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sand to the south of that stream it is of frequent 

 occurrence, particularly in the neighbourhood of 

 Storrington, Parham and Steyning, and again at 

 Henfield. It is common on the alluvial tract to 

 the south of the Downs between Chichester and 

 Brighton, is not unusual in the neighbourhood of 

 Bexhill, St. Leonard's and Hastings, but is only 

 sparingly scattered over the forest range in the 

 eastern division of the county. 



BLACK REDSTART, Phcenicura tithys. This spe- 

 cies seems to be a winter visitor to Sussex. It 

 has occurred near Hastings and Chichester, but 

 more frequently at Brighton than elsewhere. Of 

 these the greater number have been killed on or 

 near a large permanent heap of rubbish at Hove, 

 which would appear to possess some mysterious 

 charm for these birds. On the 5th of December, 

 1839, a female was killed there, and another on 

 the 30th. On the 9th of March, 1840, a male was 

 obtained on the same spot, and another in 1842. 

 During the winter of 1 847 two were shot in that 

 neighbourhood by Mr. Swaysland, which I saw 

 soon afterwards. 



On the 16th of October, 1839, a male was killed 

 in Oriental Place, and in January, 1848, a female 

 was caught alive in a greenhouse near the German 

 Spa ; a specimen was also captured in a garden 

 near the western road, in a nightingale-trap baited 



