350 BRITISH BIRDS. 



WHITE STORK Ciconia alba Bechst. S. page 387. 



Hampshire. — One was shot at Atherfield on 29tli April, 1902 

 {Birds of Hants., p. 205). 



Norfolk. — One was shot at South Wootton on 19th May, 

 1905 (J. H. Gurney, Zool. 1906, p. 127). 



So many White Storks have been imported ahve of recent 

 years and have subsequently flown away that all records of 

 this bird must be received with a certain amount of suspicion, 

 but the above, being shot in spring, are less open to objection 

 than most. 



BLACK STORK Ciconia nigra (L.). S. page 389. 

 SciLLY Isles. — One was shot by Mr. Dorrien-Smith on 

 May 8th, 1890 (J. Clark and F. R. Rodd, Zool, 1906, p. 302). 



GLOSSY IBIS Plegadis falcinellus (L.). S. page 391. 



This bird has occurred with considerable frequency in the 

 period under review, and we are inclined to think that 

 Saunders' opinion that it is " now only of accidental occur- 

 rence " should be qualified by considering it as a species of 

 almost yearly occurrence. The following is a brief summary 

 of the records. 



England. — 1900 : October, one Cornwall : November, one 

 Cornwall, one Durham. 1902 : October, two Scilly Isles, one 

 Herefordshire, one Hampshire, two Sussex ; November, one 

 Norfolk, one Sussex, one Yorkshire. 1903 : August, one 

 Norfolk ; September, one shot, three others seen, Sussex. 

 1906 : September, four Norfolk, one Sussex, one Devon ; 

 October, one Cornwall. 



Scotland. — 1902 : October, one Islay ; November, one 

 near Kelso, Tweed, one near Forres, one Loch Strathbeg. 

 1903 : September, one Orkney ; October, one Perthshire. 



Ireland. — 1902 : (no date) one co. Clare, one co. Wexford. 

 1903 : September, two co. Cork. 1906 : September, one co. 

 Down, one co. Wexford, two co. Waterford, one co. Dublin, 

 one CO. Cork; October one co. Clare; "autumn," one co. 

 Galway. 



SPOONBILL Platalea leucorodia L. S. page 393. 



The Spoonbill is now of such regular occurrence in East 

 Anglia during spring and summer and is so carefully protected 

 that there can be no doubt that we shall soon have the great 

 satisfaction of regaining this handsome and interesting bird as 

 a regular breeding species. 



It has always been a rare bird in Scotland. Mr. Harvie- 

 Brown now confirms its place in the avifauna of the Outer 

 Hebrides [cf. Ann. S.N.H., 1902, p. 204). 



