OBSERVED IN HERTFORDSHIRE IN' 1887. 
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the direction of Wendover. I had the pleasure of recording it for 
the first time in 1881. 
Curlew ( JVumenius Arquata). —One shot in August, 1884. 
Greenshank ( Totanus canescens). —Two shot in March, 1885. 
Redshank (Totanus Calidris). —Two shot in March, 1885. 
Green Sandpiper ( Helodromas ochropus). —One shot in August, 
1884, and two in March, 1885. 
Dunlin ( Tringa alpina). —Tolerably abundant in winter, and has 
also been taken, in full breeding plumage, in May and June. 
Ruff [Machetes pugnax). —One shot in August, 1884. Two males 
killed at one shot in August, 1886. 
Jack Snipe ( Limnocryptes gallinula). —Fairly common. 
Grey Phalarope ( Phalaropus fulicarius).— One shot in October, 
1885. 
Golden Plover {Charadrius pluvialis). —Two shot in March, 1886. 
Spotted Crake ( Porzana maruetta ).—One shot in September, 
1883. and another in October, 1885. 
Common Tern {Sterna fluviatilis). —One shot in February, 1885, 
and another in June, 1886. 
Little Tern {Sterna minuta). —One shot in August, 1885, and 
two, at one shot, in April, 1886. 
Kittiwake {Rissa tridactgla). —Two shot in January, 1885. 
Black-headed Gull {Lams ridibundus). —One shot in August, 
1884. 
Lesser Black-backed Gull {Larus fuscus ).—One shot in March, 
1885. 
Great Northern Diver ( Colymbus glacialis). — One shot in 
November, 1885, and another in January, 1887. 
Dusky Grebe {Podiceps auritus , var. cornutus). — Two shot in 
October, 1884. 
Cormorant {Phalacrocorax carlo). —One shot in November, 1878. 
Sheldrake {Tadorna cornuta).— One watched, for more than 
an hour, on 8th January, 1888. 
Widgeon {Mareca Penelope). —Three shot in March, 1885, and 
one in January, 1887. 
Garganey {Querquedula Circia). — Reported by Miss Williams 
as having been an occasional summer visitor. 
Tufted Duck {Fuligula cristata). —Always common in winter. 
Black Scoter {CEdemia nigra). —A female shot in October, 1884. 
Golden Eye {Clangula Glaucion). —Fairly common in winter. 
Two males and eight females killed during 1885. 
Smew {Mergus albellus). —A flight of nine visited the Marsworth 
reservoirs about the middle of February, 1885. 
Scaup {Fuligula marila). —One shot on the reservoirs in October, 
1884.’ 
A hybrid between the wild duck and either widgeon or pintail 
was killed on 9th February, 1888. 
I think that the particulars which I have now given cannot fail 
to be acceptable to all who are interested in the ornithology of the 
county. Some of the announcements will attract considerable 
