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While walking late in autumn in the neighbourhood 

 of Slough and Chalvey, I have listened with pleasure 

 to the wild and plaintive note of the Curlew, which 

 may usually be heard before the bird which utters it 

 is seen ; and I have occasionally seen a Curlew flying 

 high in the air, over Windsor Park. 



WHIMBREL (Numenius ph&opus)* Not so common 

 a species as the last-mentioned, but occasionally a 

 specimen is killed on the river in spring and autumn, 

 at which season, as is the case with most of the Oral- 

 latores, a regular migration takes place. 



The Whimbrel has been met with near Cookham 

 and Surley ; and the Rev. Harpur Crewe sent me 

 the following note on the occurrence of this species 

 near Drayton Beauchamp : ' A few specimens of the 

 Whimbrel are seen almost every winter on the banks 

 of the reservoirs here ;' that is to say, the Marsworth 

 reservoir, belonging to the Paddington Canal Com- 

 pany ; the Weston Turville sheet of water ; and the 

 canals at Halton and Wilstone. 



GREEN SANDPIPER ( Tetanus ocliropus). The Green 

 Sandpiper is not a common bird, but is occasionally 

 seen during the period of the vernal and autumnal 

 migration. Mr. Gould-f- says that he is indebted to 

 the Duke of Argyle for the opportunity of examining 



* In some counties the local name for this bird is the Titterel, from its 

 note which Yarrell renders by the words * tetty, tetty, tetty, tet,' which 

 are quickly repeated. 



+ ' Birds of Great Britain.' 



