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The bird flying near the left side of the case 
is changing into its autumn plumage. Even in this 
transitional state of plumage they are very rarely seen 
in this country. This bird comes from the Borrer 
Collection, and was shot at Shoreham, Sussex, 
August 17th, 1844. 
The third bird, swimming near by, has some 
traces on the neck of the summer plumage, and 
comes from the Monk Collection. 
The other birds in this case are from the Monk 
Collection, and shew the usual autumn or winter 
plumages They were obtained on the Sussex Coast 
about 1868. 
RED-NECKED PHALAROPE.—(Aurumy). 
Case 351. 
Like the Grey Phalarope, this bird soon loses 
its distinctive summer colouring, on leaving its 
nesting habitat for the south. 
The bird on the right comes from the Borrer 
Collection. It is a male, shot in a small pond near 
Old Shoreham, Sussex, about the second week in 
September, 1845, That on the left is from the Monk 
Collection. 
The feathers on the breast of a Phalarope are 
particularly close and curved, thus making the breast 
of the bird look unusually full. 
‘‘Birds of Sussex,” p. 218. 
BARN OWL.—(Darx Variety). 
Case 352. 
The Barn Owl is one of the most cosmopolitan 
of birds, being found almost throughout the inhabited 
world except in Arctic regions. ‘Two forms occur, 
one of which is common in Britain, and, from the 
pure white breast and face, is known as the White 
Owl (see Case 54). 
