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and was assured that the bird in question was killed early in 
August last, near Sharnbrook Beds. In the same letter Mr. 
Slater told me that a Wood Sandpiper, Totanus glareola, was 
shot on Irchester Brook shortly before Nov. 20th. - 
December 2nd.—Under this date Mr. Slater wrote to me that 
he had recently visited the shop of Mr. J. Field, of Kettering, 
and seen, amongst other birds, the following species, which are 
of some local interest; no dates and few precise localities were 
given, but Mr. Slater was informed that all the birds had been 
obtained in the neighbourhood of Kettering :— Seven Snow 
Buntings, Plectrophanes nivalis, ‘in dusky dress of late autumn.” 
Quail, Coturnix vulgaris, picked up between Kettering and Roth- 
well. Hoopoe, Upupa epops, “obtained near Brigstock”; this 
is without doubt the specimen recorded by me in ‘The Zoologist,’ 
1885, p. 259. Bar-tailed Godwit, Limosa lapponica, “in full 
winter dress’’; this is the only record that has reached me of 
the occurrence of this species in our county. 
Dec. 18th.—White-fronted Goose, Anser albifrons ; a solitary 
individual of this species clearly identified by Lieut.-Col. Irby 
on one of our meadows near Achurch. 
January 80th, 1886.—Water Ouzel, Cinclus aquaticus, ‘shot . 
in Broughton field, near Kettering,’ reported to me by Mr. J. 
G. Field, of Kettering, of whom I subsequently purchased the 
specimen—a very fine one—and presented it to the Northampton 
Museum. 
April 26th.—I received, through Lieut.-Col. Irby, three adult 
specimens of Black Tern, Hydrochelidon fissipes, shot near 
Lilford by one of our gamekeepers from a flock of about thirty 
on 24th inst. 
July 18th.—On the evening of this day an adult Night 
Heron, Nycticorax griscus, was clearly seen and identified by my 
friend last named on the banks of our river not far from Ald- 
winkle. This bird was frequently seen and reported to me by 
several persons worthy of credence at intervals from the above 
date till Sept. 6th; on this last occasion my informant, who had 
often seen the bird, declares that it had a companion of the 
same species. 
July 28th.—On this day a party of three friends, accom- 
panied by my falconer, went on an insect-collecting expedition 
to a large wood at no great distance from this house; knowing 
