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17tl], iucreases on 21st and 2oth, decrease 28th; many passinp; 

 N., Harwich (Essex), 23rd ; nine, Romney Marsh (Kent), 2Glli ; 

 nine, Beaulieu (Hants), 28th ; two, Lowestoft (Suffolk), 30th ; 

 twenty seen, Breydon, May 5th, increase 7th, several 13th and 

 16th, all gone 23rd ; one arrived, Pentland Skerries (Orkney), 

 10th. 



The Black-tailed Godwit {Limosa belgica). One shot. Spurn 

 Head (Yorkshire), February 3rd; one arrived, Breydon (Norfolk), 

 April 13th; one seen, Romney Marsh (Kent), May 11th. 



The Black Tern {Hydrochelidon nir/ra). Eleven flying E., Dungeness 

 (Kent), April 23rd ; one, Romney Marsh (Kent), 26th, two on 

 27th ; one, Wohurn (Bedford), May 3rd ; five, Tring (Herts), 4th 

 and 5th ; four, Bradfield (Essex), 8th ; three, Oxford, and one, 

 Breydon (Norfolk), 14th ; one, Bosham (Sussex), 23rd ; three, 

 Breydon, 28th ; one, Soulseat Loch (Wigtown), June 2nd. 



The White-winged Black Tern {Hydrochelidon leucoptera). Four 

 adults, Burnham-ou-Crouch (Essex), Ma^- 28th. 



The Sandwich Tern {Sterna cantiaca). Two, near Northwich 

 (Cheshire), May 6th ; two, S.E. Suffolk coast, 13th. 



The Arctic Tern {Sterjia viacncra). Several, S.E. Suffolk coast, April 

 28th, many 30th ; one passing N., "Whitby (Yorkshire), May 1st; 

 one, Burnham-on-Crouch (Essex), 4th, twenty on 6th ; two 

 passing, Pentland Skerries (Orkney), 8th, some arrived on the 

 12th and large numbers on the 14th; one, Anglesey, 25th ; none 

 seen, Tarbert (Argyll), up to April 28th. 



The Little Gull {Larus mimdus). One found dead near Haisboro' 

 Lt. (Norfolk), January 28th. 



The Black-headed Gull {Lams ridihundits). Four seen, Malvern 

 (Worcester), February 8th ; a decrease began at Plymouth 

 (Devon) early in March, very few remained in mid-March, nearly 

 all gone by the end of the month ; two passing, Tring (Herts), 

 April 17th ; two flying W^, Odsey (Herts), May 6th. 



The Common Gull {Larus canus). Increase, Yealm Estuary (Devon), 

 31arch loth, further increases on 27th and April 2nd ; one seen, 

 near Northwich (Cheshire), May 6th and 9th. 



The Herring-Gull (Larus argentatus). Twenty or more arriving 

 on the shore from a great height, Rye Harbour (Sussex), Apiil 

 10th, two only seen on 11th. 



The Great Black-backed Gull {Larus inarmiis). Decrease, Yealm 

 Estuary (Devon), March loth, further decrease 27th, one or two 

 only April 2nd. 



The Lesser Black-backed Gull {Larus fuscus). On* seen, Plymouth 

 (Devon), January 29th and February 1st ; first arrivals, Plymouth, 

 INIarch 12th, increase 17th, decrease 18th ; arrivals, Clyde area, 

 March 16th to 20th ; two flying N.E., Tring (Herts), April 18th, 



