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note that M. rail (the Yellow Wagtail) is not included in the list, 

 especially as it has been recorded from the Reigate neighbour- 

 hood with some frequency by other observers. This somewhat 

 inclines me to wonder if the species is really intended to be 

 included as such. 



The Chough is a curious addition to the list. It has been 

 obtained on only five occasions in the county as far as I am 

 aware, and it is perhaps more than probable that all these 

 specimens were mere " escapes." 



The Bean Goose and the Hooper are interesting species from 

 a local point of view. The former has been recorded specifically 

 from Surrey but once, though noticed in general terms by "A 

 Son of the Marshes " in his local works ; the latter, together 

 with the Pintail, may have occurred on some such water in the 

 Reigate district as Gatton Lake, from which a good many of the 

 rarer ducks have been occasionally recorded. I do not think 

 that any of the other species enumerated need any particular 

 comment. Taken as a whole, the list may be regarded as 

 interesting and valuable, although it is not now possible to test 

 its accuracy, and it is a matter of much regret that details, at 

 any rate of the rarer species enumerated, were not given. 



It is obviously incomplete, and compared with the one hundred 

 and ninety-five species recorded by "Rusticus" in 1849 from the 

 Godalming district, is of quite second-rate importance. Perhaps 

 the most striking omissions are the Ring-Ouzel, Yellow Wagtail, 

 Dartford Warbler, and Long- eared Owl. 



Another publication, which was brought to my notice in the 

 pages of this Journal, is a work by Alfred Smee, F.R.S , entitled 

 *My Garden.' This is a large work — it was published in 1872^ 

 and deals very fully with all forms of life in the author's pleasure- 

 grounds at Carshalton. 



In an interesting chapter on birds, Mr. Smee records ninety- 

 six visitors to his grounds, some of which are quite valuable. 

 Mr. Smee mentions one occurrence of the Hooper on his lake 

 during severe weather in winter, and in this connection it is 

 worthy of note that this species was recorded from the Wandle 

 near Carshalton in the winter of 1860-1 by Mr. S. Gurney (vide 

 Zool. 1861, p. 7386). Mr. Smee also records from his lake the 

 Wild Duck, Teal, Wigeon, and Tufted Duck, besides the female 



