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THE HOOPOE ( Upupa epops). 



March 30th to April Tst, Gloucester, one. April 2nd, Hant?, one. 

 April 5th, Devon, one. May 5th, Guernsey. May 12th, Suffolk. May 

 20th, Sussex. 



MONTAGU'S HAEEIER {Circvs cineraceus). 



April 9th, Hants, one. May 8th, Hants, one male. May 22nd, Hants, 

 a pair. 



THE HOBBY {Falco subbuteo). 



April .SOth, Sussex, a pair. May 15th, Surrey, a pair. 



THE GARGANEY {Qtierquedula circia). 

 May 4th, Kent, three pairs (locality not previously visited). 



THE SHOVELER {Spatula clypeata). 

 April 2nd, Cheshire, party of five, four males and one female, migrating. 



THE WIGEON {Mareca pmelope). 

 May 4th, Kent, few. 



THE GOLDEN-EYE {Clangula glaucion). 

 March 27th, Cheshire, two passing. 



THE RED-BREASTED MERGANSER {Mergus serrator). 

 March 29th, Bucks, a pair. 



THE "BLACK DUCK" (^(Edemia &^.?). 



From March 26th till the end of April these birds were noted almost 

 daily at the Royal Sovereign, Gull and Varne Lt.-vs. off Sussex and 

 Kent. The records agree in noting the direction of the flight as E. in 

 Sussex and E. to N.E. in Kent, and the time of flight as lasting from 

 dawn till midday or 2 p.m. They appear to travel in small flocks. 



THE QUAIL {Coturnix communis). 



May 16th, St. Catherine's Lt. (Isle of Wight), one. May 30th, Wilts, 

 one heard calling. 



THE SPOTTED CRAKE {Porzana maruetta). 

 March 31st, Berks, one. April 29th, Essex. May 7th, Denbigh, 



