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Light-vessel (Lincolnshire), several to tlie west at 8 p.m. on the 

 16th/17th; Inner Dowsing Light-vessel (Tincolnshire), large flocks to 

 the east from 10 r.M. to midnight on the 24tli/2-Jtli ; Cromer Light 

 (Norfolk), numhers on the 16th/17th and 30th/31st. 



In November flocks of Lapwings were observed coming in from the 

 east on the coast of SuflTolk on the 11th and some passing birds were seen 

 there on the 22nd and 2.3rd. A flock of upwards of a hundred arrived 

 in Devon on the 7th, and great numbers in Kent on the night of the 

 27th. A large flock arrived from the north-east on the Sussex coast at 

 10.40 A.M. on the 1st and passed on during the next two days. An in- 

 crease in the same county took place from the 20th to the 24th, Ln-ge 

 numbers leaving again on the afternoon of the latter date, while a 

 further increase was noted on the 28th and a decrease on the .30tli. Tiie 

 light-records for November were as follows : — Isle of INFav Light (Fife), 

 numbers from 8 p.m. to daylight on the l.")th/16th ; Cromer Light, numbers 

 on the 26th/27th and 27th/28th ; South Bishop Lig-ht (Pembroke), heard 

 passing west on the 21st/22nd ; Hanois Light (Guernsey), ten or twelve 

 on the 22ud/23rd, a few on the 23rd/24th, twenty or thirty on the 

 24th/2oth, a flock of twenty-four flying from west to east at 5 a.m. on 

 the 2.5th, and six or seven on the 25th/2Gtli. 



In December a great increase in numbers took place in Cheshire on 

 the 29th. On the Sussex coast large numbers arrived and immediately 

 left to the south-east on the 1st, a further decrease was recorded on 

 the 9th, when a large flock departed in the same direction, and by the 

 following day all the birds had left, their lines of flight being to the 

 south and south-east. 



THE TUENSTOXE {Strepsilas interpres). 



July 3rd & 19th. Largo Bay (Fife), "seen." 



„ 19th. Pentland Slierries (Orkney), some ari'ived, 



,, 31st. N. Ronaldsay (Orkney), small fl(jck arrived. 



Aug. 6th. Lune mouth (Lancashire), already present in small 

 parties, no change up to 28th. 



„ 8th. Breydon (Norfolk), some arrived. 



„ 9th. Llanfairfechan (Carnarvon), a few arrived. 



,, 11th. Skerry vore (Inner Hebrides), several arrived; Llan- 

 fairfechan, increase ;Portuiahomack(E. Ross), numbers. 



„ 12th. Burnham Market (Norfolk), small numbers arrived. 



„ 13th. Balgray Dam (E. Renfrew), one arrived. 



„ 14th. Balcomie (E. Fife), very large flock. 



„ 17th & 25th. Fair Isle (Shetland), arrivals. 



„ 18th & 19th. Gigha (Argyll), a few seen, 



,, 19th. Balgray Dam, two seen. 



„ 21st. Gig-ha, increase. 



