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Messrs. G. W. Bradshaw and VV. Field entitled “ Some of the rarer birds of 
Hastings and district ” which title the lecturers defined to mean “ Some birds 
which are rare in Hastings and district.” In explanation of this revision the 
lecturers stated that the dipper and ring ousel, both common birds in Yorkshire 
are very rare in this district, the only recent record of the dipper being by Mr. 
T. Parkin as shot on the Salts, at Bopeep in 1884, a specimen of the ring ousel 
was shot in the Covehurst, Fairlight Glen, last autumn by Mr. Bennett. The 
following is a list of the birds shown at the meeting with the dates of their 
occurrence :—White tailed eagle ( Haliaetus albicilla) a female was shot at 
Wadhurst Park, December 2t>th, 1893. Peregrine Falcon ( Falco peregrinus), 
an adult male was shot in October 1887, by a man named Reed at Fairlight. 
Buzzard ( Buteo vulgaris ) a fine male was killed at Robertsbridge, December 
nth, 1891. Woodchat Shrike ( Lanius rufus) an adult male was shot at 
Massarn Farm, Fairlight, in May 1892. Pied Flycatcher ( Musicapa atricapilla ) 
one was shot between March and May 1891, on Sugar Loaf Hill, near Folkestone 
by Mr. Chapman, of Rye. Bohemian Waxwing ( Bomby cilia garrula) one was 
shot in the winter of 1892, by a youth named Standen, at Ore, and others were 
procured at Winchelsea, Westfield, etc. Common Crossbill ( Loxia curvirostra) 
an adult male was shot at Ore Place, by Mr. Brooker, about 6 years ago. Great 
Bustard (Oils tarda), a female, weighing 7lbs. 10 oz., was shot by Mr. Charles 
Cook at Pett Level, in January 1891. Curlew Sandpiper (. Tringa subarquata) 
Booth obtained immature specimens at Rye, in September 1858, and one was 
shot at Rye, September nth, 1893. Spotted Crake (Crex porzana), one was 
shot on Romney. Marsh November 4th, 1892. Sheldrake (. Tadorna vulpanser), 
a female, was shot at Pett Level, February 17th, 1892. Garganey (Ansusquer- 
quedula) an adult male was shot at Pett Level last spring, and another at 
Little Common near Bexhill. Sandwich Tern (Sterna Cantiaca) an immature 
specimen, was shot at Rye Harbour, September nth, 1893. Little Gull (Larus 
minutus ) an adult was shot last January at Bulverhythe, and six immature 
specimens were procured during the winter. Manx Shearwater (Pajpinus 
anglorum) one was caught in an exhausted condition, by a dog, in a garden at 
Harstgreen, in August, 1882.—L. A. Curtis Edwards. 
The South London Entomological and Natural History Society. 
—April 12th : E. Step, Esq., president, in the chair. The president referred to 
the great loss the society had sustained by the death of Mr. J. Jenner Weir, 
who had always taken such an active interest in its meetings, and a resolution 
was unanimously adopted that a letter of condolence and sympathy should be 
sent to Mrs. Weir. Mr. Carpenter, exhibited a long series of Hybernia leuco- 
phearia , Schiff, from Coombe Wood, West Wickham and the New Forest, 
showing the typical forms in each place, also ova of Trachea pmiperda , Paur. 
Mr. Adkin, for Mr. Billups, the following rare Diptera : Meigenia majascula , 
from Dulwich, new to Britain, Sciomyza rufiventris from Ireland, Degeeria 
pulchella bred from Peronea maccana by Mr. Adkin, Urellia eluta , from 
Lewisham and an unknown species of the genus Phorbia ; also galls of 
Dryophanta divisa and their maker, with Synurgus albipesone of its Inquilines 
and five parasites viz, Mesopolobus fascivcntris, Syntomaspis caudatus, Upelmus 
urozonus, Decatoma biguttata and a Chalcid. Mr. Adkin, a drawer showing 
series of the Genus Noctua from various localities especially N. glareosa E.S.P. 
N. augur , F. 6 ; also on behalf of Miss E. Adkin, a bloom of Tulipa sylvestris 
4, from an old chalk pit in Suffolk. Mr. Moore and Mr. Perks, wood which 
had been destroyed by Coleoptera. Mr. C. A. Briggs, a number of very strik¬ 
ing varieties of Abraxas grossulariata, L., similar to those figured in Newman 
and The Young Naturalist, Vol I. Mr. Jager, a living Piston hirtaria, Clerk., 
stating that he had met with a considerable number of cripples, all malformed 
on the right side. Mr. Step, a specimen of the Fungus, Alerchella cesculenta, 
L., received from Wooton under Edge. A communication was read from Mr. 
Adye on the early season, in the New Forest, Messrs. Step, Adkin, Carpenter, 
and others taking part in the discussion which followed. The president gave 
