34 THE ZOOLOGIST. 
An unrecorded Squacco Heron.—The Squacco Heron, Ardea ral- 
loides, occurs so rarely in this country that every visit is of interest, 
especially to those who are working out the avifauna of their county. On 
writing to Sir Percy F. Shelley, asking him for particulars of one that was 
formerly in the collection of the late Mr. Berkley, he very kindly replied as 
follows :—‘ The bird you have I gave to Mr. Berkley. It was shot by my 
keeper at the Warnham Ponds, Sussex, about two miles from Horsham, 
on the hottest day of a very hot summer, 1819. In its stomach were 
fourteen small roach (without their heads, however); the Warnham Ponds 
are full of these fish..—Hpwarp Harr (Christchurch). 
Crane near Colchester—On November 9th a Crane, Grus cinerea, 
was shot in a field at Elmstead, near Colchester, and has now come into 
my possession. It appears to be a bird of the year, as its wing-feathers 
(tertiaries) are not fully developed. Its rarity, and its being probably the 
first known to have been captured in Essex, makes it worth recording in ‘ The 
Zoologist. —Henry Laver (Head Street, Colchester). 
The Avocet in North Devon.—On a recent visit to Mr. Rowe, 
taxidermist, of this town, I saw a female specimen of the Avocet, 
Recurvirostra avocetta, which was killed near the mouth of the river Taw, 
on Nov. 18th. This bird, I believe, is now very rare in the British Islands, 
and more particularly in the south-west of England. Perhaps the fact of 
one being killed so recently is worth recording, and will interest many of 
your readers.—J. G. Hamine (The Close, Barnstaple). 
[Another was shot in the same estuary the following day, and was taken 
for preservation to Mr. Frayne, taxidermist, of Barnstaple. A fortnight 
previously two Avocets were shot at Exmouth.—Ep.] 
Pallas’s Sand Grouse in Co. Clare.—A beautiful: adult male of this 
species was exposed for sale in the Dublin market during the second week 
of November last. It was shot in the Co. Clare, and £2 10s. was asked 
for it.—Epwarp Wit1tAms (2, Dame Street, Dublin). 
Pallas’s Sand Grouse in Lincolnshire.—Since the publication of my 
notes (Zool, 1888, p. 419) on the Sand Grouse in this county I have met 
with two occurrences of more recent date:—October 23rd. A flock of 
twenty, recorded in ‘The Field’ of Oct. 27th by Mr. ‘I. W. Harrison, 
was seen in the parish of Goxhill, near the Humber, and one was shot. 
Nov. 8th. A flock of forty seen at Grainthorpe, near the sea-coast, by the 
son of Mr. Stubbs, the wildfowl shooter—Joun Corpgaux (Great Cotes, 
Ulzeby). 
Fulmar and Spotted Redshank in Co. Sligo.—On the 5th of October 
Jast, when walking along the Enniscrone Sands, I found a Fulmar Petrel 
thrown up by the surf at high-water mark ; it was perfectly fresh and in fine 
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