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The specimens in the case were obtained at a 

 small muddy lock near Tain in Ross-shire in June, 

 1869. 



LITTLE GEEBE. -(WINTER). 

 Case 285. 



This case shows the Little Grebe (or Dabchick, 

 as it is frequently called) in its winter dress. 



The specimens were obtained in the neighbour- 

 hood of Shoreham in Sussex in November, 1870. 



TEMMINCK'S STINT. (SUMMER). 

 Case 286. 



It is by no means a common occurrence for 

 this species to be met with in Great Britain during 

 the summer months. Though occasionally observed 

 in the spring while on its way to its breeding 

 grounds in Lapland, it has at that time hardly 

 acquired the full summer plumage. 



The specimen was shot on the mudflats in 

 Shoreham Harbour in July, 1878. 



See " Rough Notes," Vol. II., Plate 30. 



LINNET. (SUMMER). 

 Case 287. 



Brown Linnets do not at the present time 

 appear to be nearly so abundant as they were in 

 my bird-nesting days about five and twenty years 

 ago. 



Improvements in agriculture, such as breaking 

 up of waste lands and furze-covered downs, together 

 with the persecution they annually suffer from the 

 nets of the bird-catchers have kept on gradually 

 reducing their numbers till in some parts of the 

 country they are now almost become rare birds. 



