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Hen-Harrier {Circus cyaneus). — Seen in the early part of 

 1912, probably on two or three occasions, on Tealham Moor 

 (Wedmore). A local gunner was about to recover a Lapwing 

 which he had shot, when, to quote his own words, " a large 

 hawk, nearly all white, came along and took it away." This 

 is probably the same bird which I saw on February 5th, and 

 which another man saw later in pursuit of a " black and 

 white curre " (Tufted Duck). 



Merlin {Falco cesalon). — A female was shot at Blackford 

 on January ISth, 1907. I saw another on Stoke Moor (Wed- 

 more) in the winter of 1909. 



Bittern {Botaurus stellaris). — A male was shot on Wedmore 

 Heath on December 28th, 1906. Three of these birds have 

 been taken in this neighbourhood during the last twenty 

 years, and one was seen on Stoke Moor (Wedmore) in the 

 early autumn of last year. 



Pink-footed Goose {Anser hrachyrhynchus). — One was 

 shot on Wedmore Heath on January 15th, 1905. I saw a 

 " plump " of eight on the Moor on January 17th, 1905. 



Golden -Eye {Clangula glaucion). — A female was shot on 

 Tealham Moor on October 27th, 1910. Two more females 

 were shot on the moor on February 5th, 1912, and two more, 

 probably females, were seen later. 



Common Eider [Somateria mollissima). — A female was shot 

 on Steart Island (Burnham) on November 29th, 1911, while 

 a male was shot a few days x^reviously. Both were in 

 extremely poor condition. 



Smew {Mergus alhellus). — Two females were shot on Tealham 

 Moor (Wedmore) on January 4th, 1907. Another (a young 

 male or adult female) was shot in the following winter. 



Quail [Coturnix communis). — A female was shot on Tealham 

 Moor on October 14th, 1911. 



Spotted Crake {Porzana maruetta). — One was shot on 

 Wedmore Heath on January 13th, 1905. The date of capture 

 is interesting. 



Great Snipe {Gallinago major). — One, on Tealham Moor in 

 the winter of 1906 (?). 



Bar -tailed God wit {Limosa lapponica). — An immature 

 female was shot on Wedmore Heath on January 18th, 1912. 



Common Tern {Sterna fluviatilis). — An immature female 

 was shot on the Gore Sands (Burnham) on October 21st, 1909. 



Little Gull {Larus minutus). — An immature male was shot 

 of! Burnham on October 23rd, 1903. 



Great Skua {MegaUslris catarrhactes). — A female was shot 

 on the Gore Sands on October 25th, 1909. 



