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Thk Spaeroav-Haavk {Accipiter visus). One hairying migrants, Ilay- 

 ling Island (Hants), September 9th, and four on 16th, all 

 left on the 23rd ; one taken on S. Ridge Buoy, between Smith's 

 Knoll and Ilaisboro' Lt.-v.'s (Norfolk), September 18th ; one on 

 passage, Lowestoft, September 23rd ; one taken. Dudgeon Lt.-v. 

 (Norfolk), October 10th. 

 Thk North- American Peregrine {Faico peregrinus anatum). One 



taken, Humberstone (Lincoln), September 28th. 

 The Hobby [Falco subbufeo). Female shot near Hereford, August 



10th. 

 The Merlin (Falco (ssalv7i). One arrived, N. Norfolk coast, Septem- 

 ber 15th ; one ariived, Saft'olk coast, October 7th ; one seen flying 

 W.N.W., 26 miles E. of Spurn Lt.-v., October 12th ; one seen, 

 Monachty (Cardigan), October 24th, and two on 31st. 

 The Kestrel (Falco tinnunctdus). One taken on a boat forty milss E. 

 of Yarmouth, August 18th ; N. Suffolk, increase, September 16th. 

 The Gannet {Sula bassana). First seen, Castletown {JsIq of Man), 

 July 28th, Dungeness (Kent), September 10th, Scarborough 

 (Yorkshire), Sept. 18th, and Cley (Norfolk), September 19th. 

 One killed against IJungeness Lt., December 2nd/ord. 

 The Cormorant {Phalacrocorax carlo). Adult seen on Tring Reser- 

 voir (Herts), September 4th. 

 The Common Heron {Ardea cinerea). Arrived in numbers, N. Uist 



(Outer Hebrides), September 5th, 6th and 7th. 

 The Squacco-Heron {Ardea ralloides). One shot. Great Cotes (Lin- 

 coln), September 29th. 

 The Little Bittern {Ardeitn minuta). Male shot near Penzance 



(Cornwall), about November 3rd. 

 The Glossy Ibis [Flec/adis falcinellus). One shot in S. Uist (Outer 



Hebrides) in November. 

 The Spoonbill (Platalea lencorodla). Two seen flying N. on S.E. 



Suftblk coast, November 30th. 

 The Bernacle-Ggose {Bernicla leucojms). Some arrived on the 

 Solway, September 19th, and at Flannans (Outer Hebrides), 

 October 16th ; six seen, Cley (Norfolk), Decembta* 2nd. 

 The Brent-Goose {Bemicla brenta). Single birds killed against 



Dungeness Lt. (Kent), October 13th/14th and 28th/29th. 

 Bewick's Swan {Cygnus beuncki). Heard passing down the Solway at 

 night, November 4th and December 30th ; one arrived Fair Isle, 

 (Shetland), November 18th ; hundreds present in Tiree (Inner 

 Hebrides), in December. 

 The Common Sheld-Duck {Tadorna cornuta). Two seen and one 

 killed. Smith's Knoll Lt.-v. (Norfolk), 11 p.m., September 4th/5th. 

 The Gadwall {Anas strepera). Four seen at Lingfield (Surrey), 

 August 14th, and three on the 28th. 



