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THE BIRDS OF HAMPSHIRE. 
England was shot in April, 1859, in a potato field close to 
Knapp Mill, near Christchurch, by a man named Tom 
Dowden, and is now in the collection of Mr. J. Tanner. 
Only two other examples have occurred in Britain. 
Genu s — Eudromias. 
220. Eudromias mor melius. Dotterel. 
A rare visitor, during the autumn and spring migration, 
to certain uplands of the mainland and of the Isle of 
Wight. 
Wise notes that "little flocks may be seen in the 
Forest in April, and again in autumn, but they only stay a 
few days." 
More did not consider the bird sufficiently regular in 
its appearance in the Island to be ranked among his 
" birds of double passage," but he mentions occurrences 
in May on the downs near Shanklin and Freshwater, and 
at the latter place again in September. 
Hadfield also has recorded two specimens obtained near 
Newport on September 7th, 1887/ 
The bird appears regularly in May on the high ground 
east of Stockbridge, and less regularly on Bransbury 
Common. 
On the other side of the county it has occurred at 
Kingsley,2 and two individuals shot at Ovington by Captain 
Phelps on September 30th, 1893, ^1*^ the Winchester 
College collection. 
It is, however, a species which has decreased con- 
siderably in late years. 
' "Zoologist." January, 1889. = Bell's Edition of White. 
