120 THE BIRDS OF BERKS AND BUCKS. 



seen for some days in some meadows near Fawley 

 and Greenlands, Bucks, during December, 1860, and 

 January, 1861. Two were afterwards shot at Med- 

 menham. 



One was killed on the Thames, on a cold day in 

 1 86 1, not far from Windsor; and the Rev. F. Morris 

 states on the authority of Mr. Wilmot that a flock of 

 five appeared in January, 1855, between the village of 

 Cookham and Maidenhead, of which two were shot. 

 A few occasionally rest for a time on the river in 

 winter before continuing their journey, but this is not 

 often the case. This Swan has been procured near 

 Chesham, and at Surley, where several have been shot 

 in severe seasons by the Thames watermen. It has 

 also occurred at Cookham. 



In the winter of 1838, a couple of Hoopers were 

 shot by a bargeman named Plumbridge, just above 

 Surley Hall; and I am indebted to the Rev. Bryant 

 Burgess for the notice of one which was killed on the 

 water at Latimer a few years ago, and which is now 

 in the collection of Lord Chesham. 



On the 2 ist of February, 1864, five Wild Swans 

 were seen at Fawley, and with them were two Mute 

 Swans, which they had probably enticed away from 

 some private water. The two latter were killed, but 

 the Hoopers flew westward over the Chiltern Hills. 



The Rev. H. H. Crewe states that the Hooper 

 occasionally visits the reservoirs at Wilstone and 

 Marsworth in severe winters. 



