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Whitefronted Goose. (Anser 

 albifrons, Hechst.) 



Bersacle Goose. (^Anser leucopsis, 

 Bcchst.) From Mr. Hart I learn that a 

 pair were killed some years ago between 

 Christchureh and Barton. 



^GYi'Ti.w Goose. (Aiiser ^^(jyp- 

 tiacHs, Jenvns.) From Mr. Kake I 

 learn that a specimen was killed on 

 the Avon, near Bicton Mill, Fcbrnary, 

 1855. 



Bewick's Swan. (Ci/gnus minor. 

 Keys and Bl.) 



Shovkli-kk. (.Inns clypeata, Lin.) 

 Mr. Rake, in liis manuscript notes, 

 which he so kindly put in my hands, 

 mentions that this and the gadwall and 

 Bewick's swan, were killed on the Avon 

 during the hard winter of 1855. 

 Gadwall. {Anas strepera, Lin.) 

 Garganey. {Anas querquedula, 

 Lin.) 



Eider DrcK. {Anas mollissima, 

 Lin.) 



Velvet Scoter. ( Anas fusca, Lin.) 

 Sometimes shot by the Mudeford fisher- 

 men, but always outside the bar of the 

 harbour. 



Long-tailed Dcck. {Anas ylacialis, 

 Lin.) 



Golden Eye. {Anas clangula, Lin.) 

 Smew. {Mergus albellus, Lin.) Seen, 

 like the two previous, during hard 

 winters on the Avon. Mr. Rake notes 

 that one was killed at Brcaniore, Nov., 

 1855 ; and Mr. Hart WTites that he once 

 saw a person kill twc at one shot in 

 Christchurch Harbou'-. 



Goosander. {Meryusme/ganser, Lin.) 

 Rather rare. Mr. Rake, however, in- 

 forms me that one male and two or 

 three females were killed near Fording- 

 bridge in the winter of 1855. 



Red-necked Greije. {Podkeps rufi- 

 collis, Lath.) Rather rare. 



Sclavonian (iREUE. {Podiccps cor- 

 nutus, Lath.) Very rare. Mr. Hart has 

 never ktiown an instance of one being 

 killed, though he has received a specimen 

 or two from the Dorsetshire coast. 



Eared Grebe. (Podiceps aurifus. 

 Lath.) Rather rare, but occasionally 

 killed by the Mudeford fishermen. 



Black-throated Diver. {Colymbus 

 arcticus, Lin.) Occurs pretty ))lenti- 

 fully during some winters along the 

 coast. 



Little Auk. {Uria alle, Tem.) 

 Found sometimes along the coast after 

 a heavy stonn. 



Caspian Tern. {SternaCaspia,Va.]\.) 

 On the authority of Mr. Hart one was 

 shot, about ten years ago, in Christ- 

 church Harbour. 



Common Tern. {Sterna hirundo, 

 Lin.) This, with the next, is sometimes, 

 after a heavy gale, picked uj) in an 

 exhausted state. I saw one which had 

 been thus caught near Fordingbridge in 

 September, 1861. 



Artic Tern. {Sterna arctica, 

 Flem.) 



Lesser Tern. {Sterna minuta, Lin.) 

 Seen during a hard winter. 



Black Tern. {Sterna nigra, Briss.) 

 A pair were, not long ago, shot by Mr. 

 Charles Reeks, near the Old Bridge, 

 Christchurch. 



Little Gull. {Lams niinittiis. Rail.) 

 Mr. Rake informs me that a jiair of these 

 rare birds were killed near Brcamorc, in 

 November, 1855. 



Glaucous Gull. {Lotus glaucus, 

 Briin.) A solitary specimen has, I 

 I believe, once been shot near Christ- 

 church, by the Hon. Grantlcy Berkeley, 

 in whose collection it is. 



Common Skua. {Lestris ratarrarles, 

 111.) Occasionally killed Hying round 

 Christchurch Head. 



Fokk-tailed Petrel. {Thalussi- 

 droma Z,<at7/i(, Tem.) Mr. Rake informs 

 me that a specimen was picked up 

 dead, near Fordingbridge, November, 

 1859. 



Stormy Petrel. ( Thalassidroma 

 peUnjica, Vigors.) Frcijucntly jiickcd 

 up dead, or cxhau.sted, along the coast, 

 alter severe weather, with the wind 

 blowing from the west. 



