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Sept. 1st to 18th. Bridport (Dorset), passing daily. 

 „ 4th. Suffolk coast, oue shot. 



„ 19th. Bridport, last seen. 



THE KINGFISHER {^Alcedo isjnda). 



Movements towards the coast were recorded from Lancashire on the 

 18th of August and the KiTer Severn on the i!Oth of September. Five 

 reached Langstone Harbom- (Hampshire) on the 29th of August and 

 birds were apparently passing there throughout September, as the 

 numbers varied considerably from day to day, as many as eight being 

 seen on the 27th. By the 2nd of October the numbers had fallen to 

 two and these seem to have remained as winter-residents. One or two 

 were seen on the sea-coast in Northumberland during October. 



THE CUCKOO {Cucuhs canorus). 



June loth. Beith (Ayr), last seen. 



„ 19th. Corsomalzie (Wigtown), last adult seen. 



„ 20th to 25th. Cullercoats (Northumberland), several coasting S. 



„ 2(ith. Fair Isle (Shetland) and Deerness (Orkney), passing. 



July 3rd & Gth. Kirkhston (W. Lothian), passing. 



„ ()th. Farnham (Surrey), last heard. 



,, 2oth. Largo (Fife), last adult seen. 



Aug. 6th. Tenterden (Kent), adult seen. 



„ 10th. Largo, young birds passing. 



„ 11th to 17th. Tunbridge Wells (Kent), some young birds left. 



Sept. 2nd. Oswestry (Shropshire), passing. 



„ 8th. Largo, young bird seen. 



„ loth. Oswestry, last seen. 



„ 18th. Herringfleet (Suilblk), one seen. 



„ 19th. Seaton (Devon), seen and heard. 



„ 28th. Eashing (Surrey), one shot. 



THE SHORT-EABED OWL {Asia accipitrinus). 



Stornoway (Outer Hebrides), one seen. 

 Largo (Fife), one seen. 

 Gorleston (Suffolk), some arrived. 

 S.E. Suflblk coast, one seen. 

 Cullercoats (Northumberland), hr.-^t arrival. 

 Brampton (Cumberland), one seen. 

 Tiree (Argyll), one seen. 



Girdler Lt.-v. (Kent), one flying S.W, at 8.20 a.m. j 

 Ilollesley (Sulfulk), one seen. 



