NOTES. 49 



On September 20th, 1892, I received a female Hobby 

 {F. subhuteo), which very probably showed an atrophied right 

 ovary, but it was not easy to be sure, because the bird had been 

 dead several daj^s. 



Lastly, I may record having found in two Mallard {Anas 

 boscas) something like a duct joined to the right side of the 

 cloaca, and about 10 or 12 mm. long ; I think that this might 

 have been the remains of a right oviduct. In both these birds 

 only the left ovary was present. 



While not wishing to draw any conclusion from so small a 

 series as to the proportion of double-ovaried birds in the above 

 species, I have thought it useful, as material for further 

 investigation, to state the number of female specimens of each 

 species in my collecijon. Previous observations would seem 

 to show that a double ovary was most often found in the 

 Sparrow-Hawk, but from the small series in my collection it 

 would appear to be more frequent in the Red-footed Falcon ; 

 but before any conclusion can be drawn, many more observa- 

 tions must be recorded. Cecilia Picchi. 



RARE BIRDS IN SUSSEX. 



Marsh-Sandpiper. 

 In British Birds, Vol. III., p. 386, Mr. M. J. Nicoll recorded 

 two Marsh-Sandpipers {Totanus stagnatilis) killed near Rye, 

 Sussex, on June 16th and 18th, 1909. I wish to place on 

 record that a third specimen was shot on Bodiam Marsh on 

 July 1st, 1910. It is a female, rather darker on the back 

 than the one killed on June 16th, 1909. It was examined in 

 the flesh by Mr. Ruskin Butterfield. All three specimens 

 are in my possession. 



Ivory-Gulls. 



On February 7th, 1910, an immature female Ivory-Gull 

 {Pagophila eburnea) was shot at Ecclesboume, Hastings, and 

 examined in the flesh by Mr. Ruskin Butterfield, and on 

 February 11th, 1910, a male, also immature, was killed at 

 the same place. This bird was examined in the flesh by Mr. 

 L. Curtis Edwards. More than half the specimens obtained 

 in Great Britain have been adult. The female killed on 

 February 7tli is especially noticeable, being spotted more or 

 less all over with greyish-black spots, while the male has 

 comparatively few. 



Rose-coloured Starling. 



A young male Rose-coloured Starling {Pastor roseus) was 

 caught in clap-nets by a Starling-catcher at Rottingdean, 

 near Brighton, on November 18th, 1910. This is an interesting 



