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December. 



1st. — Sparrow-Hawk at Croham Hurst. 



2nd. — Female or young Golden-eye at Penn Ponds. This was 

 very wild, and would not allow a near approach, flying up every 

 now and again to settle farther away. A few days later a friend 

 got close to it two or three times by running along the bank 

 whilst the bird was diving, but it always took fright on coming 

 to the surface and seeing somebody near it. The bird's wildness 

 certainly points to its being truly feral, and not a visitor from 

 Kew. 



9th. — A good many Teal, Snipe, and Mallard, two Herons, a 

 Kingfisher, and three large Gulls — probably L. fuscus — at Hedge- 

 court, and Bullfinches in the neighbourhood. 



16th. — Pair of Tufted Duck on Penn Ponds. 



23rd. — Cold, hard frost. Wood-Pigeons cooing in many 

 places about Oxted, and a Brambling on alders at Mill Pond 

 (C. H. B.). Lesser Redpolls in small flocks reported from diffe- 

 rent parts. Seven Tufted Duck and Grey Wagtails at Hammer 

 Pond. 



24th. — Flock of Pochard, Coot, and Tufted Duck on Frensham 

 Little Pond. A large number of Coot fell to the guns in the 

 morning, but the ice stopped shooting to any extent. Woodcock 

 flushed from heather on Stony Hill. 



25th. — Numbers of Full and Jack (?) Snipe, but no Teal, by 

 the River Wey at Elstead, having left the open country through 

 the severe frost. 



26th. — Flocks of Sky-Larks drifting over the snow-clad country, 

 and immense numbers of Ring- and Stock-Doves in the woods. 



30th.— Pied Blackbird at Titsey (C. H. B.). 



In conclusion, I wish to convey my heartiest thanks to all 

 correspondents who from time to time throughout the past year 

 have so kindly forwarded me notes containing items of consider- 

 able interest. It is to them and through their unmerited kind- 

 ness that the preparation of this report has been found possible. 



