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The Eastern Large-billed Eeed-Bunting {Emberiza palustris 

 tschtcsii). Male shot, Rye (Sussex), April 23rd. 



The Snow-Bunting {Tlectrophenax nivalis). Several, Outer Dowsing 

 Lt-.v. (Lincolnshire), March 18th/19th ; one, Spurn Head Lt. 

 ( Yorkshire), 25th/26th ; one seen, Bamburgh (Northumberland), 

 April 8th. 



The Jackbaw {Corvxis monedula). Flock flying N., Lowestoft (Suffolk), 

 April 17th. 



The Hoopoe {Ujnipa epoj^s). One taken, Haisboro' Lt.-v. (Norfolk), 

 early in March ; single birds seen at Littlehampton (Sussex), 

 April 2nd, Plymouth (Devon) and Ellesmere (Shropshire) (shot) 

 13th, near Barnsley (Yorkshire), May 4th, and Diss (Norfolk), 

 at the end of May or beginning of June. 



Tengmalm's Owl [Nyotala tengmalmi). One caught, Unst (Shetland), 

 January 28rd. 



The Hen-Hareier [Circus cyaneus). One shot, Holywell (Northum- 

 berland), January 24th, and single birds seen, Fritton (Suftblk), 

 April 26th and Downton (Wiltshire), April 29th. 



The Rough-legged Buzzard (Buteo lagopiis). Female shot, Sutton 

 Common (S.E. Suffolk), February 14th ; one seen, Croydon 

 (Surrey), April 21st. 



The Sparrow-Hawk [Accipiter nisus). One coasting N., CuUercoats 

 (Northumberland), April 8th. 



The Greenland Falcon [Falco candicmis). Adult male captured, 

 Barra (Outer Hebrides), April 2nd. 



The Hobby [Falco subbuteo). Pair arrived, Downton (Wiltshire), 

 April 27th. 



The Kestrel [Falco tinnunculus). Female arrived from sea and flew 

 N.W., Dungeness (Kent), 9,30 a.m., March 29th ; one arrived 

 from sea, Dungeness, 8.30a.m., April 1st; three flying N., Lowes- 

 toft (Suffolk), 12th ; one flying E,, Hickling (Norfolk), 21st. 



The Cormorant [Phalacrocorax carho). One shot, Ludlow (Shrop- 

 shire) end of January [cf. Shag, p. 166) ; one seen, Tring 

 (Herts), May 5th. 



The '^iG'Ex-llv.no'N [Nycticorax (jriseus). One shot, near Shrewsbury, 

 early in May. 



The Little Bittern [Arcletta viimdu). Female caught, between 

 PuxtoD and Banwell (N. Somerset), May 20th. 



The Bittern [Botaurus stellaris). One found dead, Oban (Argyll), 

 Januar}^ 17th ; one shot, Breydon (Norfolk), 24th. 



The Spoonbill [I'latalea leucorodia). Adult male seen. Cooling (Kent), 

 May 1st; two arrived, Breydon (Norfolk), 2nd, and a third on Oth, 

 all three left on 10th ; one arrived 20th, a second on 22nd, and 

 both left on 27th ; three seen, Southwold (Suflblk), June 4th, and 

 at Breydon from 5lh to 8th. 



