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new district of Pulham will, no doubt, in the hands of a careful 

 observer, yield many interesting notes. 

 I have received the following 



NOTES ON RARE BIRDS IN 1904. 



RED-FOOTED FALCON (ORANGE-LEGGED HOBBY), (Falco vesper- 

 linus, L.). A young male of this species, often misnamed the 

 "Orange-legged Hobby," was shot at Keysworth Farm, near 

 Wareham, by Mr. George L. Pain on May igth, 1904. It was 

 identified by Rev. W. A. Newman, of Winterbourne Kingston, 

 and recorded by him on page 8 of the Dorset County Chronicle of 

 May 26th, 1904. Mr. Pain, whose sole object in shooting the 

 bird was to protect his young chickens, informs me that a pair 

 of Red-footed Falcons frequented Keysworth for some days 

 before the one was shot, and that the other remained for a few 

 days longer after the loss of its companion. This extremely 

 rare summer visitor to Britain is not included in the late Mr. 

 J. C. Mansel-Pleydell's " Birds of Dorsetshire," published in 

 1888, and does not appear to have been ever previously observed 

 in the county (E. R. B.). 



[It should be noted that the only English name used for this 

 species in Morris' British Birds is the " Orange-legged Hobby" 

 (Vol. L, p. 107, Ed. 1851) (N. M. R.).] 



PIED FLYCATCHER (Muscicapa atricapilla], One was seen 

 in the garden at Montevideo, Chickerell, on May 24th 

 (N. M. R.). 



MOORHEN (Gallinula chloropus}. The following appeared in 

 the Graphic of December loth, 1904 : " A perfectly white water 

 hen has been killed at Stour, in Dorset. Albinism happens to 

 almost all animals and birds, but is of extreme rarity in this 

 species. The specimen has been secured for South Kensing- 

 ton " (N. M. R.). 



LESSER SPOTTED WOODPECKER (Dendrocopus minor]. On 

 July 2nd I watched one near Pulham Rectory. The tapping is 

 frequently heard, though the bird is rather shy and hard to get 

 sight of (J. R.). 



