316 List of the Birds of the New Forest District. [app. 



111.) Not uncommon. My friend, Mr. 

 Tanner, has killed both male and female 

 in summer plumage. 



Otster-catciier. {Hcematopus ostra- 

 legus, Lin.) By no means uncommon. 



Purple Heron. (^Ardea purpxirea, 

 Lin.) One or two specimens have 

 occasionally been shot. 



Little Egret. {Ardea garzetta, 

 Lin.) Mr. Rake informs me that one 

 was said to have been shot some years 

 ago at Hale, on the borders of the 

 Forest. Yarrell mentions another (vol. ii., 

 p. 554) killed, in 1822, on the Stour near 

 Christchurch. 



Squacco Heron. (Ardea ralloides, 

 Scop.) A solitary specimen, shot a few 

 years ago at Christchurch Harbour, is 

 now in Lord Malmesbury's collection. 

 See Eyton's Rarer British Birds, p. 100, 

 where Dewhurst must probably be a 

 misprint for Christchurch. 



Little Bittern. {Ardea minuta, 

 Lin.) Mr. Hart, to whom I am under 

 so many obligations for notices of our 

 stragglers, informs me that a fine male 

 bird was shot, April, 26, 1862, on the 

 borders of the Forest, at Heron Court, 

 by one of Lord Malmesbury's keepers. 



Night Heron. {Nycticorax ardeola, 

 Tem.) Mr. Hart has occasionally re- 

 ceived a specimen. 



Glossy Ibis. {Ibis falcinellus, Tem.) 

 Mr. Hart killed a young pair in a mea- 

 dow near Christchurch Harbour in Sep- 

 tember, 1859. 



Whimbrel. {Numenius pkceopus, 

 Lath.) Not so very uncommon during 

 the late autumn and winter months along 

 the harbours of the coast. 



Spotted Redshank. ( Totanus 

 fuscus, Leisl.) On the authority of Mr. 

 Hart, who has killed it in Christchurch 

 Harbour. 



AvocET. {Recurvirostra avocetta, 

 Lin.) Mr. Rake informs me of a speci- 

 men shot at Exbury, Dec. 1858. 



Blacktailed Goowit. (Limosa 

 melanura, I^cisl.) Mr. Hart received 

 one in the spring of 1860, and a fine 

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specimen was killed by one of the Forest 

 keepers, some twenty years ago, on 

 Ocknell pond. Hawker, who well knew 

 the sea-coast of the New Forest, men- 

 tions large flocks of " grey godwits " off 

 Keyhaven, May, 1842, but he does not 

 distinguish between this and the next 

 species. 



Bartailed Godwit. {Limosa rufa, 

 Briss.) Mr. Hart had two pair brought 

 to him from the Mudeford Marsh, in the 

 summer of 1861. 



Ruff. {Machetes pugnax, Cuv.) A 

 specimen is now and then killed. 



Great Snipe. {Scolopax major, 

 Gmel.) Generally one or two may be 

 seen in the Forest every winter. Mr. 

 Cooper, the Forest keeper, to whom I 

 have previously referred, tells me that 

 during the last twenty years he has shot 

 some six or seven specimens, and has 

 seen as many more killed. 



Sabine's Snipe. {Scolopax Sabini, 

 Vigors.) See Common Snipe ( Scolopax 

 gallinago), in the list of residents, 

 p. 309. 



Curlew Sandpiper. {Tringa sub- 

 arquata, Tem.) 



Little Stint. {Tringa minuta, 

 Leisl.) Like the preceding, not so very 

 unfrequent along the coast. 



Purple Sandpiper. ( Tringa mari- 

 tima, Briin.) Occasionally seen in 

 Christchurch Harbour. 



Spotted Crake. {Gallinula por- 

 zana, Lath.) Has been seen both in 

 winter and summer ; and I should 

 not be surprised to hear of its breed- 

 ing. 



Baillon's Crake. {Gallinula Bail- 

 lonii, Tem.) A female was shot near 

 Linwood, in the Forest, Nov., 1860. 



Grey Phalarope. {Phalaropus 

 platijrhyncus, Tem.) Mr. Rake in- 

 fornis me that several sjiecimens were 

 killed on the Avon in the .severe winter 

 of 1855-6, and again in 1860-1. Mr. 

 Tanner has a pair in his collection, 

 shot in the mouth of Christchurch 

 Harbour in summer plumage. 



