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He showed it to the waterman, who identified it as an Ibis, or Black 

 Curlew. It is now in my possession. " Black Curlew " is the name 

 given to the bird by the Breydon gunners, owing to the resemblance 

 of the bills in these birds. — B. Dye (Great Yarmouth). 



Slavonian Grebe in Shropshire and Worcestershire. — On the 11th 

 December last my brother and I observed a Slavonian Grebe (Podi- 

 cipes auritus) on the Biver Severn, in the parish of Dowles, some 

 four hundred yards above Bewdley Bridge. When first noticed it 

 was swimming about in some quiet water near the river-bank ; it was 

 very tame, allowing us to approach within about fifteen yards and 

 watch its movements for several minutes. It occasionally dived 

 whilst we were near, in some instances coming up again even closer 

 than before, and it remained above water at longer intervals. Even- 

 tually it got caught in the swift current then running, whence it was 

 quickly carried down stream and across to the Worcestershire bank 

 of the river. — J. Steele Elliott (Dowles Manor, Shropshire). 



Ornithological Report from Chester. — Permit me to record the 

 following : — 



Two immature Peregrine Falcons (Falco peregrinus). — Bala, 

 April 19th, 1909. 



Osprey (Pandion haliaetus). — Adult female, Capenhurst, May 7th, 



1909. The stomach of this infrequent visitor was quite empty. 

 Great Northern Diver (Colymbus glacialis). — Shot December 21st, 



1891, during extensive floods, Helsby Marsh. 



Immature Black-throated Diver (C. arcticus). — Shot January 18th, 



1910, Biver Dee, at Corwen. The gullet of this bird contained seven 

 Common Trout of different ages ; the stomach was apparently filled 

 with bones of the same, together with some small pebbles. — A. New- 

 stead (Grosvenor Museum, Chester). 



Ornithological Observations in North-east Surrey, 1909. — The 



most interesting notes for the year, for this portion of Surrey, are 

 the occurrence of the Golden Plover on Wimbledon Common, whence 

 it had not previously been recorded, and the Common Tern, White 

 Wagtail, and Lesser Black-backed Gulls observed on autumn migra- 

 tions at Barn Elm Reservoir. At least one hundred and forty-three 

 species have already been recorded from this corner of Surrey ; of 

 these, one hundred and fifteen have been seen within the last ten 

 years ; this shows the district to be one of the richest, ornitho- 

 logically, in the county. The Barn Elm Reservoir is comparatively 

 new ground for the observation of bird-life. The only former records 

 from this spot being as follows : — 



