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THREE BIRDS NEW TO THE BRITISH LIST 



CALANDRA LARK IN SUSSEX. 



"f^wo Calandra Larks {Melanocorypha c. calandra) were shot 

 on a rough piece of ground at Filsham Farm,. St. Leonards, 

 a male on May 16th, 1916, and a female on May 17th. There 

 were five in a small party but tlie others moved on. These 

 two were examined in the flesh by Mr. Ruskin Butterfield. 



J. B. Nichols. 



EASTERN GREAT REED-WARBLER IN SUSSEX. 



An Eastern Great Reed-Warbler [Acrocejjhalus arundinaceus 

 orienlalis), a male by dissection, was picked up under the 

 wires by Mr. Pierson of Alfred Street, St. Leonards, on 

 August 24th, 1916, at West St. Leonards. It was seen in 

 the flesh by Mr. Ruskin Butterfield and was kindly examined 

 by Mr. W. R. Ogilvie-Grant, Dr. Hartert and "Mr. H. F. 

 Witherby after being set up. Mr. Ogilvie-Grant writes me 

 that he thinks there is no doubt that it is a 3'oung A. orientalis 

 and that Dr. Hartert agrees. JMr. Witherby is of opinion 

 that it is not a young bird, but an adult just com]3leting its 

 moult. J. B. Nichols. 



SEMI-PALMATED RINGED PLOVER IN SUSSEX. 



On April 10th, 1916. Mr. G. Bristow, taxidermist, of Silchester 

 Road, St. Leonards, brought me in the flesh, for identification, 

 an example of the American Semi-palmated Plover {Charadrius 

 semij)almatus), which had been shot on April 8th at Rye, 

 Sussex. The bird was subsequently sexed as a female. 



The man who shot the bird thought it was an ordinary 

 Ringed Plover, but Mr. Bristow, thinking it too large for a 

 Little Ringed Plover and being puzzled by its semi-palmated 

 foot, brought it to me to examine. Thomas Parkin. 



With regard to the birds above recorded, all of A\'hich T 

 have carefully examined since they were stuffed, it may be 

 remarked that two examples of the Calandra Lark, said to 

 have been obtained in Devonshire many years ago, have 

 been previously recorded {Zool., 1S63, p. 8768, 1869, p. 1599, 

 1876, p. 4835, see also Birds of Devon, p. 103). They were 

 both discovered among bird-skins belonging to dealers bj^ 

 ]\Ir. J. Gatcomhe Cne was said to have been got near Devon- 

 port and the other near Exeter, Init no joroof of these state- 

 ments is afforded and even the date of their capture was 

 apparently unknown. These records have, therefore, very 

 properly never been accepted as authentic. 



