Little Bustard. (_Otis tetrax_, Lin.) A female was shot some years ago near Heron Court; and is in Lord Malmesbury’s collection. _See_ Eyton’s Rarer British Birds, p. 99. Kildeer Plover. (_Charadrius vociferus_, Lin.) This rare straggler, the only one ever known to have been seen in England, was shot, April, 1859, in a potato field close to Knapp Mill, near Christchurch, by a man of the name of Dowding, who was attracted to it by its peculiar flight, such as is described by Audubon, as also by its monotonous cry, from which its name is taken. The bird was brought in the flesh to Mr. Hart, and is now in the collection of J. Tanner, Esq. The vignette at p. 318 well shows its difference from the common ring dotterel. Little Ringed Plover. (_Charadrius minor_, Meyer.) Very rare. Mr. Hart has only had one specimen, brought to him many years ago. Grey Plover. (_Vanellus melanogaster_, Bechst.) Not uncommon during severe winters in the harbours along the coast. Turnstone. (_Strepsilas interpres_, Ill.) Not uncommon. My friend, Mr. Tanner, has killed both male and female in summer plumage. Oyster-catcher. (_Hæmatopus ostralegus_, Lin.) By no means uncommon. Purple Heron. (_Ardea purpurea_, Lin.) One or two specimens have occasionally been shot. Little Egret. (_Ardea garzetta_, Lin.) Mr. Rake informs me that one was said to have been shot some years ago at Hale, on the borders of the Forest. Yarrell mentions another (vol. ii., p. 554) killed, in 1822, on the Stour near Christchurch. Squacco Heron. (_Ardea ralloides_, Scop.) A solitary specimen, shot a few years ago at Christchurch Harbour, is now in Lord Malmesbury’s collection. See Eyton’s _Rarer British Birds_, p. 100, where Dewhurst must probably be a misprint for Christchurch. Little Bittern. _(Ardea minuta_, Lin.) Mr. Hart, to whom I am under so many obligations for notices of our stragglers, informs me that a fine male bird was shot, April, 26, 1862, on the borders of the Forest, at Heron Court, by one of Lord Malmesbury’s keepers. Night Heron. (_Nycticorax ardeola_, Tem.) Mr. Hart has occasionally received a specimen. Glossy Ibis. (_Ibis falcinellus_, Tem.) Mr. Hart killed a young pair in a meadow near Christchurch Harbour in September, 1859. Whimbrel. (_Numenius phæopus_, Lath.) Not so very uncommon during the late autumn and winter months along the harbours of the coast. Spotted Redshank. (_Totanus fuscus_, Leisl.) On the authority of Mr. Hart, who has killed it in Christchurch Harbour. Avocet. (_Recurvirostra avocetta_, Lin.) Mr. Rake informs me of a specimen shot at Exbury, Dec. 1858. Blacktailed Godwit. (_Limosa melanura_, Leisl.) Mr. Hart received one in the spring of 1860, and a fine specimen was killed by one of the Forest keepers, some twenty years ago, on Ocknell pond. Hawker, who well knew the sea-coast of the New Forest, mentions large flocks of “grey godwits” off Keyhaven, May, 1842, but he does not distinguish between this and the next species.