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28th. — Great Spotted Woodpecker, Wood-Lark, two Grass- 

 hopper-Warblers, and six Dartford Warblers seen near Hind- 

 head. Over twenty old and young Grebe and an immature Cor- 

 morant at Frensham Great Pond. I saw the latter arrive and 

 depart ; it only stopped for about fifteen minutes, dived con- 

 tinuously, and, as far as I could see, caught some fish each 

 time. 



29th. — Greenshank (?) at Devil's Jumps. Little Grebes and 

 Hobby at Frensham. I noticed the latter chase and strike down 

 a Swallow — a most interesting sight. 



30th. — Garden-Warbler at Thursley, and White Wagtail at 

 Frensham. Jack- Snipe, Green Sandpipers, Teal, and plenty of 

 Wild Duck in the evening at Devil's Jumps. The Jack is excep- 

 tionally early, but I had this bird under observation for a con- 

 siderable time, being within ten feet of it (behind a screen of 

 pine-branches), so am positive that I was not mistaken. 



September. 



8th. — Brood of three Dabchicks just hatched in Lea Park 

 (G. D.). Common Sandpiper at Richmond. 



11th.— Kingfisher at Penn Ponds (E. K. F.). Flock of be- 

 tween fifty and sixty Swallows, apparently on migration, flying 

 over Limpsfield Common (C. H. B.). 



12th. — Small flock of Linnets seen, and Chiffchaff heard in 

 Bichmond Park (E. K. F.). 



16th. — About one dozen Little Grebes on Barrow Green 

 (C. H. B.). 



22nd. — Some twenty-five or thirty Goldfinches on Itchingwood 

 Common (C. H. B.). Three Teal and first addition to numbers 

 of Mallard noted on Penn Ponds. I might here add that the 

 Teal no longer breeds at Richmond (Hudson, ' Birds of London,' 

 p. 263). 



23rd. — About a dozen Goldfinches on Littleworth Common. 



29th. — Herons, a single Snipe, and scores of Black-headed 

 Gulls at Kew, and Kingfishers on Thames at Richmond. 



30th. — Grey Wagtail at Godstone ; several French Partridges 

 on the North Downs near Oxted ; these birds are not uncommon 

 on the lower parts of the hills (C. H. B.). 



