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Cuckmere haven, by a person in the employment 

 of Mr. Scott, of Littlington, near Lewes. 



BEE-EATER, Merops apiaster. A specimen of 

 this rare straggler was shot by serjeant Carter 

 near Chichester on the 6th of May, 1829. 



Family HALCYONID.E. 



KINGFISHER, Alcedo ispida. Breeds in deep 

 holes, on the steep banks of some of the clear 

 streams on the sandstone formation. Is very rare 

 during that season in the weald, where the waters 

 are generally turbid. Frequents salt marshes near 

 the coast in the winter. 



Family HIRUNDINID.E. 



SWALLOW, Hirundo rustica. Abundant. 



MARTIN, Hirundo urbica. Equally so. 



SAND MARTIN, Hirundo riparia. Almost un- 

 known in the weald of West Sussex, but common 

 to the south of that district. Most of the large 

 sandpits in the county are honeycombed by colo- 

 nies of these birds. It is rare among the Downs, 

 and of unusual occurrence on the maritime tract 

 between them and the sea. 



COMMON SWIFT, Cypselus apus. Provincial, 

 Screecher. Abundant. Arrives about the 1st of 

 May, and leaves us about the middle of August. 



