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Aug. 21st/22nd. St. Catherine's Lt. (Hants), several. 



„ 25th to 31st. Treartldiir Bay (Anglese}-), many seen. • 



„ 26th. Largo Bay, many ; Breydon, some arrived. 



„ 26th to 29th. Gigha, further increase. 



,, 29th/30th. Bishop Bock Lt. (Scilly Isles), four. 

 Sept. 1st to 7th Luce Bay (Wigtown), numbers. 



,, 2nd. N. Somercotes (Lincolnshire), four arrived ; Scar- 



borough (Yorkshire), five seen. 



„ utb. Somercotes, increase. 



„ Gth. Langstone Harbour (Hants), flock of 12 arrived. 



„ 8th. Langstone Harbour, all gone. 



,, 23rd. Dee moutli (Cheshire), many small flocks seen. 



„ 27th. Langstone Harbour, five, passing. 

 Oct. Gth to IGth. S. Yorkshire coast, many seen. 



„ 8th. Castletown (Isle of Man), ten seen. 



„ 28th. Falmouth (Cornwall), twelve seen. 



THE OY'STEB-CATCHER [Ilamatopus ostrale(ius). 



Largo Bay (Fife), large flocks. 



Wooler (Northumberland), one arrived. 



Norfolk coast, one flying W. 



Wooler, increase. 



Bardsey Lt. (Carnarvon), several. 



Eden mouth (Fife), large flocks. 



N. Norfolk coast, several flying W. 



Exe Estuary (Devonshire), twenty-five arrived. 



Exe Estuary, decrease, two seen. 



Pentland Skerries (Orkney), sixteen arrived. 



Sule Skerry (Orkney), departure noted. 

 „ 22nd/23rd. Lancashire coast, several caught in flight-nets. 

 „ 23rd. Dee Estuary (Cheshire), many hundreds. 



THE WOODCOCK {Scolopax rusticola). 



Oct. 3rd. Tiree (Argyll), arrivals ; Northumberland, three ; 



Suflblk coast, one arrived. 



„ 4th/oth. Whaisay Skerries T^t. (Shetland), one at 3 a.m. 



„ uth. St. KiUla, several arrived ; Y'orkshire coast, one shot. 



„ 0th. Jiowness (Sohvay), one. 



„ 9th. Norfolk coast, one. 



,, 9th to 16th. Yorkshire (south coast), several arrived. 



„ lOtli. N.K. Lincolnshire coast, one arrived. 



