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amongst the very rarest of our occasional visitors. 

 One, a splendid mature male, said to have been shot 

 near Grimsby, was obtained in the flesh by Mr. 

 Boulton about seven or eight years since. 



Another was received by Mr. Clayton, the Louth 

 bird-stuffer, shot in that neighbourhood, as near as 

 he can recollect, some time in 1867. 



These, as far as I am aware, are the only recent 

 occurrences on our coast *. 



165. IBIS FALCINELLUS (Gmelin) . Glossy Ibis. 



Some time in the autumn of 1869 a Glossy Ibis 

 was shot on Reed Island near the mouth of the Trent 

 by Mr. R. Pilkinton, and received in the flesh by 

 Mr. Gravil, of Epworth. It is now in the collection 

 of Mr. J. H. Gurney, Jun. An immature specimen 

 was obtained at Filey, in 1863 (Roberta's Scarborough 

 List). 



GBALLATOEES. SCOLOPACID^E. 



166. NUMENIUS ARQUATUS (Linnaeus). Curleiv. 

 Provincial. Whaup. 



Common during a great portion of the year on the 

 Humber shores, leaving us for a short period in the 



* From the notices in the 'Zoologist' and ' Field' newspaper, 

 specimens of the Spoonbill appear to be met with almost every 

 year in the spring on the coasts of Norfolk and Suffolk. It is 

 still not uncommon in Holland j on the 24th of July, 1872, 1 saw 

 a pair of old birds near the mouth of the Western Schelde. 



