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cimens having been obtained in this county during the last twenty years. — /. B. Ell- 

 man ; Lewes, January 28, 1852. 



Occurrence of the Great Gray Shrike at Hailsham. — I last week obtained a pair 

 of this bird (which is very scarce so far south) from the above place. They were pro- 

 cured last summer. — Id.; February 19, 1852. 



Note on the Kite and Buzzard Trapped at Blenheim. — It may interest some of the 

 readers of the ' Zoologist' to know that the kite and buzzard mentioned by Mr. Webb, 

 on the cover of the February No., as having been trapped at Blenheim, are now alive 

 in my possession, and though they have only one leg each, appear perfectly well. A 

 very fine young female peregrine falcon was also shot in Blenheim Park about the be- 

 ginning of last November. — T. L. Powys ; Christ Church, Oxford, February 11, 1852. 



The Redstart. — I am quite aware of the force of Mr. Hulke's observations on the 

 redstart (Zool. 3329). In mentioning this bird as of a delicate and wild nature, I only 

 alluded to the case of disturbing its nest. In the few instances in which I have moved 

 the beautiful blue eggs of the redstart, or disarranged the nest, by thrusting my hand 

 into the wall or hole where it was, and examining the eggs in my hand, I have found 

 the bird to forsake the nest. I mentioned the parallel of the hedge-sparrow, which 

 will suffer all this in its nest, and still continue to sit. The eggs of these two birds are 

 very much alike, and you might deceive the hedge-sparrow but not the redstart. The 

 redstart frequents cities and towns, and there is scarcely a parish where one or more 

 couples may not be seen. But while on the subject of deceiving birds, is it not extra- 

 ordinary how that monster of the feathered tribe, the cuckoo, imposes her large egg on 

 the hedge-sparrow, wagtail, and others, and has her young one hatched, barring acci- 

 dent, to the exclusion of the nursing mother's eggs entirely? The finger of Providence 

 is certainly here! — H. W. Neivman ; February 7, 1852. 



Occurrence of the Fire-crested Regulus near Penzance. — Another specimen of this 

 bird has lately come to hand. It is a male bird, and was observed in a hedge singly, 

 about a mile from this place. The crest is less bright than in some specimens that 1 

 have seen ; .perhaps it may be a last year's bird. — Edward Hearle Rodd ; Penzance, 

 January 28, 1852. 



Note on a wild Hybrid between the Greenfinch and Linnet. — My neighbour, Mr. 

 Edward Fountaine, of this parish, has a specimen of a hybrid bird between the green- 

 finch and the common linnet, which he caught in a wild state some time since, and 

 which, on that account, I think deserving of a record in the ' Zoologist.' — /. H. Gur- 

 ney ; Easton, January 29, 1852. 



Note on the Sandpiper described by Mr. Reid.—I beg to suggest that the sandpiper 

 described in the last number (Zool. 3330), appears to accord with Bartram's sandpiper 

 (Totanus Bartramia), an American species, which has been noticed as occasionally 

 occurring on the continent of Europe, but which, I believe, has not hitherto been ob- 

 served in Great Britain. — Id. 



[Mr. A. G. More has previously made the same suggestion on the wrapper of the 

 last number : I should much like to submit the bird to Mr. Doubleday, Mr. Gould, 

 Mr. Yarrell, or Mr. Gurney.— E. N.] 



Occurrence of Ross's Rosy Gull (Larus Ilossii) at Pevensey, Sussex. — I have recently 

 received a very beautiful adult male specimen of this bird, which was shot by my friend 

 Mr. Vidlcr, of the above place, who kindly presented it to me. Since the publication 

 of the 2nd Edition of 'The Ilamhles,' in 1850, twelve additional species of birds have 

 been obtained in this county ; nine of these are in my possession. — J. B. Ellman ; 21, 

 Great Percy Street, Pentonville, February 19, 1852. 



