70 Occurrence of the Cream-Coloured Courser in Wiits. 
“tm one Steele and Iron Cheesel w°h was made to use aboute the playn- 
inge of the stoones w°h paved the Churche. 
“Itm Lastely Two Beares to Carrye the Deade Boodyes Inn.” 
Kt. 
On the floor of the tower, eastward of the fount, is now placed a memorial stone 
of peculiar interest, with the following inscription commemorating a former 
vicar :— 
“ Depositum Gulielmi Bayly 
Vicari Mian. <)-)5i2 1s) ti in 
Ecclesia Mere Annos 46 
Qui Obiit Nono Novembris 
Anno Domini 1691.” 
Query—what are the missing words or word? Dr. Chafyn died in 1645 and 
Mr. Bayly in 1691—a space of forty-six years—but Mr. Bayly was not inducted 
until 1661, at the Restoration, so that he only served the office of Vicar for thirty 
years. It has been suggested that the words were “ Dfwnere Recti,’ which 
would imply that he was vicar by legal gift forty-six years, though his place 
was usurped for sixteen years during the time of the Commonwealth, 
[The illustrations of Mere Church accompanying this paper are from photos by 
the Rev. J. A. Lloyd, Vicar of Mere. | 
Occurrence of the Creamecoloued Courser 
° ie] * 
wm Wilts. 
OE so good as to place on record another occurrence of the 
ys Cream-coloured Courser (Cwisorius isabellinus) a very rare 
bird, within the limits of this county ; for a specimen was killed on 
the downs above Erlestoke, on October 10th, by Mr. George Bovill, 
within a very short distance of the spot where Mr. Langton killed 
