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THE ZOOLOGIST

Feb. 1st. Little Auk, 3 oz. 7 drachms. 11th. Velvet Scoter (male), 3½ lb.; (female), 2¾ lb. 18th. Whooper, 16 lb. 19th. Ditto, 28 lb.; Red-throated Diver, 5 lb. 5 oz. 24th. Guillemots, 2 lb. 12 oz. 2 lb. 7 oz.

April 19th. Hoopoe, 3 oz.

May 4th. Bar-tailed Godwit (male), 8½ oz.; VVhimbrel (heaviest of five 1 lb. 2 oz., lightest of five 12 oz.); Bar-tailed Godwit (male), 8 oz. 6th. Black-tailed Godwit (female), 10 oz.; male ditto, not quite 9 oz.

June 14th. Kentish Plover (male and female), 2 oz. each. 30th. Little Crake, barely 2 oz.

Oct. 18th. Red-necked Phalarope, 1 oz. 19th. Spotted Crake, 3½ oz.

Nov. 2nd. Mute Swan (immature), 14 lb.

1896.—Feb. 1st. Guillemot (full summer plumage), 4 lb. 3 oz. 3rd. Red-throated Diver, 4 lb. 14 oz. 4th. Buzzard (male), 3 lb. 25th. Goosander (male), 4¼ lb.; Hen-Harrier (female), 1 lb.

March 3rd. Marsh-Harrier (female), 1 lb. 5 oz.

Sept. 5th. Osprey (male), 2 lb. 9 oz.

Oct. 5th. Grey Phalarope, 1 oz. 1 drachm.

Nov. 12th. Little Grebe, 6 oz. 24th. Eared Grebe, 9 oz.

Dec. 5th. Gadwall (hen), 2 lb. ½ oz. 6th. Smew (female), 15 oz. 8th. Cormorant (young male), 6 lb.

1897.—Jan. 3rd. Black Scoter, 1 lb. 15 oz. 7th. Puffin, 7½ oz. 13th. Great Black-backed Gulls, 2 lb. 13 oz., 3 lb. 9 oz.

Feb. 8th. Sclavonian Grebes, 12 oz., 11 oz., 13 oz. 14th. Great Crested Grebe, 2 lb. 2 oz. 26th. Peregrine, 1¾ lb.

March 29th. Great Crested Grebe, 1 lb. 14 oz.

Aug. 11th. Little Gull, 4½ oz.

Sept. 24th. Roller (female), 5 oz.

1898.—March 1st. Great Crested Grebe, 1 lb.

April 25th. Common Geese, 10 lb. 7 oz, 8 lb. 8 oz.

Nov. 19th. French Partridge, 1 lb. 2 oz.

Dec. 16th. Garganey (young male), 11 oz.

1899.—Jan. 18th. Bittern, 2 lb. 7 oz.

1900.—Jan. 15th. Common Gull (immature), 1 lb. 7½ oz. 17th. Smew (young male?), 13 oz. 31st. Kittiwake, 10 oz.

Feb. 16th. Great Crested Grebe (female), 1 lb. 14 oz. 21st. Ditto (male), 2 lb. 7 oz. 22nd. Wigeon (male), 1 lb. 9½ oz.; Pochard (male), 2 lb. 6¼ oz.; Golden-eye (male), 2 lb. ¼ oz.

May 1st. Cuckoo, 4½ oz.—George W. Bradshaw (54 London Street, Reading).