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Totatus glottis. — A single specimen of the Greenshanks has 

 been shot at Hampton Lodge. W. K. 



Himantopus melanopterus. — In the last week of April, 1779, 

 five of these birds were shot upon the verge of Frensham Pond, 

 a large lake belonging to the Bishop of Winchester, and lying 

 between Wolmer Forest and the town of Farnham, in the 

 county of Surrey. The pond-keeper says there were three 

 brace in the flock, but that after he had satisfied his curiosity 

 he suffered the sixth to remain unmolested. One of these 

 specimens I procured, and found the length of the legs to be 

 so extraordinary, that, at first sight, one might have supposed 

 the shanks had been fastened on, to impose on the credulity of 

 the beholder : they were legs m caricatura ; and had we seen 

 such proportions on a Chinese or Japan screen, we should 

 have made large allowances for the fancy of the draughtsman. 

 My specimen, when drawn and stuffed with pepper, weighed 

 only four ounces and a quarter, though the naked part of the 

 thigh measured three inches and a half, and the legs four inches 

 and a half. Hence we may safely assert that these birds ex- 

 hibit, weight for inches, incomparably the greatest length of 

 legs of any known birds. White. 



Machetes pugnax. — A considerable flight of these birds, 

 apparently all of them young ones, were found near Godal- 

 ming, on the 20th August, 1836. W. K. 



Phalaropus lobatus. — The Grey Phalarope is found occasion- 

 ally round Godalming and Guildford. W. K. 



Anser albifrons. — This bird has been repeatedly shot at 

 Frensham Pond. W. K. 



Anser ferus- — The Grey Lag Goose had sometimes occurred 

 at Godalming, on Old Pond, Frensham, and other large ponds. 

 W. K. 



Dafila acuta. — A flight of Pintail Ducks has several times 

 been observed on Old Pond. Two were shot there in Jan. 1836, 

 by Mr. H. Moline. E. N. D. 



Querquedula crecca. — The Teal has repeatedly occurred on 

 the river Wey, in considerable numbers. E. N. D. 



Mareca Penelope. — The Widgeon has occurred at Godal- 

 ming. W. K. 



Fullga ferina. — The Pochard occurs frequently in large 

 flocks on Frensham and various other ponds. I have seen 

 fifty or more on Old Pond at a time, sometimes intermingled 



