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NOTES—ORIGINAL AND SELECTED.
Clausilia biplicata, Mont. in Essex.—Having to
wait for a train at Purfleet on September 5th 1919, I devoted
a short time to the investigation of a not very productive looking
chalky bank in the vicinity of the railway station, when, to my
great surprise, the very first shell to come to light was a specimen
of C. biplicata. On further search I found that there was a
fairly strong colony on the bank, living at the roots of the scanty
vegetation and amongst the chalk debris. I know of no one
likely to have introduced the species, and assuming it to be
indigenous there, it is an interesting addition to Mr. Wilfred
Mark Webb's "Non-marine Molluscs of Essex" (Essex Nat.,
x., 1897-8, pp. 27-48 and 65-81), and the locality is also a con-
siderable extension of its known range in the Thames Valley.—
F. B. Jennings.
Hooded Crow and Great Grey Shrike in Epping
Forest.—On 2nd November 1919, I identified a Hooded Crow
(Corvus c. cornix) in Epping Forest. The Hoodie was flying
in a leisurely manner, low down, over Fairmead Bottom. It
crossed the Epping high road and was lost to view.
A reliable observer who knew the district well, informed
me that on rare occasions he had seen this crow in Epping
Forest, but although I have studied the birds of the Forest for
over ten years, this is the only occasion upon which I have seen
one there.
On 25th December 1919, while on Warren Plain, my attention
was drawn by a light coloured bird, boldly perched on a medium
sized tree. My thoughts immediately turned to the Lesser Grey
Shrike which I saw commonly in Macedonia. On putting my
binoculars on to the bird it was disturbed, but fortunately
flew towards me, and as it passed the view I obtained left no
doubt in my mind that I had seen the Great Grey Shrike (Lanius
c. excubitor). The shrike settled on another tree, again on the
highest bough in characteristic shrike manner, and finally dis-
appeared into the private grounds of The Warren.
On 11th January 1920, at the same place I again saw a Great
Grey Shrike, probably the same bird. Records of this species
in Epping Forest are remarkably scarce. Henry Do bleday,
according to Miller Christy, had only seen one in the Forest. In