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THE BIRDS OF HAMPSHIRE. 
September 13th, 1881 ; March 29th, 1884; April 14th, 
1884; and January 22nd, 1885. 
It has also occurred at Portsmouth (Pearce) ; at 
Winchester ^ (Rev. C. A. Johns) ; and at Alton — two 
specimens being in the museum there, one, a very fine 
specimen, obtained at King's Pond on May 8th, 1865, 
the other, also from Alton, presented by Curtis. Another 
is recorded by Lathy in the " Zoologist" for May, 1 891, as 
having been procured in Hants on November i6th, 1890. 
Bury says a pair passed the winter of 1843-4 in the 
neighbourhood of Sandown, in the Isle of Wight, and were 
constantly seen from November to the end of February. 
He says a male was shot at Bonchurch, December 2nd, 
1842, and a female at Luccombe, January 2nd, 18442; 
several met with on October 20th, 1882, and one shot 
near Freshwater Bay 3, are instances of its occurrence in 
the Isle of Wight. More considered it a regular winter 
visitor. 
Dr. Cowper"^ says he has seen it once in the early 
spring in the island. 
Genu S — Cyanecula. 
\Cyanccula wolji. White-spotted Bluethroat. 
A very rare accidental visitor. 
Hadfield observed, but did not obtain, an example 
^ Zoologist." 1863. 
' " Notes on the Birds of the Isle of Wight." " Zoologist." 1844. 
3 "Zoologist." January, 1883. 
* " Hants Court Guide." 1897. 
