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from a pear-tree in a garden at Uckfield in Sussex 

 in June, 1872. 



GREEN WOODPECKER (MATURE). 

 Case 253. 



The present species is the commonest of our 

 British Woodpeckers, being abundant in most 

 wooded districts in the southern and midland 

 counties of England. It however becomes scarcer 

 towards the north, and I nave never met with it 

 in Scotland. 



The specimens in the case were shot in 

 Balcombe Forest in Sussex in June, 1875. 



BLACK TERN. SUMMER). 

 Case 254. 



Though formerly nesting in the eastern counties 

 the Black Tern is at the present time only a 

 visitor to our shores in spring and autumn. This 

 species is usually the first of the Terns to appear in 

 the spring, thf earliest arrivals being frequently 

 noticed in the beginning of April ; I have however 

 observed them passing all through May and 

 occasionally as late as the second week in June. 



The specimens in the case were obtained on 

 Heigham Sounds in the east of Norfolk in May, 

 1871. 



GREAT CRESTED GREBE. (MATURE AND 



HALF-GROWN YOUNG). 



Case 255. 



The present case shows the young Loons*' 

 between the age of four and five weeks. 



* Norfolk name for Great Crested Grebe. 



