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Oct. IGth. . Siiilblk coast, two arrived. 



„ 16th/17tb. Spuru Head Lt. (Yorkshire), ten. 



„ 17th. Devon, one. 



,, 18th. Isle of May (Fife), several; Suffolk coast, two. 



„ 18th/19tb. Bardsey Lt. (Carnarvon), two. 



,, 19th. Sutlblk coast, one. 



„ 20th & 21st. Isle of May, many. 



„ 21st. Sule Skerry (Orkney), one. 



„ 23rd/24th. Butt of Lewis Lt. (Outer Hebrides) and Tarbatness 



Lt. (E. Ross), some. 

 „ 27th. Bardsey Lt., some on the island. 

 „ 28th. Cornwall (south coast), four ; Staffordshire, two seen; 



N.E. Lincolnshire coast, two arrived ; Hants, one 



seen. 

 „ 29th/30th. Outer Gabbard Lt.-v. (Suffolk), six. 

 „ 31st. Essex, one seen. 

 Nov. 3rd. Pentland Skerries (Orkney), some. 

 ,, 9th. Stornoway (Outer Hebrides), some. 



„ 12th to 18th. Tiree, some seen. 

 ,, IGth. Essex, one. 

 ,, 16th/17th. Bardsey Lt., one. 

 ,, 18th. Mugdock (Stirling), many. 

 „ 20th/21st. Winterton Lt. (Norfolk), one. 

 ,, 20th to 30th. Stornoway, many. 

 „ 26th. Suffulk, one under telegraph-wires. 



THE COMMON SNIPE {GalUnago cwlestis). 



First arrivals of the Snipe were noted on Fair Isle (Shetland) on the 

 4th of August. A good many arrived on the coast of Suffolk between 

 the 20th and 2J:th of September and again on the 29th, while small 

 arrivals were also recorded at Fair Isle and St. Kilda between the 

 24tli and the 4th of October. Numbers were reported at St. Kilda oa 

 the 4th and 6th, great numbers at Fair Isle on the 8th and 14th and 

 many at the Butt of Lewis (Outer Hebrides) on the 24th. At Nortn 

 Uust (Shetland) and Cairnsmore (Kircudbright) large arrivals took place 

 on the loth, the birds at both places passing on on the following day. 

 On Tiree (Argyll) Snipes were abundant between the 5th and 8th 

 and numbers arrived in Northumberland on the 26th and 27th, and 

 in Devonshire on the 13th. There were also arrivals on the Suffolk 

 coast on the 4th. The light-records in October were : — Bardsey Light 

 (Carnarvon), four on the 18tli/19th and four on the 27th/28th ; Outer 

 Gabbard Light-vessel (Suffolk), six on the 31st/lst Nov. 



In November about twenty were reported from Sule Skerry (Orkney) 

 on the 23rd, great numbers at the Butt of Lewis on the 26th and at 



