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twenty-five years.” The Museum contains a fine example 
(probably a male) shot at Enderby, and presented by Mr. 
William Simpson, December 21st, 1871. A female Bittern was 
also presented to the Museum by Mr. E. Willars on March 4th, 
1885, which was shot at Cropston Reservoir. It had been seen 
about the place for two or three weeks, evidently in a wounded 
condition. The measurements were as follows: — Hxtreme 
length, 26 inches; tarsus, 3} inches; wing, 11} inches; culmen, 
nearly 22 inches. Colour of beak, yellowish grey; around eye, 
lighter greenish grey; eye, bright yellow; legs and toes, greyish 
yellow, like a Snipe’s. I gave Mr. Macaulay a note of two 
Bitterns, said to have been shot near Lutterworth, which he 
recorded in the ‘ Midland Naturalist.” I have since had reason 
to believe, however, that this was a fraud, and that the birds 
were purchased in Leadenhall Market. 
Family Crcon1pm. 
Ciconia alba, Bechstein. White Stork.—A rare visitant. 
Harley states that one was obtained near Melton Mowbray in 
1849, and the narrative of its capture was related to him by a 
resident of that place, Mr. Widdowson, who had the bird in his 
possession. One in the possession of Mr. T. Morris, of Wycombe, 
near Melton Mowbray, was shot by his brother early one morning 
as it sat on one of his farm-buildings at Scalford Lodge, in 1851. 
I am not sure if this is the one alluded to by Harley. Another 
specimen of this bird was shot at West Leigh, Narborough Road, 
on March 6th, 1873, and was presented to the Museum, where 
it still remains, by Mr. Archibald Turner. 
Plegadis falcinellus (Linn.). Glossy Ibis.—Another rare 
visitant. Mr. Macaulay states (Mid. Nat., 1882, p. 77), ‘‘ The 
Bickley collection in the Leicester Museum includes a specimen 
of this bird. I have been recently informed by the donor’s 
brother that it was killed on the border of the county and within 
it.’ On the back of the case, however, it is thus labelled :— 
“This rare and valuable specimen was shot near the Derby 
Railway Station in February, 1842. H. B.” Also, ‘‘ Killed near 
Derby, February, 1842.” 
Order AnseRES.—F amily AnaTIDm. 
Chenalopex egyptiacus (Linn.). Egyptian Goose.—This 
species is so often kept in a state of semi-domestication on 
