List of the Birds of the New Forest District. [APP. 



KITE. (Fulco milvus, Lin.) Very 

 scarce. Mr. Farrcn, however, in April, 

 1861, was lucky enough to see a solitary 

 bird ; and another, as L. H. Cumber- 

 batch, Esq., informs me, was trapped at 

 New Park, about six years ago, in the 

 winter. 



ROCGH-LEGGED BCZZARD. (Falco 



lagopus, Brim.) Mr. Rake informs me 

 that a specimen was trapped near Ford- 

 ingbridge, in the summer of 1857. It 

 is, however, more generally noticed later 

 in the year. 



LITTLE OWL (Strix passerina, Lath.) 

 When Mr. Farren first mentioned this 

 bird as breeding in the Forest, I was 

 somewhat incredulous. Subsequent in- 

 quiries, however, have left no doubt on 

 my mind that the bird is sometimes 

 seen, though mistaken for a hawk. Mr. 

 Farren, as far back as 1859, found two 

 eggs in a hole of an oak, which seem to 

 have been those of this bird ; and in 

 1862 I received information of a hawk 

 laying white eggs in a hollow tree, but 

 which were unfortunately broken. I 

 hope, however, some day to be able to 

 give more satisfactory information on 

 the subject. 



ASH-COLOURED HARRIER. (Fdlco 



cineraceus, Mont.) Mr. Hart has, during 

 the last twenty years, received three or 

 four specimens to stuff one in the 

 winter of 18C1. Mr. Farren saw a male 

 bird, April, 1861. 



GREAT GREY SHRIKE. (Lanius excu- 

 bitor, Lin.) A straggler is now and 

 then killed by the Forest keepers. 



WOODCHAT SHRIKE. (Lanius rufus, 

 Briss.) As some pairs are sometimes 

 to be seen in the summer, I should 

 not be surprised to hear of its 

 breeding, more especially as Mr. Bond 

 has obtained its eggs in the Isle of 

 Wight. 



PIED FLYCATCHER. (Muscicapa atri- 

 capilla, Lin.) A specimen was shot by 

 the late Mr. Toomer, Forest keeper, 

 June, 1857 ; but I cannot learn whether 

 male or female. 

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WHITE'S THRUSH. (Turdus Whitei, 

 Eyton.) Two specimens have been ob- 

 tained ; one in the actual Forest shot by 

 a Forest kee]>er, and which passed into 

 Mr. Bigge's collection ; and the other, 

 not far from its borders at Heron Court, 

 by Lord Mahnesbury, and which is 

 figured in Yarrell, vol. i., p. 202. For 

 the best account of this bird see Mr. 

 Tomes' description in the Ibis, vol. i., 

 number iv., p. 379, of a specimen killed 

 in Warwickshire. 



GOLDEN ORIOLE. (Oriolus gaJbula, 

 Lin.) A specimen was killed in the 

 Forest by one of the keepers, some fifteen 

 years ago. 



BLACK REDSTART. (Sylvia tithys, 

 Scop.) I am almost inclined to put 

 this, as Mr. Knox has done in his ex- 

 cellent Ornithological Rambles (page 

 193), and Mr. More in his list of the 

 birds of the Isle of Wight, among the 

 winter visitors, so many examples having 

 occurred. 



GREAT SEDGE WARBLER. (Sylvia 

 turdoides, Meyer.) Mr. Fan-en, in June, 

 1858, found between Brockenhurst and 

 Lyndhurst, a nest, containing five eggs, 

 which were supposed to be those ol 

 this bird, and were exhibited at a 

 meeting of the Linnasan Society. They 

 are now, I believe, in the collection of 

 Mr. Seeley. 



FIRECRESTED REGULrs. ( Regulus 

 ignirapillus, Xawm.) Sometimes seen 

 in the winter, but rare. 



CRESTED TITMOUSE. (Parus cris- 

 tatus, Lin.) Mr. Hart has once only 

 received a specimen, killed in Stanpit 

 Marsh, near Christchurch. The bird 

 has also been killed in the Isle of 

 Wight. 



BEARDED TITMOUSE. (Parus biar- 



micus, Lin.) I once received the eggs 



of this bird, taken amongst the reeds of 



the Boldre stream, the only instance, I 



believe, of its breeding so far south. 



i The bird has also been seen near Christ- 



: church, among the rashes close to the 



mouth of the harbour. 



