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the Portland Ferry- bridge in October 1867, and 

 another was shot by Mr. W. Thompson the following 

 month at Lodmoor ; a third was obtained at Poole in 

 1869. Mr. T. M. Pike informs me that he once saw 

 one on the wing close to Patchin's Point, a well- 

 known resort of waders jutting out from the Arne 

 peninsula. 



BLACK-WINGED STILT. Himantopus candidus, Bonnaterre. 



Yarrett, iii. p. 305 ; Harting, p. 135 ; Dresser, vii. p. 587 ; Ibis 

 List, p. 163; Himantopus melanopterus, Seebohm, iii p. 

 79 ; Charadrius himantopus, Pulteney 1 s List, p. 16. 



The Black-winged Stilt, like the Avocet, is a rare 

 and accidental visitant on migration. Pulteney says, 

 " I have not seen the bird, but from the accounts I 

 have received, it cannot be doubted that it has been 

 seen in the neighbourhood of Poole, and it is certain 

 that it was killed in Hampshire." One was shot at 

 Lodmoor in 1837 (W. Thompson). 



GREY PHALAKOPE. PJialaropus fulicarius, (L.) 



Tarrell, iii. p. 310; Harting, p. 50; Dresser, vii. p. 605; See- 

 bohm, iii. p. 85 ; Ibis List, p. 164 ; Tringa lobata, Pulteney 1 8 

 List, p. 15. 



The Grey Phalarope is an occasional winter visitor 

 to our coast. Pulteney notices one which was shot 

 on the Stour near Blandford in the year 1 7 74, eleven 

 years after it had been first described as a British 

 bird. At the period of the autumnal migration this 

 little bird is sometimes very common. In the autumn 



