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Reptiles. 



Dartford Warbler, of either sex, occasional, though rare, I have 

 obtained one or two specimens taken in the neighbourhood. The dates 

 I have registered are, male and female, summer, 1853 ; old male, 1857 ; 

 young, 1858. 



White Spoonbill. Young, October, 1856. 



Wood Sandpiper. August, 1851, three; August 4, 1856, one; 

 August 22, 1857, one ; August 27, 1857, one. 

 Common Snipe. August 27, 1857. 

 Curlew Sandpiper. Male and female, August 26, 1858. 

 Little Stint. September 20, 1855. 



Temminck's Stint. June 7, 1852. Four have been obtained. 



Landrail. Male, January 28, 1858. Unusual at this time of year. 



Purple Sandpiper. January 23, 1857. 



Gray Phalarope. Female, October 8th and 9th, 1857. 



Smew. Male, January 1855 ; female, January, 1856. 



Redbreasted Merganser. Male, spring, 1853. 



Eared Grebe. Young, winter, 1856. 



Great Northern Diver. May 5, 1854, male ; November 15, 1857, 

 male. 



Ringed Guillemot. Taken in a field, August, 1 854. 

 Sandwich Tern. Another specimen of this tern was seen October 18, 

 1858. 



Ivory Gull. 1845. 



Glaucous Gull. December, 1857. 



Manx Shearwater. 1847. 



Forktailed Petrel. December, 1856, males and females. 



John C. Wilson. 



Montague House, 

 Worthing, Sussex. 



" Is the Edible Frog a true Native of Britain ?" * 

 By John Wolley, Esq. 



Since Mr. Alfred Newton, in his important communication (Zool. 

 6540), has introduced my name as having formerly proposed the 

 question whether the edible frog is a true native of Britain, and as 

 Mr. Bell's latest remarks on the subject (Zool. 6565) are before me, 

 1 venture to send you what seems to me fairly to be said upon the 

 subject. 



* See ' Zoologist,' p. 1821. 



