274 SOME ACCOUNT OF THE BIRDS OF GODALMING. 



with the common wild duck, from which, however, they always 

 separate on rising. E. N. D. 



Podiceps cornutus. — A pair of the Horned Grebe were shot 

 at Elsted, and preserved for R. Moline, Esq. by W. K. 



Colymbus glacialis. — A very fine specimen of the Great 

 Imber Goose or Diver, was shot a few years back at Old 

 Pond : its power of diving, and the length of time it stayed 

 under water, were wonderful ; for this purpose I find it is 

 furnished with an immense bladder, extending the whole length 

 of its neck, which it can inflate at pleasure ; and this being con- 

 nected with the windpipe is of course available as a reservoir 

 of air. Rusticus. h Two of the Great Northern Divers have 

 been shot at Frensham Pond. W. K. As one of my neigh- 

 bours was traversing Wolmer Forest, from Bramshot, across 

 the moors, he found a large uncommon bird fluttering in the 

 heath, but not wounded, which he brought home alive. On 

 examination it proved to be the Colymbus glacialis of Linnaeus. 

 White. 



Colymbus arcticus. — The Black-throated Diver has been 

 occasionally shot at Frensham Pond. W. K. 



Sterna Hirundo. — This bird has been shot not unfrequently 

 at Frensham Pond. IV. K. 



Sterna minuta. — The Little Tern occurs at Frensham Pond, 

 where it has occasionally been killed. W. K. 



Sterna nigra. — The Black Tern is shot at Frensham Pond. 

 W. K. 



Thalassidroma pelagica. — The Stormy Petrel, or Mother 

 Gary's Chicken, has been shot near Godalming. W. K. 



Thalassidroma Leachii. — A single specimen of the Fork- 

 tailed Petrel was shot on Hindhead, near Liphook, and stuffed 

 by W. S. 



It will be seen that a great number of the aquatic and 

 wading birds can only be considered accidental visitors, pro- 

 bably driven inland by stress of weather. Godalming cannot 

 be considered the habitat of such. Nevertheless, as birds 

 having no claim whatever to a place in our British fauna, have 

 been admitted into all our works, on the strength of their 

 having, on unquestionable authority, been occasionally killed 

 or seen, although never suspected of being residents, so have 



'• Mag. of Nat. Hist. Vol. VI. p. 114. 



