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THE COMMON IlEROX (Arcka cinerea). 



Three Herons were seen to arrive from the E.N.E. at Tliorpe on the 

 Suffolk coast at 8 a.m. on the 28th of September, and when put up 

 continued their flight over the sea, at a good height in a soutlierly 

 direction. On the 3rd of October a single bird coming from the west 

 left the Suffolk coast at Lowestoft and flew out to sea due east. 

 Between the 12th of July and the 31st of October migrant Herons were 

 reported on many occasions from Storni)way and St. Kilda (Outer 

 Hebrides), the Pentland Skerries, Noup Head and North lionaldsay 

 (Orkney) and Fair Isle and North Un.st (Shetland). 



"GREY GEESE." 



July 3rd/4th. Lynehow (Cumberland), twenty passed from E, 

 towards Solway, 8.20 p.m. 

 „ 2oth/26th. Brampton (Cumberland), a flock flying N.E., 8.30 P.M. 

 Au"-. (end). Stornoway (Outer Hebrides), flock of Grey Lags 



flying S. 

 Sept. 6th. Stanwix (Cumberland), a flock flying S.E., 2.30 p.m. 

 11th. Nr. Tautallon (Haddington), oOO seen. 

 12lh. S.E. Suttblk coast, one Pink-foottd Goose shot, 

 loth. Wigtown Bay, Grey Lags arrived. 

 Kith. Luce Bay (Wigtown) and nr. Berwick (Haddington), 



flocks seen. 

 20th. Beattock (Dumfries), flying S. 

 22nd. St. Kilda, flock of 40 arrived at 7 a.m. 

 24th. Oakamoor (Staflordshire), a large flock of Bean- or 



I'iuk-footed Geese flying S. 

 2oth. Yorkshire Wolds, small flock arrived. 

 Oct. 3rd. Silloth (Cumberland), flock of 40 seen. 



4th. liockliffe Marsli (Solway), flrst J5ean-Goose arrived. 

 6th. llocklifle Marsh, increase of Bean-Geese. 

 8th & 9th. Fair Isle (Shetland), two Grey Lags seen. 



11th. Brampton, two flocks of 20 and 35 Beau-Geese flying 



E. ; Bloxham (Oxford), flock flying S.S.W. 

 13th. Brampton, 35 Bean - Geese flying S. ; Knutsford 

 (Cheshire), two Beau- or Pink-footed Geese flying 

 N.E. 

 Spurn Head (Yorksliire), five passing. 

 Tiree (Argyll), large flocks of White-fronted Geese 



arrived. 

 Drem (Haddington), 500 Pink-footed Geese passing. 

 Aberlady (Haddington), Pink -footed Geesu very 

 ])lentiliil. 

 Nov. 1st. N. Uuel (Shetland), six seen. 



