12 the zoologist. 



July. 

 On the 6th I saw a flock of Herring Gulls, Larus argentatus, 

 flying over Winchester, and on the 16th Mr. Turle, writing to 

 the * Hampshire Chronicle,' recorded seeing a brood of young 

 Crossbills, Loxia curvirostra, being fed by the old birds in 

 Southampton Cemetery on the 10th. 



September. 

 On the 9th a Spotted Crake, Porzana maruetta, flew against 

 the telegraph-wires at Itchin Abbas, and was killed. Mr. Turle 

 sees this bird every year at Newton Stacey, and, though he has 

 not yet found the nest, believes that it breeds there. It has been 

 shot at Marwell, one being in the possession of Mr. Percy 

 Standish. On the 1 7th we found a Wood Pigeon's nest, with fresh 

 eggs ; on the 19th the Grey Wagtail, Motacilla melanope, arrived ; 

 on the 22nd I saw the last Chiffchaff, Phylloscopus rufus ; and on 

 the 29th the last Sedge Warbler, Salicaria phragmitis. On the 25th 

 the Gulls began their daily visits. Pied Wagtails, M. lugubris, 

 were very numerous in the water-meadows, in small parties of 

 from four to twenty. Kingfishers, Alcedo ispida, are perceptibly 

 decreasing ; they are rare everywhere, except at the birdstuffer's, 

 where a very large number are sent in yearly, especially from 

 round Alresford. 



October. 



On the 3rd we found two Wood Pigeons' nests, with young 

 birds ; the Hon. A. H. Baring writes me (Dec. 10th) that a number 

 of young birds were shot late on in autumn at Alresford. On 

 the 7th Redwings, Turdus iliacus, arrived, and have been more 

 common than usual this winter. On the 9th Mr. R. C. R. Ensor 

 found the remains of a Stone Curlew on Longwood Warren, and 

 on the 18th he saw the first Fieldfares. These birds were very 

 late this year, as we saw no more till Nov. 3rd ; they have been 

 scarce all the winter. On the 23rd a fine male Peregrine was 

 received by Mr. Chalkley from Warnford, where it was shot by a 

 keeper. He also received a Great Spotted Woodpecker, Dendro- 

 copus major, from Otterbourne, and a Lesser Tern, Sterna minuta, 

 from Stockbridge, during the month. The Pied Wagtails, which 

 had been so common, almost totally disappeared, their place 

 being taken by large numbers of the Grey Wagtail. The Hon. 



