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THE BIRDS OF HAMPSHIRE. 
The Winchester College Museum contains an example 
obtained at Stockbridge in 1891, and a fine male was shot 
out of a lot of seven at Alresford during the same season 
(Baring). 
Dr. Cowper mentions an adult female shot on a pond 
near Sandford, in the Isle of Wight,^ and Mr. Meade- Waldo 
has on several occasions seen female birds on Hatchett 
Pond, in the New Forest.^ 
188. Mergus serrator. Red-breasted Merganser. 
A winter visitor. 
More plentiful than the last, but usually visiting the 
coast, and not so often found on fresh water. 
The occurrence of this species in the county is first 
recorded in Gilbert White's " Journal " :— 
" December 9th, 1774. Mergus serratus^ the dun-diver, 
a very rare bird in these parts, was shot in James Knight's 
ponds, just as it was emerging from the water with a 
considerable tench in its mouth. Its head and part of the 
neck was of a deep rust colour. On the back part of 
the head was a remarkable crest of the same hue." 
In the Hart collection are specimens procured on 
January 26th, 1878, and in October, 1879. 
Lord Malmesbury has a pair in his collection at Heron 
Court from the district. 
A specimen in the Alton Museum was obtained on 
King^s pond, in that parish. It has also occurred at 
Fleet.3 
» Hants Court Guide." » "Victoria History of Hants." 
^"Zoologist," 1872. 
