262 Mr. H. T. Mennell's report upon the 



198, 198a. Bittern, Botaurus stellaris. — " Male killed at 

 Elstead ; female at Eastney Bridge." 



197. Night Heron, Nycticomix griseus. — " One specimen was 

 killed at Bramley." This bird no longer breeds in Britain, but 

 is a pretty regular annual visitant. 



202. Spoonbill, Plntalea leucorodea. — " Shot at Vachery Pond, 

 Cranleigh, in the summer of 1839 ; sent by Mr. Piper, of 

 Guildford." 



205. Bean Goose, Anser serfetum. — " Shot a little below Godal- 

 ming Wharf by a bargeman in 1841." 



207. White-fronted Goose, Anser albifrons. — " Shot near 

 Godalming, Unnstead Old Water, in 1841." 



209. Brent Goose, Anser bernicla. — " Shot near Godalming in 

 1852." 



210. Barnacle Goose, Anser leucopsis.-" Shotnr.'EhteaA, 1849." 



216. Common Sheldrake, Tadorna vulpanser. — " Killed at 

 Frensham Pond ; sent by J. H, Frankland." 



217. EuDDY Sheldrake, Tadorna rutila. — "Found dead in a 

 ditch at Farnham by J. Knight." A very rare bird in Britain, 

 and the possibility of its escape from captivity makes the records 

 of its occurrence always questionable. 



222. Pair of Gadwalls, Anas strepera. — " The male was killed 

 at Elstead, 1850 ; the female at Hammer Ponds, 1850, by J. E. 

 Grevell." 



227. Pair of Shovellers, Anas clypeata. — " Shot at Cosford 

 Pond in spring, by J. Hawkins, Esq." Usually only a passing 

 migrant, but occasionally breeding. I have myself taken its nest 

 at Prestwick Carr, near Newcastle-on-Tyne. — H. T. M. 



230. Pair of Scaup Ducks, Fuligida marila. — " Killed at 

 Hampton Lodge, Elstead." A winter visitant in this county. 



232. Ferruginous or White-eyed Duck, Fuligida ferruginea . — 

 " Killed at Bramley, and sent to Mr. Stevens, Poulterer, Guild- 

 ford." " A spring visitant to the eastern counties of England 

 from the Thames to the Humber," Harting. 



233. Pair of Goldeneyes, Clangidn glaucion. — " One shot at 

 Chiddingfold ; one at Thorncombe Swell, near Godalming." A 

 winter visitant. 



241. Common Scoter, Oidemia nigra. — " Shot near Godalming 

 Wharf during a very severe winter." 



244. Pair of Goosanders (male and female), Mergus merganser, 

 — " Killed at Ockford Pond, Godalming." 



245. Pair of Eed-breasted Mergansers, Mergiis serrator. — 

 " Shot at Fleet Pond, 1843." This bird breeds in Scotland and 

 Ireland ; in England it is only a winter visitant. 



246. Hooded Merganser, Mergus cucidlatus. — " Killed at 

 Elstead." This is a North American bird, very occasionally 

 occurring in Britain. Yanell records it from Sussex. 



