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visitors we have, our most rare birds ; they are not many, but I 

 am sure Mr. Inchbald would like to hear of them — such as the 

 Eagles, Ospreys, Bitterns, Little Bittern — one of the latter only 

 (an exceedingly rare instance) — Hoopoes, Bohemian Chatterer, 

 Roller, Nutcracker, Rose-coloured Ouzel, Oriole, &c." This 

 promised letter is, unfortunately, not to be found — a sad pity. 

 Details of a local Roller would indeed be a welcome addition to 

 the Surrey avifauna. The other letters, though interesting, do 

 not, with one exception, merit specific mention or quotation. 

 The following are the collected notes : — 



Mistle-Thrush (Turdus viscivorus). — Mr. Dalgliesh noticed 

 on more than one occasion, in the present winter at Milford, a 

 partial albino of this species. The head, tail, and part of the 

 wings were white. 



Ring- Ouzel (T. torquatus). — A party of six were observed 

 near Shalford in October, 1878; a single specimen was observed 

 near Gomshall in the spring of 1879, and another was shot at 

 Chilworth in October, 1880 (F. Styan and J. Mitchell). 



Black Redstart (Ruticilla titys). — A Mr. Simmons, of 

 Haslemere, owned a specimen, shot about 1830 near that place 

 (F. Styan and J. Mitchell). In a letter dated the 13th of April, 

 1868, written by Mr. Waring Kidd to Mr. Haines, he says : — " I 

 wonder if you have ever met with the Black Redstart — a winter 

 visitor, although an insectivorous feeder ; it is very strange it 

 should arrive here in cold weather. Several of them have been 

 found at Brighton. I have possessed three of them — one obtained 

 at Brighton, one here (Godalming), and one at Harting. All 

 met with in the winter season. The one here, I shot some years 

 ago — thirty or more — in a hop-garden, shaking its tail hori- 

 zontally, as they all do. It was on the topmost pole, and it 

 puzzled me exceedingly, and being some time in November, and 

 late in the month — too late for the Common Redstart — yet I 

 thought it might be one, and had soiled itself seeking for warmth 

 in some chimney : so I discarded it, which I afterwards regretted 

 very much. It was a female," &c. (Letter of Mr. Waring Kidd, 

 per Mr. R. Haines.) 



Dartford Warbler (Sylvia undata). — Mr. J. M. Mitchell 

 observed a pair in a secluded corner of Wandsworth Common for 



