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spring immigrant, partially wintering, Mr. D'Urban 

 records that a nest containing four eggs was found 

 in tlie parish of AVhitstone, near Exeter, in April, 

 1853. The Earl of Morley has informed me of a 

 young Woodcock in his collection, obtained from 

 Saltram. A Woodcock with white feathers in the 

 wings frequented a cover in the manor of Monkleigh 

 for several seasons prior to 1837, when it was at 

 last secured. A copy of Charleton's 'Onomasticon 

 Zooicon,' 1668, in the British Museum contains in 

 M.S. note, a record of ; "A White Ousle killed in 

 Lanerot Wood, Cornwall, a White Robbin in 

 Powhill, Cornwall, and a White Woodcock at 

 Pertherwin^ Devon.'' No date is given, but the 

 note appears to be an early one. Dr. Elliot remarks 

 that there are some noted coverts for Woodcock in 

 the Kingsbridge district. 



GREAT mi^^.— Gallmcigo major (Gmel). 



An autumn visitant, of somewhat rare occurrence, 

 between August and November. A Great Snipe 

 was shot at Shaugh Moor in September, 1850, 

 another at Slade, near Exeter, in October 1856, and 

 others near Plymouth in November 1858. on 

 Dartmoor in 1868, at Morley in September 1871, 

 on Dartmoor in August 1876, at Bray ton Mere in 

 September 1886, and another in N. Devon the 

 month following. This list might be further 

 extended, but it will probably suffice to illustrate 

 the visits of this species. The Rev. M. A. Mathew 



