9098 Birds. 
Kestrel. The common hovering hawk that is so frequently seen 
about. It breeds in numbers on the cliffs. 
Buzzard. One was shot at Ampton Place, the (then) seat of the 
Duke of Devonshire, in 1859, which I saw. 
Honey Buzzard. A very fine one was shot on the 18th of Septem- 
ber, 1862, by Mr. Gorringe, jun., of Birling Farm, on an apple tree in 
his garden, and which I preserved for him. 
Marsh Harrier. Occasionally on the downs and marshes. A mag- 
nificent one was in the collection of Mr. A. Vidler, a year or two 
since, shot by him in 1858. 
Hen Harrier. A fine female in my collection. Another shot last 
spring, which I saw. 
Montagu’s Harrier. One in Mr. Vidler’s collection, shot here a few 
years since. 
Longeared Owl. Not infrequent. One shot at the cemetery here 
a month or two since. I have seen several. 
Shorteared Owl. Constantly to be met with on the preserved rab- 
bit-grounds and marshes during the woodcock season. 
Barn Owl. I should say as frequent in Sussex as any place in 
England. I have had the adults, young and eggs, frequently 
offered me. 
Great Gray Shrike. A very fine male in my collection, shot at 
Jevington on the 19th of November, 1861, by a farmer in the neigh- 
bourhood. Another was seen in company with it. 
Redbacked Shrike. Common in hedgerows. 
Pied Flycatcher. One was shot by Mr. A. Vidler at Pevensey, 
about two years since, which I have. 
Pallas’ Sand Grouse. One was killed by striking against the tele- 
graph wires at Boxhill, in the fall of last year. A flock was seen in 
the road by Mr. Vidler on the day before. 
Ring Ouzel. Great numbers come every year to our gorse-covered 
hills in the autumn. I have seen hundreds. 
Black Redstart. A magnificent male was shot at Birling Gap by 
Mr. Gorringe, in December last. Another also I handled, caught 
by a birdcatcher. 
Wheatear. I have made a great many inquiries about the wheatears 
coming, as they used to do, to these our celebrated Sussex downs; but 
alas! what a falling off is there. A shepherd told me that about forty 
years ago as many as eighty dozen were taken, with one set of traps, 
in one day. Alas! this is not the case now. The shepherds speak 
