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THE BIRDS OF HAMPSHIRE. 
breeding in the New Forest. It has been seen both in 
summer and winter." 
Mr. Hart calls it a summer visitor, and has adult speci- 
mens obtained in 1870 and 1876, and a young bird in 1879. 
In the "Zoologist" of 1890, Mr. O. V. Aplin collected 
a large amount of information as to the distribution of this 
species, in which task he was assisted by various naturalists 
in this county. 
Mr. Hart wrote to him in March of that year : — 
"It is rather common in this part of Hants. They 
arrive here towards the latter part of March, the 20th being 
the first entry of its occurring in this month. Towards 
the last week of September and the early days of October 
I always find them about the rushy places in the harbour, 
and have flushed as many as five at this time of the year in 
a morning's walk .... Occasionally some stay longer 
and may perhaps remain all the winter. I have killed one 
in January, 1863, and another December, 1869. I have 
frequently found their nest with eggs, and in July, 1872, I 
caught some young ones in down, only a few days old. On 
June 14th, i88i,also, I captured some with just the feathers 
on wings and shoulders showing." 
Mr. Corbin's dates for the neighbourhood of Ringwood 
include the months of April, May, September, October, and 
November. 
Among modern records are the following : — 
One at Headley, near Alton, no date. (Bell's edition 
of White). 
One killed at Newton Stacey, where it is certainly a 
resident, in November, 1884. 
Three in September, one in October, and two in 
November, 1888. (Corbin.) 
Two at Newton Stacey in 1889. (Turle.) 
