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HOOPOE. 



Obtained with Mr. Robinson on his farm at Saddles- 

 combe, near Poynings, Sussex, on the 24th of April, 1882. 

 It was found on a bare ploughed field in a high wind. 



See " Rough Notes," Vol. II., Plate 2. 



WHOOPEE. 



The numbers of these fine birds that visit the 

 southern portion of the British Islands vary with 

 the seasons ; considerable flocks being at times 

 observed during protracted frost all round our 

 coasts, and on any of the larger sheets of inland 

 water that remain open ; while during mild weather 

 few, if any, make their appearance. 



In the north of Scotland they arrive in the 

 autumn and remain during the winter, frequenting 

 the shallow lochs where food is abundant, unless 

 driven from their haunts by the severity of the 

 weather. 



The specimen in the case was shot in Romney 

 Marsh, in Kent, during the winter of 1859 or I860. 

 See " Rough Notes," Vol. III., Plate 2. 



CANADA GOOSE. 



Shot February 28th, 1878, near Xorwich. 



COMMON SCOTER. 



A male, with a white patch under the throat, the yellow 

 mark on the beak continued over the nail. Shot January 

 10th, 1881, off Shpreham, Sussex. 



See Mr. J. H. Gurney's paper in the " Zoologist," 

 August, 1894. 



