318 TAst of the Birds of the New Forest District. 



Adopting Yarrell's census, an analysis of these lists gives to the 

 Forest district 72 out of the 140 British residents, 31 out of our 63 

 summer visitors, 35 winter visitors, and of rarer birds and stragglers, 

 90 ; or altogether, including the two birds of double passage, 230 species 

 out of the whole 354. 



Since these lists were arranged, Mr. Rake sends me word, concerning 

 the reed wren, that in the winter of 1858, a nest, evidently built the 

 preceding summer, and exactly resembling that bird's, was found in a 

 thick bed of reeds on the bank of the Avon, near Fordingb ridge, but 

 he has never seen the birds or eggs from the neighbourhood. 



With regard to the kildeer plover, I may add that several persons 

 saw it in the flesh, and that Mr. Tanner received it soon after it was 

 mounted. My only surprise is with Dr. Sclater (see the Ihis vol. iv., 

 No, XV., p. 277), that a bird with so large a range of flight should not 

 before this have been recorded as occurring in England. 



The vignette is, with a slight alteration of position, taken from Mr. 

 Tanner's specimen. 



The Kildeer Plover- 



