zance, sent me word that a female of the Great Bustard had
been shot only a few days before on an open plain between
Helston and the Lizard Point. The bird had been observed
for some days in a field of turnips close by. This is considered
to be the first instance of the capture of the Great
Bustard in Cornwall. In reference to Bustards, as formerly
inhabiting various parts of England, I may state, that Mr.
Joseph Clarke, of Saffron Walden, gave me lately a copy of
a single paper of Addison’s Spectator, No. CCCX., for
Tuesday, March 4th, 1712, containing an advertisement, of
which the following is an exact copy : “ H eyden in E ssex,
near W alden and R oyston, the seat of Sir Peter Soame,
Bart., deceased, situate on a gentle hill, with a very large
and pleasant prospect, fair gardens, canals, fish-ponds, dove
coate, and all sorts of offices without door, woods of large
timber, and where is all game in great plenty, even to the
Bustard and Pheasant, is to be let, furnished or unfurnished,
for 16 years. Enquire at Mr. Chus in Bartly-street, Piccadilly,
or at Mr. Cooper’s, at the Blue-Boar in Holbom.”
To this I may add, that in Melbourne, the parish next below
Royston, there is a piece of land which is still known by the
name of Bustard-Leys.
T he Glossy I b is . Ibis falcinellus, vol. ii. p. 505. A
fine adult bird of this species was killed on the borders of
the Loch of Kilconquhar on the coast of Fife, in September
1842. Mr. Hepburn, who shot the bird, called upon me
and made the communication. I believe this is the first
record of the capture of the Glossy Ibis in Scotland.
T he B uff-breasted Sa n dp iper. Tringa rufescens,
vol. ii. p. 634. Two more examples of this rare Sandpiper
have lately occurred. The first was obtained at Yarmouth,
in October 1841, by J. H. Gurney, Esq., of Norwich, and
the second on the coast of Sussex, by F. Bond, Esq.
T he B road-billed San d p iper . Tringa platyrliyncha,
vol. ii. p. 638. In further proof of the southern range
of this rare species, M. de Selys-Longchamps mentions that
M. Baillon had met with one example in the north of
France.—Faun. Belg. p. 125.
T he P ectoral S andpiper. Tringa pectoralis, vol. ii.
p. 654. Dr. Edward Clarke wrote me word that he shot
a specimen of this rare Sandpiper very near Hartlepool, i<i
October 1841.
T he P ink -footed Goose. Anser phcenicopus, vol. iii.
p. 64. I have now reason to believe, from the examination
of some specimens received from that locality, that the flocks
of geese referred to, vol. iii. p. 60, as visiting Gloucestershire,
and other parts in the vicinity of the Severn, as early
as August, and remaining there through the winter, belong
to this newly-discovered species.
T he B imaculated D uck. Anas glocitans, vol. iii. p.
165. During the month of January last, 1843, Mr. Bartlett
met with a specimen of this very rare duck in the London
market, which I have had several opportunities of examining.
T he R inged or B ridled Guillemot. Uria lacry-
mans, vol. iii. p. 351. M. de Selys-Longchamps includes
this species in his Fauna of Belgium, and refers to two examples
in summer-plumage.
T he Masked Gull. L otus capistratus, vol. iii. p. 430.
M. de Selys-Longchamps, in the work which has been frequently
named, refers to some examples of this rare species
obtained on the coast near Dunkirk, in autumn and in winter
; and in the autumn of last year Mr. F. Bond obtained
one at Southend, which is thus noticed in the Zoologist, No,
2, page 40, “ one specimen of this rare bird in company with
a small flock of the Common Tern ; now alive, and in my
possession.”
T h e L esser W hite-winged Gull. Larus leucop