324 THE BIRDS OF SUSSEX. 



Romney Marsh, in October 1849, on the Sussex side of the 

 Kent ditch, and passed into the possession of Mr. Lordine 

 of Ewhurst, Sussex. 



Mr. Booth, in his ' Rough Notes,' says that early in the 

 spring of 1875 he received notice from a " Looker " (a Sussex 

 term, signifying a person employed in the marshes to look 

 after the cattle) that a strange white bird had been seen 

 about the " Pells " in Pevensey Level ; that he sent a servant 

 acquainted with the Stork to find out what it was ; and that, 

 in crossing the marshes, he saw and clearly identified it, as it 

 was flying towards the Channel, and it was not seen or heard 

 of again. 



In the ' Zoologist ' for 1884 (p. 489) is the following :— 

 " White Stork at Pevensey. Mr. Vidler, of Pevensey, near 

 Hastings, has kindly sent me a specimea of the White Stork, 

 killed during the latter part of August last. Mr. Vidler 

 writes that there were two Storks, and that they remained 

 about the shore for several days, but seemed very shy. At 

 last one was shot by a coastguard. The other flew away 

 inland, but was seen no more. — T. H. Nelson (Redcar)." 



IBIDID^. 



GLOSSY IBIS. 



Plegadis falcinellus. 



This extremely rare straggler has occurred in a few instances, 

 and does not breed in Britain, though in South-eastern 

 Europe it is by no means uncommon, nesting in the 

 marshes. In Mr. Dresser's 'Birds of Europe' (vol. vi. 

 p. 340) it is observed that on large morasses in places 

 difficult of access, the nest, which is carelessly constructed 



