. British birds . naturalistsare of the same opinion as myself, and I feel certain ifemployers would see that their keepers never killed a Hawkexcept when caught red-handed, that they would find theyhad not appreciably diminished their stock of game, andwould enjoy their walks abroad far more. E. G. B. Meade-Waldo. PECTORAL SANDPIPER IN SUSSEX. At Pevensey, Sussex, on August 25th, 1914, an immaturefemale of the American Pectoral Sandpiper {Erolia ) was obtained. I saw the bird in the flesh thefollowing morning, and it was in splendid condition, whichgave me the idea that it had not
. British birds . naturalistsare of the same opinion as myself, and I feel certain ifemployers would see that their keepers never killed a Hawkexcept when caught red-handed, that they would find theyhad not appreciably diminished their stock of game, andwould enjoy their walks abroad far more. E. G. B. Meade-Waldo. PECTORAL SANDPIPER IN SUSSEX. At Pevensey, Sussex, on August 25th, 1914, an immaturefemale of the American Pectoral Sandpiper {Erolia ) was obtained. I saw the bird in the flesh thefollowing morning, and it was in splendid condition, whichgave me the idea that it had not been in the locality forlong, as owing to the continued drought nearly all the feeding VOL. vin.] NOTES. 149 grounds are dried up, with the result that most of the birdsusually met with have gone farther afield. H. W. FoKD-LlNDSAY. NEST OF JACK accompanying photograph of the nest and eggs of aJack Snipe {Limnocryptes gallinula) is genuine, and willprobably be of interest to readers of British Birds. This. NEST AND EGGS OF JACK SNIPE.(Photographed by H. L. Popham, in Russia.) nest was found in an extensive marsh in Russia in a tussockof coarse grass. The bird sat very close and did not leavethe eggs until almost trodden upon ; it flew only a fewyards before alighting, and when flushed again flew rightaway. The eggs are so well known that it is not necessaryto describe them in any way, but I am not aware that aphotograph of the nest and eggs has been previouslypubHshed. , H. L. Popham. 150 BRITISH BIRDS. [vol. vm. SLENDER-BILLED CURLEW IN KENT. An example of the Slender-billed Curlew [Numeniustenuirostris) was obtained at Jurys Gap, Kent, on September10th, 1914, and I examined it in the flesh on the followingday. It proved to be an immature male. There have onlybeen three previous records for Great Britain, an immaturepair September 21st, 1910, and an adult male, September23rd, 1910, all obtained in Kent (c/. Brit. B., Vol. V., p. 124). H. W. Ford-Lindsay. POMATORHINE S
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