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A SHELL HUNT AT THE WREN r S NEST. 
are of a very sombre appearance, compared with those obt aineff 
by myself in other localities; perhaps it is something to do 
with the “ black-country ” smoke. H. hispida , abundant every¬ 
where. I also obtained one specimen of the pretty variety 
albida. H. concinna , a few. H. rotundata , very plentiful every¬ 
where. H. ericetoru?n , I only found a few “ dead ” shells of 
this species, although I sought diligently for the living ones; it 
must, therefore, be very rare, if not indeed now extinct. H . 
caperata , exceedingly plentiful in certain localities. The beau¬ 
tiful variety ornata is also very common. 
Bulimias obscurus , sparingly. 
Clausiha vugosa , abundant. C. laminata , not uncommon. 
C&chiicoba tridens , scarce. C. lubrica , very abundant among 
moss and dead leaves, &c. 
Achaiina acicula , a few' “ dead ” specimens under the soil. 
Carychium minium , occurs in thousands under moss in certain 
damp spots. 
This concludes the list, as I did not pay any attention on this 
occasion either to the slugs or to the freshwater forms. 
I may say, in conclusion, that although I have visited the 
Wren’s Nest in search of shells several times, I have never met 
with such a number of species as I did on the 13th February 
last, 
W. Harcourt Bath. 
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NOTES AND NEWS. 
A Fine Female Stork has been shot in the river Stour, at 
Mistley, Essex, being the first specimen of the kind captured in 
the river within living memory, 
A Red-footed Falcon near London. —I have just finished 
stuffing and mounting a very rare and beautiful bird, the Red¬ 
footed Falcon or Orange-legged Hobby (Falco rufipes ). It is a 
female in mature plumage, and was shot a few weeks ago at 
Nunhead, S.E., by Mr. T, Brown, (“Young Nimrod”), of the 
Railway Tavern, Nunhead, and it is now in his collection of 
British Birds, This Hawk is very rarely met with—indeed 
there is not a “ British killed ” specimen in the section devoted 
British Birds at the Natural History Museum. These birds 
live to a great extent (if not entirely) upon insects, a fact borne 
out by the contents of the crop of this specimen, which were 
only the wing cases of some beetles, and what appeared to be 
the skins of some small caterpillars. They are no doubt harm¬ 
less to young game and poultry. 
72, Denmark Hill, S.E. , Oct. 6 th , 1892. 
W, E. Dawes, 
