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and Bullfinches near Leatherheacl. Pied Blackbird on Great 

 Bookham Common. 



27th. — Nine Crested Grebes — at least three young — and two 

 female Pochard on the Great Pond ; and a mixed flock of Pochard 

 and Coot on Frensham Little Pond ; also a solitary Golden-eye 

 — probably a young male— which dived repeatedly, never remain- 

 ing on the surface for more than thirty seconds (C. H. B.). 



Date uncertain. — Albino Pheasant on Ranmore Common (H. 

 Russell). 



November. 



4th. — Six Lesser Redpolls on alders at Godstone Pond, and 

 at Lingfield on the 17th (C. H. B.). 



7th. — Very mild. Song-Thrush singing at Sanderstead, almost 

 as well as in spring (C. H. B.) ; and elsewhere (L. B. M.). 



11th. — Three Goldfinches at Oxted ; Carrion-Crow at Titsey 

 (C. H. B.). About this date there seems to have been an influx 

 of Hooded Crows, and Mr. Bentham sends me several notes of 

 having seen parties of varying numbers in his district. Generally 

 speaking, it is probable that since " the good old days " this mem- 

 ber of the Corvidce has never been more numerous than at the 

 present time. Grey Wagtails at Virginia Water. 



18th. — A female Shoveler on Penn Ponds, in company with 

 the pair of pinioned birds kept there, which no doubt attracted 

 it. This may have come over from Kew Gardens. Two House- 

 Martins on Richmond Hill. 



25th. — Goldfinches near Barrow Green, and large numbers 

 of Pigeons in different parts (C. H. B.). Pied Jackdaw at Barnes ; 

 Hawfinch at Blindley Heath, two Kingfishers at Godstone Pond, 

 and great numbers of Teal, Lapwings, Snipe, and Mallard at 

 pond near Hedgecourt. There were probably some two hundred 

 and fifty to three hundred Duck, three-fifths being of the smaller 

 species. 



Date uncertain. — Mr. Russell writes : — " I saw a Hawfinch 

 in the garden during November, and the gardener tells me that 

 numbers with young used to visit the peas. They must have 

 bred in the neighbourhood. I am told that on Leith Hill num- 

 bers come to the peas ; they are very shy, but not, I expect, very 

 rare." 



