458 THE ZOOLOGIST. 



Red-breasted Merganser. — A female shot at Crowmarsh. 



Black Tern. — Two (immature) shot on the river from a flock 

 late in the summer. One was seen by Mr. Newton over the 

 Thames in the summer of 1902. 



Snoiv -Bunting. — A very fine adult male in winter dress shot 

 there five and twenty years before. He had seen two or three 

 since. 



Dotterel. — Some fine adult local birds procured years ago. 

 They still (in some years) appear on the hills in spring about 

 the second week in May, and again from the middle of August 

 to the early part of September. At the former season about five 

 in a trip, at the latter up to a score or more. Two birds were 

 shot locally early in September, 1902. 



Rose-coloured Pastor. — The very fine adult bird shot at Ewelme 

 some forty years ago, mentioned in my book. It was shot while 

 feeding on cherries by a Mr. Greenwood, in whose possession it 

 was for some years, and at whose sale Mr. Newton bought it, 

 with a local white Hare (which he gave away). Mr. Newton 

 gave me independent information relating to a Pastor, shot at 

 Ewelme Park by Mr. H. Saunders on Oct. 20th, 1871, and pre- 

 served ; recorded by "E. H.," Pyrton, Oxon, in the 'Field' of 

 March 23rd, 1872. 



Snipe. — A very fine " Sabine's Snipe," shot in July or August 

 on Harcourt Hill. It is a very big bird, and we both thought it 

 must have weighed fully seven ounces. It is a long bird, and 

 more the shape of a Woodcock than a Snipe. 



Hobby. — A pair of adult birds, shot in September. 



Dunlin. — Shot at a little pond on Harcourt Hill. 



Peregrine Falcon. — A very fine old female, with the upper 

 part of the breast almost unmarked and tinted with salmon- 

 pink. It is a pretty regular autumn visitor to the Thames valley 

 and the slopes of the Chilterns, where they frequent big open 

 fields, and when gorged, or on the watch, sit on the big clods 

 of earth, when their light-coloured breasts make them con- 

 spicuous at a distance. When gorged they are fairly tame, 

 and will let you ride moderately close to them. Mr. Newton had 

 seen them knock down Partridges, but they also feed on Wood- 

 Pigeons, of which there are large flocks about there at that 

 season. 



