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Common sandpiper, Tot anus Hypoleucos. Common in spring and 

 autumn. 



Green sandpiper, T. ochropus. Common in autumn. 



Wood sandpiper, T. glareola. Common in autumn. 



.Red shanks, T. Calidris. Breeds in Romney marsh. 



Dusky sandpiper, T.fuscus. To be met with occasionally in spring 

 and autumn in Romney marsh. 



Greenshanks, T. glottis. Not common. A good specimen was shot 

 last year at Milton, by the keeper of Matthew Bell, Esq., of Oswalds. 



Avocet, Recurvirostra Avocetta. Not uncommon in Romney marsh. 



Bar-tailed godwit, Limosa rufa. Common. 



Black-tailed godwit, L. melanura. Rare. 



Sabine's snipe, Scolopax Sabini. Has been shot in Kent. A good 

 specimen was shot on the banks of the Medway, October 26, 1824. 



Jack snipe, S. Gallimda. Common. 



Common snipe, S. Gallinago. Ditto. 



Great snipe, S. major. Rare. 



Woodcock, S. rusticola. Common. 



Ruff, Machetes pugnax. Common in Romney marsh in spring and 

 autumn. 



Water-rail, Rallies aquaticus. Common. 



Corn-crake, Crex pratensis. Not uncommon. 



Spotted crake, C. Porzana. Common in autumn in Romney marsh. 



Moorhen, Gallinula chloropus. Common. 



Coot, Fidica atra. Ditto. 



Grey phalarope, Phalaropus lobatus. Common in Romney marsh 

 in autumn. 



Red phalarope, P. hyperboreus. This bird is rare : Mr. Plomley 

 has obtained only one specimen. 



Bewick's swan, Cygnus Bewickii. Rare. Mr. Plomley has a spe- 

 cimen in his collection which was killed in Romney marsh ; one was 

 shot by a labouring man in the parish of Kingston a few years since. 



White-fronted goose, Anser albifrons. Common in Romney marsh. 



Grey lag goose, A.ferus. Ditto. 



Bean goose, A. segetum. Common in Romney marsh. 



Bernicle goose, Bernicla leucopsis. Has been seen in Romney 

 marsh. 



Brent goose, Bernicla Brenta. Ditto. 



Shieldrake, Tadorna Bellonii. Ditto. 



Wild duck, Anas Boschas. Ditto. 



Pintail, Dajila acuta. Ditto. 



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