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1883. Another was found in a dying con- 

 dition in a garden close to the borders of 

 Berks and Hants in 1893 (G. F. Phillips). 

 Mr. Bradshaw saw another caught by a 

 man named Little at Messrs. Huntley & 

 Palmer's, Reading, on October 24, 1899, 

 which was kept alive till October 27. 



214. Fork-tailed or Leach's Petrel. Oceano- 



drome leucorrhoa (Vieillot). 

 One was shot near Newbury in 1872 

 (Zool. 1873, p. 3455), and another found 



dead under the telegraph wires at Hurst on 

 November 10, 1899 (Bradshaw in lit.). 



215. Storm-Petrel. Procella ria pelagica, Linn. 

 Mr. Bicheno has recorded one taken near 

 Newbury in Berks (Yarrell, p. 43, ed. 4). 

 On March 7, 1871, Mr. Herbert saw one 

 that had been picked up dead near Wantage 

 some time prior to that date (Zool. 1871, p. 

 2563). Another was recorded in the Oxford 

 Times as having been shot on the river near 

 Kennington Island. 



ADDENDA 



47. Waxwing. Ampelis garrulus, Linn. 



On 3 April, 1905, a pair were seen by Major 

 Proctor on Maidenhead Thicket. 



48. Pied Flycatcher. Muscicapa atricapilla, Linn. 



A pair built a nest in an old pollard elm on the 

 Bath Road, near Reading, in June, 1897 (Norman 

 May in lit.) 

 63. Lesser Redpoll. Linota rufescens (Viellot). 



Comparatively common in the summer of 1905. 

 On 29 May of that year a nest of newly-hatched 

 young was found by the writer at Hennerton. 



73<j. Lapland Bunting. Calcarius lapponicus (Linn.) 

 Four seen 2 February, 1905, near Wellington 

 College, and one again, 26 February, near the 

 station (E. F. A. Hay). 



99<z. Scops Owl. Scops gui (Scopoli). 



One was caught alive under a turnip leaf at 

 Ashdown Parkin 1858, and presented to Gould by 

 Lord Craven (Gould, Birds of Great Britain, i. 33). 



loia. Montagu's Harrier. Circus cineraceus (Mont.) 



A male caught in a trap at Kingston Bagpuze 

 about 26 April, 1902, passed through the hands of 

 Mr. W. C. Darbey of Oxford for preservation. 



107. Honey Buzzard. Pernis apivorus (Linn.) 



A specimen killed at Shottesbrook about 1866 

 (W. J. Robson). Another killed at Park Place in 

 1810 is still in the collection of Lord Malmesbury. 



108. Peregrine Falcon. Falco peregrinus, Tunstall. 

 A bird of the year shot at Hurst on 18 December, 



1902. Another killed at Manor Farm, Longworth, 

 4 December, 1903 ; and a young female at Maiden 

 Erleigh on 16 December, 1904. 



no. Merlin. Falco eesalon, Tunstall. 



A male killed at Shinfield, I January, 1903, and a 

 female at Twyford, 20 January, 1904 (G. A. Topp). 



115. Gannet. Sula bassana (Linn.) 



A fine adult male was taken in an exhausted 

 condition at Grazeley on 20 May, 1902, and sent 

 to Mr. G. A. Topp for preservation. 



1 1 6. Common Heron. Ardea cinerea, Linn. 



A nearly white specimen was killed at Stratfield- 

 saye on 21 December, 1905 (G. A. Topp in lit.) 



1 20. Bittern. Botaurus stellaris (Linn.) 



Two were killed at Thatcham Marsh in the 

 winter of 1894 (N. May in lit.) 

 127. Whooper. Cygnus musicus, Bechstein. 



Mr. P. W. Munn has the skull of a whooper 

 shot near Newbury in 1838. 

 129. Common Sheld-Duck. Tadorna cornuta (S. 

 G. Gmelin). 



A fine female sheld-duck was picked up in an 

 exhausted condition at Shinfield on 1 6 February, 

 1904, and passed through Mr. G. A. Topp's hands 

 for preservation. 

 131. Shoveler. Spatula clypeata (Linn.) 



One shot by Mr. Wearing at Manor Farm, 

 Longworth, on 18 February, 1904 (T. Drew in lit.) 

 155. Quail. Coturnix communis, Bonnaterre. 



The Rev. J. G. Cornish records eggs having been 

 taken at Lockinge in 1902, and Mr. Norman May 

 sent the writer a quail killed on 5 September, 1904, 

 near Tilehurst Station. 

 174. Woodcock. Scolopax rusticula, Linn. 



A nest was found at Fence Wood, Hermitage, 

 in the spring of 1903 (Rev. J. G. Cornish in lit.) 

 181. Ruff. Machetes pugnax (Linn.) 



A male in change plumage was killed by Mr. 

 George Hoyle, near Wellington College, in the 

 autumn of 1900, and some of the feathers were 

 sent to the writer by Mr. E. F. A. Hay, of Welling- 

 ton College, for identification. 

 183. Green Sandpiper. Totanus ochropus (Linn.) 



One killed on 30 July, 1902, at Grazeley, and 

 another at Stratfieldsaye on 18 November, 1905 

 (G. A. Topp in lit.) 

 203<z. Guillemot. Uria troile (Linn.) 



One picked up dead near Newbury on 13 

 February, 1904 ; previously seen alive by Mr. 

 Shooter (G. A. Topp in lit.) 

 214. Leach's Fork-tailed Petrel. Oceanodroma leu- 

 corrhoa (Vieillot.) 



One found dead at Binfield Manor, Bracknell, 

 in December 1905, and sent to Messrs. Rowland 

 Ward for preservation. This is mentioned in 

 The Field as having been killed at Caversham. 



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