III.] 



The Rarer Visitors and Stragglers. 



WHITEFRONTED GOOSE. (Anser 

 albifrons, Bechst.) 



BERNACLE GOOSE. {Anser leucopsis, 

 Bechst ) From Mr. Hart I learn that a 

 pair were killed some years ago between 

 Christchurch and Barton. 



^EGYPTIAN GOOSE. {Anser JEgyp- 

 tiacus, Jenyns ) From Mr. Rake I 

 learn that a specimen was killed on 

 the Avon, near Bicton Mill, February, 

 J855. 



BEWICK'S SWAN. (Cygnus minor, 

 Keys and Bl.) 



SHOVELLER. {Anas clypeata, Lin.) 

 Mr, Rake, in his manuscript notes, 

 which he so kindly put in my hands, 

 mentions that this and the gadwall and 

 Bewick's swan, were killed on the Avon 

 during the hard winter of 1855. 



GADWALL. {Anas strepera, Lin.) 



GARGANEY. {Anas querquedula, 

 Lin.) 



EIDER DUCK. {Anas mollissima, 

 Lin.) 



VELVET SCOTER. (Anasfusca, Lin.) 

 Sometimes shot by the Mudeford fisher- 

 men, but always outside the bar of the 

 harbour. 



LONG-TAILED DUCK. {Anas glacialls, 

 Lin.) 



GOLDEN EYE. ( Anas dangula, Lin.) 



SMEW. {Mergus albellus, Lin.) Seen, 

 like the two previous, during hard 

 winters on the Avon. Mr. Rake notes 

 that one was killed at Breamore, Nov., 

 1855 ; and Mr. Hart writes that he once 

 saw a person kill two at one shot in 

 Christchurch Harbour. 



GOOSANDER. {Mergus merganser, Lin.) 

 Rather rare. Mr. Rake, however, in- 

 forms me that one male and two or 

 three females were killed near Fording- 

 bridge in the winter of 1855. 



RED-NECKED GREBE. {Podiceps rufi- 

 collis, Lath.) Rather rare. 



SCLAVONIAN GREBE. {Podiceps cor- 

 nutus, Lath.) Very rare. Mr. Hart has 

 never known an instance of one being 

 killed, though he has received a specimen 

 or two from the Dorsetshire coast. 



EARED GREBE. {Podiceps auritux, 

 Lath.) Rather rare, but occasionally 

 killed by the Mudeford fishermen. 



BLACK-THROATED DIVER {Colymbus 

 arcticus, Lin.) Occurs pretty plenti- 

 fully during some winters along the 

 coast. 



LITTLE AUK. {Uria alle, Tern.) 

 Found sometimes along the coast after 

 a heavy storm. 



CASPIAN TERN. {SternaCaspia,Y&\\.') 

 On the authority of Mr. Hart one was 

 shot, about ten years ago, in Christ- 

 church Harbour. 



COMMON TERN. {Sterna hirundo, 

 Lin.) This, with the next, is sometimes, 

 after a heavy gale, picked up in an 

 exhausted state. I saw one which had 

 been thus caught near Fordingbridge in 

 September, 1861. 



AKTIC TERN. {Sterna arctica, 

 Flem.) 



LESSER TERN. {Sterna minuta, Lin.) 

 Seen during a hard winter. 



BLACK TERN. {Sterna nigra, Briss.) 

 A pair were, not long ago, shot by Mr. 

 Charles Reeks, near the Old Bridge, 

 Christchurch. 



LITTLE GULL. {Larus minutus, Pall.) 

 Mr. Rake informs me that a pair of these 

 rare birds were killed near Breamore, in 

 | November, 1855. 



GLAUCOUS GULL. {Lai us glaucus, 

 I Briin.) A solitary specimen has, I 

 | believe, once been shot near Christ- 

 church, by the Hon. Grantley Berkeley, 

 in whose collection it is. 



COMMON SKUA. {Lestris catarractes, 

 111.) Occasionally killed flying round 

 Christchurch Head. 



FORK-TAILED PETREL. ( Thalassi- 

 droma Leachii, Tern.) Mr. Rake informs 

 me that a specimen was picked up 

 dead, near Fordingbridge, November, 

 18 ',9. 



STORMY PETREL. ( Thalassidroma 

 pelagica, Vigors.) Frequently picked 

 up dead, or exhausted, along the coast, 

 after severe weather, with the wind 

 blowing from the west. 



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