im Birds. 
in Copenhagen. The remaining four eggs are odd ones obtained by Mr. Wolley and 
myself from Dr. Kjerbolling.—Alfred Newton.* 
Bartram’s and the Purple Sandpiper in Sussex.—I purchased at a sale of birds 
belonging to the late Mr. Wille, of Lewes, on Monday, April 18th, a beautiful speei- 
men of Bartram’s sandpiper, shot at Newbaven some time between 1836 and 1840. 
T also bought a specimen of the purple sandpiper, which the label states to have been 
stuffed by Swaysland, and shot at Pevensey Bay, in December, 1833. Mr. Wille was 
exceedingly particular about the authenticity of his birds, some of which fetched high 
prices.—John Dutton ; Eastbourne. 
Curlew Sandpiper and Dunlin on the Lincolnshire Coast.—The eurlew sandpiper 
is not a common visitant on this coast: during the last week in April I saw several of 
them on the flats, and managed to approach, under cover of a bank, within a few yards 
of one which was feeding in a shallow povl on the shore: I had a very distinet view of 
its curved bill: when flying the white upper tail-coverts were very conspicuous. It is 
a slightly taller and more slender bird in appearance than the dunlin. I have noticed 
several on the fats this spring feeding in company with the dunlin. The dunlins are 
now (May 6th) in full summer plumage: a few probably remain and breed in the 
neighbourhood, as I have seen a few of these birds on the coast all through the summer 
_months.—John Cordeaux ; Great Cotes, Ulveby. 
Reeve killed near Grangemouth.—I ought to have mentioned long ago the occur- 
rence of a somewhat rare bird in this locality. On the 10th of September, 1862, while 
down at the coast shooting between Grangemouth and Kincardine, my friend Mr. 
J. R. Cook killed a very fine specimen of the reeve, which I have now in my collection. 
It is of very rare occurrence bereabouts.—John A. Harvie Brown. 
Spotted Crake in Norfolk.—Vive or six good specimens of the spotted crake have 
been taken in this locality during the course of this week.—Z', 2. Gunn; Norwich, 
April 8, 1864. 
Little Crake in Cambridgeshire.—It is with much pleasure I embrace this oppor- 
tunity of recording the occurrence of the little crake in Cambridgeshire, a male of this 
species having been taken alive on the 26th of Marcb, by a labowing man in Ches- 
terton Ten, about two miles north-east of Cambridge: it is said to have been seen 
frequenting this place some time prior to its capture: the man who caught it states 
that he kept it alive for a few days, and that its actions were most graceful. I will 
now describe its exact measurements, &c., which I took a few hours after its death. 
From tip of tail to tip of beak the extreme length was 8} inches, and from tip to tip of 
extended wings 123 inches. Irides brick-red, with a slight tinge of orange-yellow. 
Mandibles cuneated. Beak of a beautiful soft dark apple-green, slightly yellowish 
near the tip; extreme tip greenish horn-colour. Claws lightish horn-colour; under 
portions of feet of a dirty slaty hue. Owing to its having been kept in confinement a 
day or two after its capture, the bird was in very poor condition. Heart particularly 
elongated and slender; testes large and prominent; stomach quite round and com. 
pressed, the internal cavity large and quite destitute of food, containing only some 
small particles of flint gravel, such as is found in fenny water. I have presented its 
sternum to the Oxford Museum: the bird itself is now in the possession of Mr. W. C 
* From the ‘ Proceedings of the Zoological Society of Londvn,’ December 8, 1863: 
communicated by the author. 
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