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near Hailsham, and on the 1st of September in 

 the same year, my friend, Captain Shirley, shot a 

 bird of this species at Lurgashall, about four miles 

 north of Petworth, and nearly twenty from the sea. 

 It rose at some distance, from the banks of a large 

 pond, and continued to fly round his head for 

 a considerable time in wide but gradually di- 

 minishing circles. This specimen, which he 

 kindly forwarded to me immediately, was a bird 

 of the year. 



BLACK-TAILED GODWIT, . Limosa melanura. A 

 very rare bird in Sussex. I have never seen a re- 

 cent example, but it has been killed once or twice, 

 in the immature state, near Amberley ; also on 

 Pevensey levels and Rye marshes. 



BAR-TAILED GODWIT, Limosa rufa. I will ad- 

 duce this bird as an example of the vernal and 

 autumnal migrations which I believe to be per- 

 formed by most of the Grallatores. 



In summer there are, perhaps, fewer of the Sco- 

 lopacidaB in Sussex than at any other period of the 

 year. About the beginning of September their num- 

 bers rapidly increase, being reinforced by parties 

 arriving from their summer quarters in the North, 

 on their way to the South of Europe. They are 

 at this time, generally speaking, more abundant 

 on our shores than at any other, although many of 

 course remain with us during the winter, and may 



