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The following is a list of some of the rarer and more interest- 

 ing species of British birds observed and captured at Scilly. 



Pectoral Sandpiper, Tringa pectoralis. — Isle of 



Annet, Scilly May 29th, 1840. 



Eing Dottrel, Charadrius Maticula. — Breeds. . .April 25th, 1843. 



\ Hoopoe, TJpupa epops. — At different times since 

 1843, to present time. 



Scops Owl,. Strix Aldrovandi, — The grey figure 

 of this owl in Gould's 11 Birds of Great 

 Britain " is a male bird, and drawn from 

 .this specimen. April, 1847. 



Night Heron, Ardea nycticorax May, 1849. 



* Osprey, Pandion halicetus May, 1849. 



Pied Flycatcher, Muscicapa luctuosa. 1 September, 1849, during 



Eeed Wren, Salicaria arundinacea. autumnal migration — 



,-tr i i ' , ai «i r j- ' apparently in transitu 



Woodchat Shrike, Lamm rufus . . r only, as they are not 



Garden Warble, Curruca hortensus. | found in Cornwall in 

 Wryneck, Ytcnx torquilla J the spring. 



Spoonbill, Platalea leucorodia June, 1850. 



Ortolan Bunting, Emleriza hortulana October, 1851. 



Little Stint, Tringa minuta ) September 1851 



Whiskered Tern, Sterna leucoporeia ) 



Lesser Grey or Eose-breasted Shrike, Lanius 



minor (the first British specimen) November, 1871. 



(See Gould's " Birds of Great Britain.") 



Fir e- crested Wren, Regulus ignicapillus . ... ) Q c ^. 0 ^ er ^851 

 Eichard's Pipit, Antlms Richardi / ' 



Montague's Harrier, Circus cineraceous. — Three 

 specimens ; one with a thrush's egg in its 

 mouth April, 1852. 



Gull-billed Tern, Sterna Anglica ) 



Iceland Gull, Larus islandicus j 



Goosander, Mergtis serrator December, 1853. 



