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June Mi, 1848.— Mr. Charles Fozard brought me a single 

 egg, which had been sent up from St. George's by Mr. 

 Salton Smith, as a specimen of the " Red Shanks' egg." It 

 is about the size of a Pigeon's egg, of a stone colour, spotted 

 with black. I consider it to be the egg of the Roseate 

 Tern. 



Not a single Kingfisher has been seen in this neighbour- 

 hood for many weeks. I am, therefore, satisfied that this 

 bird is only a visitant, remaining with us all the winter 

 whenever it thinks proper so to do. 



June gtk, i S48. — Mr. Wedderburn killed an Osprey this 

 morning. It was a male bird. Measured twenty-four and 

 a half inches in length, and sixty-nine and a half inches in 

 extent. The carpal joint upwards of twenty inches. 



Mr. William Barr, who drove up from St. George's in 

 the morning, observed a very large " Fowl Hawk " near 

 Painter's Vale, barred with white on the under side of the 

 wings. This was probably a bird of the same description, 

 if not the identical one. 



June iot/1, 1848. — An Owl made its appearance close to 

 my house last night. It was shot at by Mr. Wedderburn, 

 and missed. Went out with my gun, but failed in meeting 

 with it. 



June 13/A, 1848. — Mr. Wedderburn sent me the skin of 

 the Osprey {Pandion halitctus) killed by him on the 9th 

 instant. It differs from that shot in October last, by having 

 the head and neck white, marked with brown, and in the 

 primaries not being tipped with white ; indeed, they were 

 black, as described by Wilson. 

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