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Selbome" it was stated that "The people of Sussex call the missel 

 bird the storm cock, because it sings early in the spring, in blow- 

 ing, showery weather." At Chichester the appearance of a 

 cormorant on or about the Cathedral was said to i^resage the death 

 of one of its dignataries. The Brighton Herald said that, " On 

 July 29tb, 1836, a cormorant appeared on the north wall of the 

 City and was shot. They have been known to settle on the weather- 

 cock of the church, being a convenient resting place. It is 

 remembered l.>y many that a cormorant appeared on the Cathedral 

 previous to the death of Bishop Ashburnham." 



Since writing the paper he had discovered in the library a list 

 published by the Eastbourne Natural History Society, which con- 

 tained the following eleven birds : — Gyr-falcon, goshawk, great 

 sedge warbler, rock dove, Barbary partridge, harlequin duck, black 

 guillemot, roseate tern, noddy tern, sooty tern, and Bonapartian 

 gull. He had, of course, been unable to make enquiries about these 

 birds, but as regarded the first (the Gyr-falcon) Harting stated that 

 it had never been obtained in Great Bi'itain. The Eastbourne 

 Society enumerated 260 birds found in their district. 



In conclusion, he had to acknowledge the kindness of W. 

 Borre)', Esq.. E. T. Booth, Esq., and Messrs. Pratt in furnishing 

 him with information, and particularly to thank Mr. Wonf<jr for 

 allowing the birds to be brought out of the Museum to illustrate 

 his paper. 



The Chairman, Mr. J. E. Haselwood, Vice-President, invited 

 the meeting to pass a vote of thanks to Mr. Sawyer for his able 

 paper. He also congratulated Mr. Sawyer upon varying bis 

 professional labours by such study and research as had resulted in 

 the paper read. 



Mr. WONFOE reminded the meeting that Mr. Sawyer's paper 

 was the first outcome of one he read two years ago; and he was 

 obliged to Mr. Sawyer for coming forward as he had, and so assisting 

 in I'emovLng the slight from them — the mother society he might 

 say — that they were bebind other societies of the county in making 

 lists of mammals and birds. He also took this opportunity of re- 

 marking that of the mammals mentioned by Mr. Sawyer, the Museum 

 was deplorably deficient, in specimens of the brown rat, black rat, 

 common mouse, shrews, dormouse, mole, otter, harvest mouse, 



