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expectation of reaching it ; he was not therefore disappointed 

 to see tlie bird continue its flight apparently unharmed, and 

 went away thinking no more of the matter. Subsequently, 

 and apparently only a day or two after, a little boy of not 

 more than seven years old, saw a large bii'd with a broken 

 leg, and succeeded in capturing it." This latter part took 

 place on the borders of Berkshire, but the writer of the 

 paper continues, '"ever since I gained intelligence of the 

 keeper's shot, with a cartridge, (the leg was broken as if by 

 ball) T have come to the conclusion that that shot took 

 effect ; and that the bird he fired at, and the one caught subse- 

 quently by the little boy, were one and the same, and there- 

 fore Henswood (the scene of the keeper's shot) being in Wilt- 

 shire I lay claim to the bird as a " bona fide " Wiltshire 

 specimen, though I own it was so misguided as to cross the 

 county to die in the county of Berkshire." 



One was also shot in Savernake Forest, in 1849, and one 

 at Chisledon in 1851. 



(Edicnemus crepitans. 



Great Plover. 



LOCAL NAMES. EGG OBSERVED. 



NorfoR- Plover. May 19th, 1868. 



Stone Curlew. 



A few of these birds visit us nearly every year, and 

 most probably breed with us. The eggs mentioned above 

 were taken on the Overton downs, from where I have more 

 than once had the young birds. They also used to breed 



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