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Lesser Grey Shrikes. 

 A very fine pair of Lesser Grey Shrikes (Lanius minor) were 

 shot near Sidley, Bexhill, Sussex, on April 21st, 1909. I 

 examined them myself in the flesh on the following day. 



Broad-billed Sandpiper. 

 A female Broad-billed Sandpiper (Limicola platyrhyncha) 

 was shot at Rye Harbour, Sussex, on September 3rd, 1909. 



J. B. Nichols. 

 II. 

 Black-headed Wagtail. 



A male Black-headed Wagtail (M. flava melanocephala) was 

 shot in Romney Marsh (on the Sussex side) on May 26th, 

 1909. It is now in the Hastings Museum. 



Grey headed Wagtail. 

 A male Grey-headed Wagtail (31. flava viridis) was shot in 

 Romney Marsh (on the Sussex side) on May 31st, 1909. 



Honey- Buzzard. 



A male Honey-Buzzard (Pernis apivorus) was shot near 

 Northiam, Sussex, in the middle of October, 1909. It was 

 an extremely dark bird, being almost black all over. Another— 

 a female, and apparently an adult — was shot in September 

 near Battle, Sussex. 



Little Gulls. 



A pair of Little Gulls* (Larus minutus) in full summer-plumage 

 were shot in the early summer of 1909, on the coast of 

 Romney Marsh (on the Kent side). 



For the above information, and for the opportunity to 

 examine these birds, I am indebted to Mr. G. Bristow, 

 taxidermist, of St. Leonards. 



C. B. Ticehurst. 



RARE BIRDS IN IRELAND. 



Snowy Owl (Nyctea scandiaca). 

 A male was shot near Ennis, co. Clare, on Nov. 1st, 1909. 



Osprey (Pandion haliaetus). 

 An adult female was seen on Lough Erne for some days, and 

 at length was shot by a gamekeeper's son on October 4th, 

 1909, while perched on a dead tree near Castle Archdale, 

 Irvinestown, co. Fermanagh. 



* See " A History of the Birds of Kent," p. 511. 



