278. RAMBLES OF A NATURALIST. 
(Zool., 8005), but he omits the date which, when the exact 
day is lost, is always worth giving approximately.* Possibly 
by some strange mistake it may have been confounded with 
the Black Stork next to be noticed ; for there is no mention. 
of it in Mr. Hancock’s catalogue. 
BLACK STORK. 
Hartlepool, 1862, fide Mr. W. C. Horsfall, Zool. 8196. 
Here again the exact date is wanting, though I know there. 
is no mistake about the bird, some of my friends having 
seen it. The same year one was got at Otmoor (Gould, 
B. of G. B). 
SeuAcco HERON. 
A Squacco Heron was got on the “Glasgow” 
canal in October, 1852, fide Mr. W. Martin 
(Morris’ Naturalist, 1853, p. 61). Where the 
“Glasgow canal” may be I cannot say, as I am 
unable to find it in the map. The bird had no 
plumes, and the owner showed his sense of the 
value of it by exchanging it for a case of two 
Bramblings, 
PINK-FOOTED GOOSE. 
Has been obtained by Canon Tristram and others. This 
turns out to be the commonest Goose in many parts of 
England, now that the distinctions are better understood. 
® IT may here remark that correspondents of the Zoologist and other 
periodicals devoted to Natural History, often say a bird was killed 
“last week” or “yesterday,” which conveys nothing if a letter is not 
dated ; and dates after a signature are so frequently omitted that they 
should always be put in the body of the letter, which is the only way of 
insuring the insertion. , 
