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reo^ularly, on the Whitefield Farm, on the left of the 

 Swindon road. They have also been reported from 



Aldbonrne. 



Charadrius pluvialis. 



Golden Plover. 



Durino" severe winter weather, flocks of these birds 

 occasionally pass over lis, thongh they very seldom alight 

 in our district ; so seldom, indeed, that I only know two 

 instances of their being shot. Since writing the above an 

 additional notice of a specimen shot in December, 1869, at 

 Savernake, has been sent to me. 



Charadrius morinellus. 



Dotterel. 



Tradition says that these birds were at one time not un- 

 common on our Downs, but these days have long ago 

 passed away. 



One in the possession of Mr. Willis, of Whitefield farm, 

 was shot by himself out of a flock of fifteen in the spring of 

 1867 on his own farm, where I am told some are seen nearly 

 every year. 



Botaurus stellaris. 



Bittern. 



Here we have another case of a very noble bird exter- 

 minated by the spread of civilization. Mr. Parker, bird- 



