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spot agrees perfectly with Mr. Bahr’s illustration. — Winn1am Evans 
(38, Morningside Park, Edinburgh). 
Some Rare Kentish Birds. — It may perhaps be of interest to 
chronicle the facts relating to the Little Bustard (Otzs tetrax) killed 
in the Isle of Thanet in 1902, as I do not think full details have ever 
been published. For about a fortnight prior to its death this bird was 
frequently observed in some fields adjoining Stone House School, 
Broadstairs, remaining in that district in spite of its being sadly per- 
secuted by local sportsmen. On or about Dec. 20th, while shooting, 
Mr. Thomas Pemble happened to flush the Little Bustard from a field 
of swedes, and as it rose well within shot it was promptly killed. The 
specimen is still in Mr. Pemble’s possession, where I have examined 
it. On Feb. 23rd of this year Mr. Wise shot a Fulmar (fulmarus 
glacialis) off Kingsgate. This Petrel is extremely rare on the coasts 
of Thanet, and this is the first occurrence known to me. About a 
week or so earlier the same gentleman secured a Hen-Harrier (Czrcus 
cyaneus) in the livery of an immature male, also, I believe, from the 
neighbourhood of Kingsgate. From time to time Hoopoes (Upupa 
epops) are seen in Thanet, usually in the spring, and were they not 
almost invariably killed (for their peculiarly conspicuous plumage 
gives them practically no chance of escape) they would probably 
remain to breed. ‘This spring one was seen in different private 
gardens round Westgate for about three weeks, but has now unfortu- 
nately disappeared, although I have not heard of it being shot.— 
Co~tinewoop Inaram (Westgate-on-Sea). 
Birds which do not usually Perch.— When leaving Overton I crossed 
the fields to Morecambe, and whilst walking alongside a ditch I saw a 
Sky-Lark perched on a sallow tree, and when flushed off by my near 
approach it immediately settled on another sallow. I have never 
before seen this species perch on trees, except once on the Sussex 
coast near Hastings a few years ago, and once in this district we had 
one which had a nest near Bingley Wood, and frequently alighted on 
the top of a thorn-hedge previous to feeding its young. Soon after 
the arrival of the Wheatear this year I saw one perched on the top 
of a thorn-hedge, which is not a common occurrence here, and when 
walking over Stainburn Moor, near Harrogate, on June 10th, a Snipe 
was perched on one of the arms of the telegraph-posts, calling to its 
mate for a considerable time. I have known odd individuals of the 
Common Sandpiper perch with great facility in their nesting haunts 
when intruders are about their nests, or, even more, their young.— 
EK. P. ButterFIELD (Bank House, Wilsden). 
