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photographs taken by Mr. Herbert Bell (Mr. Theodore Bell's 

 nephew), which indicate very clearly the circumstances of the 

 breeding of this bird. 



Common Guillemot (Uria troile). — Mr. W. Simmons, of 

 Haslemere, informed Mr. F. Stj'an, in 1880, that his father had 

 shot a specimen of this species on Sickle mill-pond, near Hasle- 

 mere, in the year 1868, after a very severe storm (F. Styan and 

 J. Mitchell). 



Great Northern Diver (Colymbus glacialis). — In December 

 of 1881, a specimen, weighing 8j lb., was caught with a rod and 

 line at Virginia Water by the local fisherman, John Keene. The 

 bird took a large Thames Dace which was being used as a live 

 bait for Pike. It was landed after a forty minutes' struggle, and 

 was sent on the following day to H.R.H. Prince Christian, by 

 whom it is believed to have been preserved. Keene, its captor, 

 wrote for Mr. Styan a lengthy account of the occurrence, which 

 was incidentally mentioned in the ' Field ' (December, 1881). 



Great Crested Grebe {Podicipes cristatus). — Mr. A. Gillman 

 informs me that in the 'sixties he noticed this species on Wimble- 

 don Park pond (in lit.). During this winter one was seen on a 

 lake not far from Milford (G. Dalgliesh, in lit.). 



Storm- Petrel (Procellaria pelagica). — In October, 1852, one 

 was shot at West End, Esher, and preserved by Mr. F. Yearley 

 (F. Styan and J. Mitchell). Mr. Simmons informed Mr. Styan 

 that one was picked up dead on a road near Haslemere in 1865 

 (F. Styan and J. Mitchell). Mr. Dalgliesh records a male, caught 

 alive at a street-lamp on Dec. 28th, 1901, at St. Catherine's, 

 Guildford ('Zoologist,' ante, p. 32). 



In addition to the above short list, I have received some very 

 interesting communications upon the occurrence in the county of 

 some curious species of obviously artificial introduction, such as 

 the Rock-Dove, Black Swan, and Reeves's Pheasant; and also a 

 considerable number of notes of the occurrence of species, which 

 I do not feel justified in including in this list, owing to the 

 records sent me being records merely of observation. The former 

 have undoubtedly occurred, but only in a semi-domesticated, or 

 even domesticated state ; the latter, such as the Snowy Owl, 

 Bar-tailed Godwit, White's Thrush, Rock-Thrush, &c, are with- 

 out doubt erroneous and unreliable observations. 



