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female of this species was shot by Mr. E. C. Arnold, of 

 Eastbourne College, and was subsequently exhibited on 

 his behalf (Bull. B.O.C., XVI., pp. 10-11). 



As the bird had been recorded thrice in Heligoland, as 

 well as many times in Northern Italy and South-eastern 

 France, its apparition is not remarkable. At Archangel 

 and to the eastward it is a common breeding species. 



XV. — The Black Lark. 



Alauda yeltoniensis, Forster. 



Towards the end of January, 1907, quite a flock of this 

 conspicuous species appears to have visited the south-east 

 of England, and three examples of these were exhibited 

 at the B.O.C by Mr. C. B. Ticehurst and Mr. V^. R. 

 Butterfield. Unusually full particulars are to be found in 

 Bulletin, XIX., pp. 57-59, and therefore need not be 

 repeated here. I have heard that many " from the 

 Continent " were on sale in Leadenhall Market. 



XVI. — The Lesser White-fronted Goose. 



Anser erythropus (Linnaeus). 



In 1899 some doubts remained in my mind as to the 

 validity of this as a species (cf. Manual, Ed. 2, p. 400) ; 

 but I now fully admit its specific distinctness, and should 

 figure and describe it in any future edition. 



[On October 23rd, 1902, the Hon. N. Charles Rothschild 

 exhibited the skin of a male Baer's Pochard {^thyia 

 hceri) shot on the Tring Reservoirs on November 5th, 

 1901 (Bull. B.O.C, XII., p. 25) . He urged that this native 

 of Eastern Siberia, ranging to China and Japan, was more 

 likely to have been a wild rather than an escaped bird ; 

 but it is well-known that the species had been introduced 

 on the ornamental waters of England, and it seems 

 premature to assume, at least for the present, that this 

 bird was a genuine wanderer from Kamchatka. Any 



