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  THE 
  ZOOLOGIST. 
  

  

  Staines 
  on 
  Sept. 
  13th. 
  I 
  also 
  saw 
  on 
  the 
  Penn 
  Ponds 
  a 
  fine 
  male 
  

   Pochard 
  on 
  Sept. 
  2nd. 
  I 
  have 
  found 
  the 
  Tawny 
  Owl 
  [Syi-nium 
  aluco) 
  

   very 
  common 
  in 
  Richmond 
  Park, 
  and 
  anyone 
  wishing 
  to 
  hear 
  their 
  

   loud 
  "hoot" 
  has 
  only 
  to 
  wait 
  at 
  the 
  park-gates 
  on 
  Richmond 
  Hill 
  any 
  

   fine 
  evening, 
  though 
  they 
  call 
  more, 
  I 
  think, 
  when 
  the 
  moon 
  is 
  full. 
  

   I 
  obtained 
  two 
  specimens 
  of 
  this 
  species 
  from 
  Teddington 
  this 
  year, 
  

   and 
  they 
  seem 
  distributed 
  throughout 
  the 
  Thames 
  Valley. 
  I 
  saw 
  

   lately 
  a 
  fine 
  adult 
  specimen 
  of 
  the 
  Long-eared 
  Owl 
  (Asio 
  otus), 
  killed 
  

   in 
  the 
  neighbourhood. 
  The 
  last 
  Cuckoo 
  seen 
  this 
  year 
  was 
  a 
  very 
  

   fine 
  female, 
  on 
  Aug. 
  20th, 
  which 
  was 
  killed 
  by 
  flying 
  against 
  the 
  

   telegraph-wires. 
  — 
  Gordon 
  Dalgliesh 
  (29, 
  Larkfield 
  Road, 
  Richmond, 
  

   Surrey). 
  

  

  Notes 
  from 
  Hunstanton, 
  Norfolk. 
  — 
  During 
  a 
  short 
  stay 
  at 
  Hun- 
  

   stanton, 
  early 
  in 
  September, 
  we 
  saw 
  several 
  lots 
  of 
  Scoters, 
  of 
  which 
  

   three 
  were 
  shot 
  on 
  one 
  day, 
  and 
  seven 
  on 
  another. 
  Wooden 
  decoys, 
  

   which 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  boatmen 
  make 
  very 
  cleverly, 
  are 
  used 
  to 
  attract 
  the 
  

   birds, 
  and 
  at 
  a 
  little 
  distance 
  they 
  look 
  very 
  much 
  like 
  the 
  real 
  article. 
  

   Perhaps 
  at 
  this 
  season 
  the 
  most 
  interesting 
  features 
  of 
  the 
  local 
  bird- 
  

   life 
  are 
  the 
  great 
  flocks 
  of 
  Common 
  Gulls, 
  which 
  assemble 
  on 
  the 
  

   Mussel-scalps 
  at 
  low 
  tide, 
  and 
  the 
  long 
  lines 
  of 
  Oystercatchers, 
  which 
  

   pass 
  along 
  shore 
  at 
  high 
  water 
  when 
  the 
  autumn 
  spring-tides 
  are 
  at 
  

   the 
  full. 
  When 
  these 
  birds 
  are 
  washed 
  off 
  their 
  feeding-grounds 
  off 
  

   Wolferton 
  they 
  seek 
  a 
  temporary 
  resting-place 
  near 
  Brancaster, 
  flying 
  

   about 
  a 
  quarter 
  of 
  a 
  mile 
  out 
  to 
  sea, 
  and 
  perhaps 
  about 
  two 
  hundred 
  

   yards 
  above 
  the 
  water, 
  in 
  wavy 
  black 
  streaks 
  clearly 
  defined 
  against 
  

   the 
  evening 
  sky, 
  which 
  at 
  Hunstanton 
  is 
  often 
  marvellously 
  beautiful. 
  

   On 
  Sept. 
  10th 
  I 
  watched 
  for 
  some 
  time 
  two 
  Sandwich 
  Terns 
  not 
  far 
  

   from 
  the 
  pier, 
  and 
  on 
  the 
  16th 
  my 
  son 
  shot 
  two 
  young 
  Curlew-Sand- 
  

   pipers 
  and 
  a 
  couple 
  of 
  Wigeon. 
  Turnstones 
  were 
  numerous, 
  and 
  we 
  

   found 
  them 
  almost 
  as 
  good 
  eating 
  as 
  a 
  Snipe. 
  — 
  Julian 
  G. 
  Tuck 
  

   (Tostock 
  Rectory, 
  Bury 
  St. 
  Edmunds, 
  Suffolk). 
  

  

  AMPHIBIA. 
  

  

  Edible 
  Frog 
  (Rana 
  esculenta) 
  in 
  Surrey. 
  — 
  With 
  reference 
  to 
  the 
  

   note 
  in 
  ' 
  The 
  Zoologist 
  ' 
  (ante, 
  p. 
  352), 
  I 
  should 
  like 
  to 
  put 
  on 
  record 
  

   a 
  few 
  additional 
  facts 
  about 
  the 
  introduction 
  of 
  liana 
  esculenta 
  into 
  

   this 
  county. 
  About 
  twenty 
  years 
  ago 
  the 
  late 
  Lord 
  Arthur 
  Russell 
  

   imported 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  these 
  Frogs 
  from 
  Berlin, 
  and 
  turned 
  them 
  out 
  

   in 
  the 
  neighbourhood 
  of 
  Shere. 
  Most 
  were 
  put 
  into 
  a 
  small 
  pond, 
  

   from 
  which 
  they 
  made 
  their 
  way 
  into 
  Gomshall 
  Marsh, 
  where 
  their 
  

  

  