2664 The Zoologist— July, 1871. 



Rosecoloured Pastor. — A female of this very rare visitant was 

 shot in the vicinity of Powick in August, 1855 — perhaps intending 

 to breed here if undisturbed. In the late Mr. Walcott's collection. 



Snow Bunting. — This northern straggler but seldom appears, 

 and the only memorandum I have of his visit thus records his fate 

 by a Malvern avicide: — " Shot last week (February, 1856), on the 

 Malvern Hills, by Mr. Archer, who has kindly presented the same 

 to the Worcestershire Museum." Temminck says of this bird, 

 " Habite les regions du cercle arcliqne." 



Crested Cardinal Finch (Pyrrhula erythrina, Tem.) — Shot at 

 Powick in December, 1855, and preserved by Mr. Brookes, of 

 Worcester. A Russian species, according to Temminck. 



Golden Oriole. — Seen by the late Colonel Patrick, near White- 

 hall, St. John's. 



Avocet. — Shot some years ago in the Severn, close to Worcester 

 Bridge. 



Sanderling. — A coast bird that has sometimes reached Longdon 

 Marsh, never to return. I have seen a stuffed specimen in a farm- 

 house in that Wcinity. 



Oystercatcher. — Has been killed on the river Teme, and I have 

 a note of one " seen flying about the Severn during the flood of 

 January, 1860." 



Crane. — A specimen of this rare straggler was shot by Mr. Joseph 

 Smith, of Fiddington, near Tewkesbury, in May, 1869, and was 

 preserved for examination. 



Stork. — Shot on the Severn near Tewkesbury, many years since, 

 but was thought to have escaped from some collection of living 

 birds. 



Spoonbill. — Shot on the Avon near Tewkesbury, several years 

 since, and preserved by the late Mr. T. Robinson, of Worcester, 

 and is now in the Worcestershire Museum. 



Dunlin or Purre. — A wanderer from the coast. 



Knot. — Sometimes seen in the winter. 



Common Tern. — A wanderer from the sea-shore, even in summer 

 time, probably under the influence of a gale. I have observed this 

 elegant bird careering in graceful curves over the Severn, until, 

 alas ! its black and white ])lumage rendering it too conspicuous, 

 the alarm has been given, and, followed up the river, the poor bird 

 has fallen before the repeated firing of some ruthless avicide. 

 Several specimens are in the Worcester Museum. 



