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exceedingly boisterous. The note, which appeared to 

 resemble that of a Whitethroat, first attracted my attention, 

 when I fired at once, being at the time engaged in procuring 

 a few small birds for a tame Owl. Owing to a heavy 

 shower it was impossible either to see clearly or hear 

 distinctly ; so I do not pretend to describe the note 

 accurately, I merely state my first impression." 



See " Kough Notes." Yol. II., Plate 5, which shews this 

 specimen, together with an ordinary individual (obtained in 

 the spring) for comparison. 



WHOOPEE. 



The numbers of these fine birds that visit the 

 southern portion of the British Islands vary with 

 the seasons ; considerable flocks being at times 

 observed during protracted frost all round our 

 coasts, and on any of the larger sheets of inland 

 water that remain open ; while during mild weather 

 few, if any, make their appearance. 



In the north of Scotland they arrive in the 

 autumn and remain during the winter, frequenting 

 the shallow lochs where food is abundant, unless 

 driven from their haunts by the severity of the 

 weather. 



The specimen in the case was shot in Romney 

 Marsh, in Kent, during the winter of 1859 or 1860. 

 See " Kough Notes," Vol. Ill, Plate 2. 



CANADA GOOSE. 



Two specimens, shot February 28th, 1878, near Norwich. 



COMMON SCOTER 



A male, with a white patch under the throat, the yellow 

 mark on the beak continued over the nail. Shot January 

 10th, 1881, off Shoreham, Sussex. 



See Mr. J. H. Gurney's paper in the " Zoologist," 

 August, 1894. 



