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the Mole, close to its junction with the Thames, and preserved 

 by Mr. F. Yearley (F. Styan and J. Mitchell). 



Golden-eye (Clangula glaucion). — Capt. Hankey informs me 

 that he has shot specimens on Fetcham mill-pond ; he has three 

 examples from the lake. A female shot, Shamley Green, Guild- 

 ford, Nov. 17th, 1901 (Zool. 1902, p. 32, and in lit. G. Dalgliesh). 



Scoter (CEdemia nigra). — A specimen was shot at East 

 Molesey on April 17th, 1878, and preserved by Mr. F. Yearley 

 (F. Styan and J. Mitchell). 



Goosander (Mergus merganser). — A male was shot at West 

 Molesey on .Tan. 10th, 1877, and preserved by Mr. F. Yearley. 

 Mr. F. Styan saw a female in the flesh in Mr. W. Bradden's hands 

 for preservation, which was shot during very severe weather on a 

 pond near Farncombe, Godalming, on the 28th of January, 1881 

 (F. Styan and J. Mitchell). 



Smew (M. albellus). — Mr. R. W. Courage had a specimen in 

 his collection — a female — shot near Thursley in 1874, in winter 

 (F. Styan and J. Mitchell). 



Bed Grouse (Lagopus scoticus). — For further notes on this 

 species, and its connection with the county, I may refer your 

 readers to this Journal {ante, p. 27). 



Quail {Goturnix communis). — Mr. F. Styan saw one in Mr. 

 Bradden's hands for preservation, which had been shot in Sept- 

 ember, 1880, near Guildford; and several were killed in the 

 same autumn on Wey-Down Farm, amongst some clover not far 

 from the same locality, by a Mr. F. Roberts (F. Styan and J. 

 Mitchell). Mr. F. H. Birley, of Lingfield, informs me that he 

 has eggs taken in June, 1893, at Little Bookham (in lit.). Mr. 

 G. Dalgliesh has an egg from a clutch taken in a corn-field near 

 Milford in 1893 {in lit.). 



Spotted Crake {Porzana maruetta) . — A male was shot at 

 East Molesey on May 10th, 1871, and preserved by Mr. F. 

 Yearley (F. Styan and J. Mitchell). 



Water Rail {Rallus aquaticus). — Mr. Gillman informs me 

 that he observed this species on Wimbledon Park pond in the 

 'sixties on more than one occasion (in lit.). Mr. F. Styan shot 

 a young bird in the summer of 1881 on the Wey, near Stoke, 

 where it had doubtless been bred. Mr. G. Dalgliesh has a recent 

 specimen from Abinger Bottom, near Guildford (in lit.). 



