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THE BIRDS OF HAMPSHIRE. 
the Forest, and I am not aware of a pair having successfully 
reared their young since 1886, when I saw a brood of 
flying young ones close to Ipley Farm." 
In 1893 Turle took five eggs from a nest at Ipley on 
June 1 8th; and again, on June 17th, 1894, found a nest 
at the same place with three eggs. 
Mr. Corbin has numerous records of its occurrence in 
the New Forest; in the "Zoologist" for 1893 he relates 
that one was killed near Ringwood in June, 1893, and a 
pair nested there the following year, but one of this pair 
was unfortunately killed in August. On June ist, 1904, 
one was seen in a wood on the borders of the Forest, and 
at the end of May in the same year one was killed near 
Lymington. 
Mr. Corbin has always emphasised the fact that this 
species feeds frequently in the dusk, and he has watched 
them chasing the dor-beetles in the gathering gloom ; but, 
if further proof were needed, he had a specimen in August, 
1904, which had the remains of a bat in its stomach, and 
the wings of the animal were found sticking in its throat. 
It was shot in the dusk by a duck-shooter. 
There are numerous recent records of the bird's occur- 
rence in the summer from most parts of the county, and 
few collections are without examples of this species. 
In the Isle of Wight, Bury ("Zoologist," 1844) says it 
is occasionally seen, but has not been ascertained to breed ; 
a male was shot in the Landslip in October, 1841, and a 
pair shot some }'ears ago in the heart of the island, also in 
autumn. 
Mr. Willett has a pair, which may perhaps be those 
referred to above by Bury. 
