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Pratt inform me tbat Mr. Dresser has recently identified these as 

 true water pipits. 



Fulmar petrel {Fulmarus glacialis). Brighton. Dead specimen 

 washed ashore in 1858. Merrifield, " Natural History of Brighton," 

 p. 179. 



Wilson's petrel (Procellaria WilsoniJ. Sussex. Bond, Z., 

 1843, p. 148. 



This makes a total of 42 species to be added. 



The following may be considered doubtful : — 



Ross's gull {Larus Rossii). Pevensey, 1852. Ellman, Z., p. 

 3,388. Hartiug, in his list published in 1872, does not mention this 

 one, and Mr Booth thinks it very doubtful. 



Masked gull fL. caplstratus). Ofi" Brighton, February 25th, 

 1853. Morris' " British Bii-ds." This gull is said to be a vai-iety 

 of the blackhcaded gull, and is not mentioned in Harting's list. 



White heron. One shot by Mr 0. Bull. Horsfield's " History 

 of Lewes." It is not stated whether this is the great white heron 

 {ardea alba), and it is doubtful what bird is meant. 



Bartram's sandpiper (Toianus Bartraniii). Newhaveu, between 

 1836 and 1840. In the collection of the late Mr. Wille, of Lewes, 

 at the sale of his collection bought by Mr. John Dutton. Z., p. 

 9,118. There is much chance of uncertainty in the case of this 

 specimen. 



The Virginian parti-idge and Californian grouse have been 

 found, but they were only strays from preserves. 



The total in Mr. Knox's list was 249, to which the 42 before 

 mentioned being added made 291, which with 4 doubtful, would be 

 the total of Sussex birds. This was one of the largest totals of any 

 county in England. 



The Sussex birds might be divided into four classes, — extinct, 

 resident, migratory, and accidental visitors. 



Of the first class there were only two : — the chough (or Cornish 

 red-legged chough) and the great bustard. Of the former, White 

 said that it could be found at Beachy Head and all along the cliffs 



