Notes. 487 



of Sir Edward Wardour, Clerk of the Pells in K>43, or whether it was 

 on part of the property attached to Wardour Castle, near Tisbnry, that 

 these birds met their fate, but the latter is the m >-° -irobable alternative. 

 There is a good specimen of that charming suini«8i \ .;tor, the Hobby 

 • F. subbuteo), shot at Groveley, near Little Langfoi d. Of two cases of 

 Bitterns {Botaurus stellaris), a well-mounted example, with a Kingfisher 

 {AlcedoAspida) as a companion, was shot at Berwick St. James ; the 

 other was shot at Winterbourne Dauntsey in' 1847, and stuffed by the 

 late owner, who was not too successful in his efforts. One case con- 

 tains aQuail ( Co tumix communis)^ Stone Curie w(CE^gicnemus scnlopax), 

 and a Dotterell ( Eudromias morinellus), all shot near Wylye ; and in 

 another case is a second example of the Stone Curlew; shot on Amesbury 

 Down and preserved by G. White, of Salisbury. The last case contains 

 a Kingfisher and three specimens of the Grey Phalarope (Phalaropus 

 fulicarius) shot near Downton. Of the latter species, two are in late 

 autumn but not yet complete winter dress, i nd the other is in the full 

 red-breasted summer plumage. This last is a remarkable but not a 

 unique county record. Yarrell reports that "Mr. Lambert presented 

 to the Zoological Society a beautifully-marked adult bird, which was 

 killed in Wiltshire in the month of August, and retained at that time 

 a great portion of the true red colours of the breeding season or summer 

 plumage. " ' 



At the same sale, Dr. Blackmore acquired for his Musmm, at 

 Salisbury, an example of the Great Grey Shrike (Lanius excuhitor), 

 killed at Wylye, also one of a Kite {Milvus ictinus), shot at Cholderton 

 by Mr. Home, of Allington. it is curious that not one of these ex- 

 amples of Wiltshire birds appears to have come under the cognizance 

 of the indefatigable author of the Birds of Wiltshire. 



E. P. Knubley. 



Storm Petrel at Bdington. On December 4th, 1909, Mr- 

 Herbert J. Watts, of Steeple Ashton, caught a Storm Petrel {Procellaria 

 pelagica) near the Ivy Mill, Edington. It was alive, but in an ex- 

 hausted condition and died the same evening. A gale which sprang 

 up from the south-west and veered towards the north, was blowing at 

 the time. ,The bird has been stuffed by Mr. Watts, of Trowbridge, 

 and is now in my possession. It is unusual to find one of Mother 

 Carey's Chickens so far inland, but the Eev. A. C. Smith records four 

 other occurrences in his Birds of Wiltshire. 



E. P. bNUBLEY. . 



xreenland Falcon killed near Downton. Dr. Penrose 



has asked me to send particulars of a Greenland Falcon which was 

 procured here in April, 1906. The bird was first seen in Ftbruary as 

 near as I can remember, and was generally found near some lynches on 

 Newcourt Farm, half-way between Charlton and Downton. The lynches 

 are enclosed for the purpose of preserving partridges, and the falcon 

 lived chiefly upon partridges and pigeons. The bird is evidently a 

 typical immat ure Greenland falcon. , l 



I ' Quoted in Birds of Wiltshire p. 450, from British Birds, vol. iii., p. 132. 



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