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In 1862, a fine male was shot by a son of the Rev. 

 M. Gore, near the Ahiishouses at Stoke. Some 

 time since, while looking- over a collection of bird.s 

 shot by Mr. G. Lillywhite, of Eton Wick, Buck- 

 inghamshire, I was agreeably surprised to see a fine 

 example of the Great Grey Shrike. It was shot by 

 Mr. Lillywhite on the banks of the Thames, not far 

 from Windsor, in the winter of 1865-66, and was 

 stufied by Mr. Drye, of Eton. 



Another, in the collection of the Rev. Bryant 

 Burgess, was killed a few years since at Hampden. 

 A Great Grey Shrike was shot at Hedsor, near Cook- 

 ham, in the autumn of 1867, and Mr. Briggs has noted 

 its occurrence in several instances at Billing Bear, 

 which is about ten miles from Cookham. 



Family — MusciCAPlDyE. 



Pied Fly-catcher {Muscicapa atricapilla). An 

 extremely rare visitor to these counties. 



Mr. Morris records that a Pied Fly-catcher was 

 killed many years ago within the county of Bucking- 

 hamshire, but not far from Uxbridge. A second was 

 procured in Berkshire about ten years since, and was 

 taken to Windsor to be preserved. My friend Cap- 

 tain Henry Elwes, of the Scots Fusilier Guards, 

 informed me that a well-authenticated nest, contain- 

 ing eggs, oi this rare species, was taken near Eton in 

 the summer of i860. 



