268 SOME ACCOUNT OF THE BIRDS OF GODALMING. 



colour of the Hen Harrier readily distinguishes it. On the 

 Hogsback and about Loseley it may frequently be observed 

 traversing the fields with an owl-like flight, probably in quest 

 of similar objects. E. N. D. Several of both species have 

 been preserved by W. K. 



Scops Aldromndi. — A single specimen of this singular little 

 owl was shot at Shillinglee Park. W. K. 



Otus vulgaris and O. brachyotus. — The long-eared Owl is 

 abundant; the short-eared less common, but has not unfre- 

 quently been preserved by W. K. 



Lanius Excubitor. — A great ash-coloured Butcher-Bird was 

 shot in the winter of 1772-3 in Tisted Park. White. Seen 

 occasionally in the higher grounds in the neighbourhood ; and 

 a single specimen has been preserved by W. K. 



Muscicapa luctuosa. — A single specimen was shot in Mr. 

 Kidd's orchard, at Godalming, about fifteen years ago, W. K. ; 

 and a second at Witley Park, in the middle of May, 1836. W. S. 



Turdus torquatus. — The Ring Ouzel is frequently found on 

 Hindhead, and other high sandy grounds in the neighbourhood 

 of Godalming. W. K. 



Oriolus galbula. — A single specimen of the Golden Oriole was 

 seen near the town of Godalming in the year 1833. W. K. 



Philomela luscinia. — The neighbourhood of Godalming has 

 been called the Valley of Nightingales, and well it deserves the 

 name : throughout the fine nights in May there is a complete 

 chorus of these birds ; every coppice contains numbers, and 

 every garden two or three pair : it is really glorious to listen to 

 them in a moonlight midnight after a showery day. Rusticus. 3 - 



Melizophagus provincialis. — I have seen the furze quite alive 

 with these birds. They are, however, very hard to shoot ; 

 darting down directly they see the flash or hear the crack, I 

 do not know which. I have seen excellent shots miss them 

 while rabbit shooting with beagles. They prefer those places 

 where the furze is thick, high, and difficult to get in. Rusticus. h 

 The Dartford Warblers continue in the same situation through- 

 out the winter. E. N. D. 



Calamophilus biarmicus. — The Bearded Tit has appeared in 

 various places in the neighbourhood of Godalming, but in no 



a Magazine of Natural History, Vol. VI. p. 114. 

 " Id. Vol. VI. p. 112. 



