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THE BIRDS OF HAMPSHIRE. 
Dr. Cowper ^ has seen it once on Shanklin Down in 
winter, and Wadham records a pair shot many years ago 
in the Island. 
Genus — Tinnimaihis. 
139. Tinmmculiis vespertinus. Red-footed Falcon. 
A rare accidental visitor from Southern and Eastern 
Europe and Western Asia. 
The first recorded Hampshire specimen was a male 
procured at Parley, near Christchurch, in 1854, and now in 
the Hart collection. Parley parish runs into Dorsetshire, 
but Mr. Hart informs us that the bird was killed on our 
side of the border. 
The second example is a female in the possession of 
Mr. Harting, who tells us that it was shot by Mr. Horace 
Leggatt, of Titchfield, in October, 1875, and sent to the 
office of the " Field " in the flesh. 
The third is mentioned by Messrs. D'Urban and 
Mathew, in their Birds of Devon," as having been shot 
at Fordingbridge, in January, 1877. 
The last is a female shot by Mr. Brewer at Tuckton, 
near Christchurch, on May i6th, 1882, and now in Mr. 
Hart's collection. 
This species was accidentally omitted from Mr. Meade- 
Waldo's list in the " Victoria History of Hants." 
* " Hants Court Guide." 
