon 



(F. V. veapertinua) 

 Hobby* {F. a. aiib- 



biiteo) 



3 out of 7 females examined. 



1 



1 



/Hen-Harrier {Circua 

 Circiia | cyaneus) 



f^ ) Marsh - Harrier (C. 

 =50°'' I ofruginoaua) 



'° \Pallid Harrier (C. 

 macrurua) 

 Common Buzzard 



(Buteo buteo) 

 Serpent-Eagle [Cir- 

 caetus galliciia) 



j Short-eared Owl {Asio 



i f. fiammeiia) 

 (2 species) 2 out 1 Rook (Gorvua f. fru- 

 of 11 = 18% ^ gilegua) .. .. 1 „ ( 



* Not included in the figures, as the number of 

 is not stated. 



B. 



Families other 

 than Falconidse 



1 



1 



females examined 



Birds in Norfolk in 1911. — Mr. J. H. Gurney's yearly- 

 report on Norfolk ornithology for 1911 {Zool., 1912, 

 pp. 121-39) does not contain much of importance which has 

 not already appeared in these pages, but the following inter- 

 esting facts may be mentioned : — 



Serin (Serintis c. serinus). — A male was caught in a net on 

 the North Denes, Yarmouth, on January 28th. 



