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that one shot at Scarborough in 1860 is in the collection of 

 Mr. E. Tindall ; and in the spring of 1867, according to 

 Mr. Cordeaux (B. Humber, p. 197), a single mature bird 

 was observed but not obtained near Flamborough Head. 

 An adult bird is mentioned by Mr. Hancock as acquired 

 by him from the collection of Mr. Oxley, of Redcar, in April 

 1871, and shot on the 15th May (year unknown), at Port 

 Clarence, Teesmouth (N. H. Tr. Northumb. & Durh. p. 143). 

 On the 27th June, 1867, as recorded by Mr. Stevenson 

 (Zool. s.s. p. 951), one now in his collection was obtained on 

 Hickling Broad, Norfolk ; on the 26th May, 1871, two males 

 and two females were shot out of a flock of five on Breydon 

 Water, near Yarmouth (Zool. s.s. p. 2830) ; on the 30th 

 May, 1873, six were killed out of a number which were 

 frequenting Hickling Broad (Zool. s.s. p. 3712) ; and on the 

 10th June, 1883, one of a pair was shot in the same 

 locality. 



A specimen in a very interesting state of change from 

 summer to winter plumage is in the collection of Mr. 

 Westlake of Ilfracombe, North Devon, shot there early 

 in November, 1870. Mr. Hart of Christchurch informs 

 the Editor that many have been seen in May and June 

 on the Hampshire and Dorset coasts, one of them being 

 in the collection of Sir John H. Crewe, Bart., of Calke 

 Abbey, Derby. Mr. A. J. Clark Kennedy records (' The 

 Field,' June 19th, 1875) one killed some few years pre- 

 viously, near Eastbourne ; and Mr. Colgate states {' The 

 Field,' 13th June, 1875) that one was obtained near New- 

 haven, about May, 1873. In ' The Field,' 5th June, 1875, 

 Mr. Williams, taxidermist, of Dublin, states that a bird 

 shot near Limerick had recently been sent to him for pre- 

 servation ; and a specimen presented by Mr. R. J. Ussher, 

 of Cappagh, co. Waterford, to the Dublin Museum of 

 Science and Art, was killed by his keeper on the 13th May 

 of the same year. At Scilly a specimen was obtained in 

 May or June, 1882, as recorded by Mr. Thomas Cornish 

 (Zool. 1882, p. 235). It will be remarked that, with the 

 exception of the first Irish and the Ilfracombe examples, 



