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THE BIRDS OF HAMPSHIRE. 
153. Botaurus lentiginosus. American Bittern. 
A very rare accidental visitor. 
One was shot by Mr. G. R. Nunn, of Lyndhurst, at 
Cadnam, in the New Forest, in February, 1876,^ and was 
sold with Mr. Bidwell's collection in 1904. 
There is also a specimen in the Hart collection, which 
was shot at Woodside, near Lymington, in January of the 
same year. 
A native of North America. 
The record in Morris is a mistake. 
Family — CiconiidcB. 
Genus — Ciconia. 
15i. Ciconia alba. White Stork. 
An accidental visitor from Continental Europe. 
This species is so frequently kept in captivity that 
many of those recorded are doubtless escaped birds, but 
the following appear to be records of genuine wild birds 
which have occurred in our county. 
Yarrell2 mentions one killed in 1808, by the game- 
keeper of John Guitton, of Little Park, near Wickham. 
The male bird in the Hart collection was killed on 
July 29th, 1881. 
In the "Field" of May 3rd, 1884, Mr. R. A. Valpy 
» Field." March loth, 1877. ' " British Birds," vol iv., p. 221. 
