Lists of birds from Notes on Sussex Ornithology
LISTS OF BIRDS FOUND BETWEEN SEAFORD BAY AND THE SOUTH DOWNS [List 1] December 1st. List of birds, rare and otherwise, procured in the winter of 1846-7. [Vol. II, Pages 15 and 16] [Page 15] 1. A Grey Phalarope—Blat .[ chington ] Pond, October 1 5th. 2. A Little Gull—Shingle Bank by Mill—October 1 6th. 3. A Purre [Dunlin] —Shingle Bank by Mill. 4. A Ring-Dotterel—Blatchington Salt. 5. A Kingfisher—Tide Mill Sluice. 6 . A Scoter or Black Duck—Shingle opposite Mill. 7. A Burgomaster Gull (young of the Great Black-backed Gull). [Page 16] 8. A Kittiwake (doubtful, perhaps Black-headed Gull) —both under Seaford Cliff. 9. A Water-Rail—Mr. Fa rn comb's ditches. 10 . A Mew—Black-headed Gull. 11 . A Jack Snipe — The Pells (unfit for stuffing). 12 . A Moor-hen—ditto (unfit for stuffing). 13 . A Snow-Bunting—Barrack ground and salts. 14. A Rock-Pipit—Eddy by Newhaven Harbour. 15. A Purple Sandpiper—