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230 a specimen was trapped by Mr. Cosmo Bonsor's keeper at Kingswood Warren. It passed into the possession of Mr. H. Skilton, of Epsom, and was preserved by Mr. Anstiss, of London.

(B. lagopus).—Mr. J.M. Mitchell saw in the flesh a very fine male of this species, which had been shot near Croydon in the late winter of 1879 (F. Styan and J. Mitchell).

(Haliaëtus albicilla).—In November of 1876 Mr. H.S. Styan, whilst fishing on Virginia Water, saw two birds of this species wheeling round and over the surface of the lake. Mr. Keene, the local fisherman, who was with Mr. Styan at the time, informed him that in the first place, about the end of October, three of these birds had appeared in Windsor Park. One had been caught in a trap baited with fish, and presented to H.R.H. Prince Christian. Orders had been given to the keepers not to shoot or destroy the other two, but, if possible, to capture them alive; the attempts made to do so were, however, unsuccessful, and they remained in the district for some time. They were sometimes seen to attack the wildfowl on the lake (F. Styan and J. Mitchell).

(Milvus ictinus).—Mr. F. Styan saw a female in Mr. W. Stafford's collection in 1880, which Mr. Stafford then informed him had been killed near Godalming in March of 1870. Whether Stafford's story to Mr. Styan is correct or not, it is, of course, now impossible to say, but the specimen was not in his collection in 1884, and I am unable to trace the specimen in any way (J.A. Bucknill). Mr. F. Styan was also informed by a Mr. F. Roberts, of Haslemere, that a pair frequented Hindhead very many years before 1880—a not improbable though unsubstantiated story. I have myself heard a similar rumour from more than one source. I have also been informed by Mr. Luke Humphrey, of Headley, that about 1878 a specimen was caught at Boxhill, and preserved, and kept by the late Sir Richard Glasse, then at High Ashurst, Headley.

(Falco peregrinus).—In the spring of 1880 a male was shot on Merrow Downs, and identified as a wild bird by Capt. Salvin. Mr. R.W. Courage had a specimen, killed at Thursley in spring, and stated, in 1880, that it had been known to occur there before that date (F. Styan and J. Mitchell).