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whicli was found dead^ but in excellent condition^ buried in 

 a snow-drift^ by Avliicli, as no sliot-marks were found on the 

 skin, it had apparently been overwhelmed while asleep, on tlie 

 bank of a ditch in the level near Alfriston. In my own notes 

 I find the following : — On February 19th, 1844, I saw, at a 

 bird-stuffer^s at Brighton, two adult male specimens of the 

 Smew, which had been shot at Amberley, during the last 

 week of the previous month. Mr. Parker has noted that a 

 bird of this species was shot by Mr. Dunn, at Paul Grove, 

 near Bexhill, which is now in his possession. Mr. Jeffery 

 (p. n.) tells us that a young male was shot at Chichester 

 Harbour in January 1861 ; an adult male, near Mundham, in 

 January 1870 ; a female, at Bosham Mill Pond, September 

 1875 ; another at Ratham, December 10th, 1875 ; and a fifth, 

 a female, at Bosham, March 8th, 1888. In the ' Zoologist ' 

 (p. 4762) it is stated that in May 1855 Mr. Grantham ob- 

 tained a female, between Cuckmere Haven and Seaford. In 

 p. 9046, Mr. Dutton records an adult male shot at Cuckmere 

 Haven, in February 1864; at p. 9101, an immature specimen 

 shot near Eastbourne; and at p. 9578 he says that Mr. Bates, 

 of Eastbourne, received an immature specimen, February 

 1865. 



