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Curlew. Seen several times and killed at Copped Hall. 



Curlew Sandpiper. A specimen procured by the late Mr. 

 Doubleday of Epping was jjresented by him to the 

 British Museum. 



Little Stint. Has once at least been procured near Epping. 

 The specimen referred to is in the British Museum. 



Gray Phalarope. " I set up a fine example of this beautiful 

 bird, shot by the Rev. L. Cockerell at a brook, North 

 Weald." — J. L. E. Another specimen was killed some 

 years since at Wanstead Park. 



Coot. Breeds in Wanstead Park, where they are numerous, 

 and have become remarkably tame since the public have 

 been admitted. 



Moorhen. Most abundant in Wanstead Park and most of 

 the Forest ponds. 



Spotted Crake. Occasionally met with in the soft low-lying 

 parts of the Forest, such as would be attractive to snipe. 

 One may be seen preserved at the house of the head 

 keeper, Broad Strood Lodge. 



Great-crested Grebe. "I observed a female bird on the 

 Wanstead basin for several days in the spring of 1S83." — 

 A. L. 



Red-necked Grebe. " In February 1877 one of these birds 

 remained for almost a week on the basin in Wanstead 

 Park. I watched it repeatedly with a good telescope. 

 It was in fine plumage." — A. L. 



Little Grebe or Dabchick. A great traveller notwithstand- 

 ing his short wings. Frequently seen in the spring 

 in the lower and open ponds in Wanstead Park, but is 

 said not to remain to breed. I observed a pair on my 

 own pond for the first time in the spring of 1S84, and 

 I believe them to have had a nest. 



Red-throated Diver. " In January 1S77 I watched one 

 of these rare visitors on the Wanstead basin. My 

 telescope showed the speckling on the back quite 

 distinctly ; it was therefore probably a young bird." — 

 A. L. 



Wild Duck. Breeds annually in several parts of the Forest. 

 A small party of them frequented Connaught Water 

 throughout the winters of 1883-84, and, being left alone, 

 became very tame. 



Widgeon. May be seen occasionally in winter. 



Teal. Several frequented the Wanstead Park waters in the 

 spring of 1883, and in the following spring I saw a single 

 bird on Connaught Water. We hope that it will take 

 to breeding there. 



Scaup. A flock of seven or eight remained on the Wanstead 



