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we may assume that the new fish-pond was first discovered accidentally by 

 the birds when passing over on migration between the valleys of the Stour 

 and the Winterbourne. For it must be remembered that at the approach 

 of winter a general migratory movement takes place, and the Kingfishers 

 draw down towards the sea. In November, 1884, three were killed at 

 Peveril Point, Swanage, at the extreme end of the ledge." 



The Stone Curlew or Thick-knee is a summer visitant, usually 

 frequenting the chalk uplands of the county. Its eggs are not 

 unfrequently found on the winter fallows, where many are 

 unfortunately destroyed by the practice of rolling the wheat in 

 spring. This fate attended two nests at Pimperne in the spring 



Cbeam-colouked Coueseb. 



of J 885. A chick was brought to the author alive in July, 1873, 

 which he caused to be restored to the field from which it was 

 taken, and not too late, as he hoped, to be recovered by the 

 parents. In the autumn of 1886 as many as thirteen were seen 

 together in a turnip-field at Whitchurch, and one was shot on 

 the sand-banks in Poole Harbour so late in the year as the 10th 

 December. Its occurrence in Dorsetshire in winter recalls the 

 statement of Eodd (' Birds of Cornwall,' p. 83), to the effect that 

 it is known in Cornwall only as a winter visitant, that county 

 being regarded as the northern boundary of the area occupied by 

 this species in its winter quarters. The Rev. Murray A. Mathew 



