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Another specimen, an adult female, was shot in Eye 

 Harbour, Sussex, on June 18th, 1903, by a man named 

 Kansom, and brought to Mr. Bristow, at St. Leonard's. It 

 was seen in the flesh by Mr. Kuskin Butterfield, and was 

 exhibited by Lieut. Boyd Alexander at a meeting of the 

 British Ornithologists' Club, held October 21st, 1903. At 

 the same meeting, another specimen, an adult male, shot on 

 Eomney Marsh, on June 17th, 1903, by a man named Jones, 

 was also exhibited. The last-named bird is now in the 

 collection of Mr. Fleetwood Ashburnham, at Broomham 

 Park, Hastings, and is additional to the one recorded in 

 vol. xiii. of the ' Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' 

 Club.' Thus three examples of this species, new to the 

 British list, were obtained almost at the same time (Bull. 

 B.O.C., vol. xiv, p. 17 ; W. Kuskin Butterfield, 'Zoologist,' 

 1903, p. 392). 



Family CHAEADEIID^E. 

 BAIRD'S SANDPIPER. Tringa bairdi (Coues). 



An immature female example of this Sandpiper was shot 

 at Eye Harbour, Sussex, on October llth, 1900, and sent to 

 Mr. Hartert by its discoverer and owner, Mr. Michael John 

 Nicoll. It was seen in the flesh by Mr. W. Euskin Butter- 

 field, and was exhibited by Mr. Hartert at a meeting of 

 the British Ornithologists' Club, held November 21st, 1900 

 (Bull. B.O.C., vol. xi,p. 27; M. J. Nicoll, 'Zoologist/ 1901, 

 pp. 31,32; ' Ibis,' 1901, p. 158). 



Order TURBINARES. 



Family PUFFINID^E. 



MEDITERRANEAN SHEARWATER. Puffinus kuhli (Boie). 



A female specimen of this Shearwater was picked up 

 dead on the Pevensey beach, Sussex, on February 21st, 

 1906, by a man named Jenner. The bird was carefully 

 examined in the flesh by Mr. W. Euskin Butterfield, who 

 exhibited it at a meeting of the British Ornithologists' 

 Club, held March 21st, 1906 (Bull. B.O.C., vol. xvi, p. 71). 



