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deformity, the bill being uninjured by shot, must have greatly hindered the 
bird in feeding; it was in poor condition, and somewhat small in size.— 
Henry Hapriecp (High Cliff, Ventnor, Isle of Wight). 
Great Bustarp 1x Kent.—In addition to the list of Bustards 
recorded in ‘ The Zoologist’ (pp. 25, 26) as killed in Cornwall, Essex, and 
Jersey, I have to report three recently obtained in Kent. The first of 
these was shot at Romney Marsh towards the end of December last, the 
sex of which I have not been able to ascertain. The second, an immature 
female bird weighing eight pounds and a half, was taken early in January 
at Great Chard, near Ashford ; and the third, a full-grown male weighing 
sixteen pounds, was shot near Wye about the latter end of January. ‘This 
bird had been observed by the occupier of the land it was on, and he was 
anxious that it should be left unmolested; but a trespasser, much to his 
annoyance, went in pursuit and shot it—H. A. Dompnratn (Westwell 
Vicarage, Ashford, Kent). 
Great Bustarp 1N Essex AND CAMBRIDGESHIRE.—On the 5th 
December last, a Great Bustard was procured by Mr. Porter near 
Chelmsford, and on February 6th, another, a hen-bird, was taken at 
Mr. Jonas’s, at West Wickham, Cambridgeshire. Both are now in my 
hands for preservation.—T. Travis (Naturalist, Saffron Walden). 
[The specimen shot at Woodham Ferrers, Essex, on December 5th 
(antea p. 26), was, we have since ascertained, a hen bird, in good plumage, 
weighing 10 tbs. Length, 3 ft. 9 in. Extent of wings, 7 ft.—Eb.] 
Great Bustarp In Dorsetsutre.—I have in my possession a Great 
Bustard which was shot on the 10th January last, in a turnip-field adjoining 
the Cranborne Downs. It proved to be a female bird, in fine condition, 
and weighed close on nine pounds.—Epwarp Hart (Christchurch). 
Lirrte Busrarp ar EastBournE.—On December 11th I shot a Little 
Bustard at Eastbourne. ‘This rare and beautiful bird is the only specimen 
known to have been shot in the county of Sussex during the last century. 
The bird was in good condition; weight 2 tbs. 1 oz. It is now in the care 
of Mr. Swaysland, of Brighton, who will be pleased to allow any person to 
view the same.—Martin Spitier (Devonshire Club, Eastbourne). 
(It is a mistake to suppose that none have been killed in Sussex for a 
century. See Knox’s ‘ Ornithological Rambles.-—Eb.} 
Tur Great SHEARWATER: {Ts PosturE WHILE AT Ruest.—At a 
meeting of the Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh, on December 17th, 
a specimen of the Great Shearwater, Puffinus major, lately shot at North 
Berwick, was exhibited. This bird, which is now in the Edinburgh 
Museum, is stuffed in an upright position, after the manner of the 
Guillemots and other divers. While the rarity of the bird was remarked 
