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for a cock flamingo weighs, at an average, about four pounds 

 avoirdupoise ; and his legs and thighs measure usually about 

 twenty inches. But four pounds are fifteen times and a 

 fraction more than four ounces and one quarter; and if four 

 ounces and a quarter have eight inches of legs, four pounds 

 must have one hundred and twenty inches and a fraction of legs, 

 viz., somewhat more than ten feet, such a monstrous propor- 

 tion as the world never saw ! If you should try the experiment 

 in still larger birds, the disparity would still increase. It must 

 be matter of great curiosity to see the stilt-plover move ; to ob- 

 serve how it can wield such a length of lever with such feeble 

 muscles as the thighs seem to be furnished with. At best, one 

 should expect it to be but a bad walker : but what adds to the 

 wonder is, that it has no back toe. Now, without that steady 

 prop to support its steps, it must be liable, in speculation, to 

 perpetual vacillations, and seldom able to preserve the true cen- 

 tre of gravity." White's Selborne, Letter xci. addressed to the 

 Hon. Dames Harrington. 



Black-tailed Godwit. Inserted on the authority of Mr. Lew- 

 cock. J. D. Salmon. 



Ruff. A considerable flight of these birds, apparently all of 

 them young ones, was found near Godalming on the 20th of 

 August, 1836. W. K. 



Great Snipe. Inserted on the authority of Mr. Lewcock. 

 J. D. Salmon. 



Curlew Sandpiper. Inserted on the authority of Mr. Man- 

 sell. J. D. Salmon. 



Knot. A specimen was shot in the neighbourhood of the 

 Pudmoors within the last few days, December 25, 1844. J. D. 

 Salmon. 



Dunlin. Inserted on the authority of Mr. Lewcock. J. D. 

 Salmon. 



Spotted Crake. Inserted on the authority of Mr. Lewcock. 

 J. D. Salmon. 



Little Crake. 



Gray Phalarope. The gray phalarope has been shot occa- 

 sionally about Godalming and Guildford. W. K. A male 



