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cha^ vol. ii. p. 688. In further proof of the southern range 

 of this rare species, M. de Selys-Longchamps mentions that 

 M. Baillon had met Avith one example in the north of 

 France. — Faun. Belg. p. 125. 



The Pectoral Sandpiper. Tringa pectoralis, vol. ii. 

 p. 654. Dr. Edward Clarke wrote me word that he shot 

 a specimen of this rare Sandpiper very near Hartlepool, in 

 October 1841. 



The Pink-footed Goose. Anser phoenicojnis, vol. iii. 

 p. 64. I have now reason to believe, from the examination 

 of some specimens received from that locality, that the flocks 

 of geese referred to, vol. iii. p. 60, as visiting Gloucester- 

 shire, and other parts in the vicinity of the Severn, as early 

 as August, and remaining there through the winter, belong 

 to this newly-discovered species. 



The Bimaculated Duck. Anas glocitans, vol. iii. p. 

 165. During the month of January last, 1843, Mr. Bart- 

 lett met with a specimen of this very rare duck in the Lon- 

 don market, which I have had several opportunities of ex- 

 amining. 



The Ringed or Bridled Guillemot. Uria lacry- 

 mans^ vol. iii. p. 351. M. dc Selys-Longchamps includes 

 this species in his Fauna of Belgium, and refers to two ex- 

 amples in summer-plumage. 



The Masked Gull. Larus capistratus, vol. iii. p. 430. 

 M. de Selys-Longchamps, in the work which has been fre- 

 quently named, refers to some examples of this rare species 

 obtained on the coast near Dunkirk, in autumn and in win- 

 ter ; and in the autumn of last year Mr. F. Bond obtained 

 one at Southend, which is thus noticed in the Zoologist, No, 

 2, page 40, " one specimen of this rare bird in company with 

 a small flock of the Common Tern ; now alive, and in my 

 possession." 



The Lesser White-winged Gull. Larus leucop- 



