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ORNITHOLOGICAL NOTES FROM WEST SUSSEX. 
By WiLuiAmM JEFFERY. 
I wap intended recording the occurrence of two Night Herons 
in full plumage, shot at Harnley, near Chichester—a male on 
April 28th, and a female on May 1st, 1876. I saw both speci- 
mens in the birdstuffer’s hands. Since then I have seen 
(December 17th, 1877) a specimen of the Little Owl, said to have 
been shot at Earnley; and a second was reported, captured 
alive at the same place—all four birds by the same gentleman. 
This second Little Owl I obtained possession of on 21st May last, 
and kept it alive until November 24th, when it died. I now 
record these four occurrences with much reserve, having lately 
heard that the Little Owls were obtained in the London market ;* 
rendering also the facts relating to the Night Herons doubtful, 
though the birdstuffer maintains that all are genuine. 
On November Ist, 1876, Mr. Willet, of Brighton, informed me 
that a Glossy Ibis had been shot near Arundel about a month 
previously, and had come into his possession. About this time a 
Grey Shrike was shot at Nutbourne, near Emsworth, and a 
Rough-legged Buzzard at Wittermg. 1 saw both specimens, and 
know the gentlemen who shot them. About the 20th December 
a Temminck’s Stint was obtained on the coast. On November 
19th I saw a Marsh Harrier at the birdstuffer’s, shot at Sidlesham 
a few days before. It was purchased by the Rev. A. Fuller, of 
Chichester. On December 17th a Little Gull was shot at 
Itchenor ; and on the 27th an adult female Peregrine, killed at 
Bosham, was purchased by Mr. F. J. Freeland. 
During the autumn migration of 1878 about a dozen Green- 
shanks had returned to Bosham Harbour as early as the 10th 
July, and a Common Sandpiper was seen at Selsey on the 15th. 
About the middle of August the insectivorous birds commenced 
their southward movement. On the morning of the 28rd, after 
a night of heavy rain with south-east wind, our hedgerows 
around Ratham were full of Common Whitethroats ; and up to 
the 29th they were still numerous. It has always been a question 
with me whether such birds as these continually pass on by 
flitting from hedge to hedge, or whether they rest and await a 
* See ‘Zoologist,’ 1877, p. 296. 
