6854 Birds. 



haunt the trees along the shore at Bembridge early in October, 1857. 

 Mr. Rogers has also obtained the bird once at Freshwater, but both 

 kinds of woodpecker are only known in the Isle of Wight as occasional 

 stragglers from the mainland. It is somewhat remarkable that the 

 nuthatch has not yet been observed, since it is said to be common in 

 some parts of the opposite coast, and is stated to be migratory in 

 Sussex. 



Bee-eater. Once shot near Freshwater, in June, 1855 (see Zool. 

 4870). 



Kingjislier. Few of the kingfishers, which in autumn frequent our 

 creeks and shores, are reared in the Island. The nest has been occa- 

 sionally found in Sandown Level ; and Mr. Rogers has discovered a 

 most unusual breeding haunt near Freshwater, where, it appears, the 

 kingfishers lay their eggs in the crevices of some caves opening to the 

 sea. No English writer that I am aware of mentions this kind of situ- 

 ation being chosen for the nest, though it would appear that upon the 

 Continent, not fissures of caves only, but also hollow trees are occasion- 

 ally tenanted by the kingfisher. 



Rock Dove. Two were obtained at Freshwater in November, 1857. 

 '' Large flocks occasionally appear in Sandown Level." — Mr. Bury. 



Turtle Dove. Was accidentally omitted from Mr. Bury's List; as 

 might be expected, the bird is sufficiently common during the summer 

 months. 



Redlegged Partridge. Has been twice shot to my knowledge ; one 

 at Grove and another at Freshwater; both single birds, and probably 

 stragglers from the mainland. 



Quail. Was shot in Whitefield Wood, January, 1859, and at Fresh- 

 water, in March of the same year. *'A single bird frequented a turnip 

 field, near Sandown, in December, 1857, and January, 1858." — Mr. 

 Bury. 



Stone Curlew. Occurred at Freshwater in the winter of 1854 — 5, 

 and at Bembridge, late in the autumn of 1857. Two were flushed by 

 Mr. Bury, on the 16th of November, 1858, in a turnip field, near 

 Sandown. 



Dotterell. Mr. Rogers has once or twice noticed it to visit Fresh- 

 water, on its spring passage at the end of April. He has seen it 

 several times in September also. 



Gray Plover. May be considered, like most of the large sandpipers, • 

 a bird of double passage. It is occasionally seen in Brading Harbour 

 and along the shore at Bembridge in September ; and was observed 

 on the 8th of May, 1857, on the 30th of May 1858, and again on the 



