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and October 8th, and a great many were met with in 

 Dorsetshire. Mr. J. H. Gurney, jun., in a pamphlet 

 which he published in the spring of 1867, has sum- 

 marised the occurrences which were reported, and 

 referring to Dorsetshire, he says (p. 17): "In the 

 county of Dorset I am able to record nineteen at 

 Weymouth, viz., a dozen set up by Mr. Eolls, who 

 declares a hundred must have been brought to his 

 door. There were also some shot at Abbotsbury, 

 where two were observed swimming in a ditch within 

 a hundred yards of a much-frequented road. Two of 

 those stuffed by Mr. Rolls were killed on the igth 

 September by Mr. S. A. Pretor, and two others in 

 addition were brought in on the 2 1 st, on which day 

 a gunner offered Mr. Thompson of Weymouth five 

 for sale. One at Piddle Trenthide Manor-house on 

 September 2Oth, was recorded by Rev. C. Bingham 

 at the time in Science Gossip. On September 24th 

 in that year, a Grey Phalarope was obtained at 

 Wareham, on the property of Mr. Edward Weld, who 

 wrote me word that about the same time he flushed 

 one in a turnip-field. In addition to these, one was 

 shot by a shepherd at Whatcombe ; two by the keeper 

 of Hemngston Manor; one at Dorchester; one at 

 Portland (September 24th) ; and lastly, one at Brid- 

 port, which was caught alive by the children of the 

 Rev. Melville Lee in a field between that place 

 and the harbour. In January 1873 one was shot 

 near the Portland Ferry-bridge by Captain Pretor, 

 and several have been seen in Kimmeridge Bay at 

 various times. In the autumn of 1876 Mr. T. M. 



