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While walking late in autumn In the neighbourhood 

 of Slough and Chalvey, I have listened with pleasure 

 to the wild and plaintive note of the Curlew, which 

 may usually be heard before the bird which utters It 

 is seen ; and I have occasionally seen a Curlew flying 

 high in the air, over Windsor Park. 



Whimbrel {Numenius phceopus).^ Not so common 

 a species as the last-mentioned, but occasionally a 

 specimen Is killed on the river in spring and autumn, 

 at which season, as Is the case with most of the Gral- 

 latores, a regular migration takes place. 



The Whimbrel has been met with near Cookham 

 and Surley ; and the Rev. Harpur Crewe sent me 

 the following note on the occurrence of this species 

 near Drayton Beauchamp : — ' A few specimens of the 

 Whimbrel are seen almost every winter on the banks 

 of the reservoirs here ;' that is to say, the Marsworth 

 reservoir, belonging to the Paddington Canal Com- 

 pany ; the Weston Turvllle sheet of water ; and the 

 canals at Halton and Wllstone. 



Green Sandpiper ( Totaims ochroptis). The Green 

 Sandpiper is not a common bird, but Is occasionally 

 seen during the period of the vernal and autumnal 

 migration. Mr. Gouldf says that he is indebted to 

 the Duke of Argyle for the opportunity of examining 



* In some counties the local name for this bird is the Titterel^ from its 

 note which Yarrell renders by the words ' tetty, tetty, tetty, tet,' which 

 are quickly repeated. 



+ ' Birds of Great Britain.' 



