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Aug. ITtli. Luce Bay (Wigtown), seen. 



,, 18th. Sillotli (Ciimberhmd), two seeu. 



,. 19tb. iJalgray Dam (R. Uenfrew), one or two. 



„ 26th. Luce Bay, several; Flannans (Outer Ilcbnde*), two 

 seeu ; Breydon (Norfolk), some arrived. 

 Sept. 4th. Beverley (Yorkshire), one seen. 



„ 9th & lOtli. R. Exe (S. Devon), four seen. 



,, 12th. Grainthorpe (Lincoln), three or four seen. 



„ 24 th, -j 

 Oct. 1st, 8th > Balgray Dam, one or two. 

 & 15th. J 

 Oct, 21st. Aberlady (Haddington), two seen. 



Nov. 10th. Dunbar (Haddington), one seen. 

 Dec. 0th & lOch. Cromarty Firth, one seen. 



„ 8th. Dalmeny (Linlithgow), one seen. 



„ 22nd. J^argo Bay, one seeu. 



„ 2oth. Gullaue (Haddington), one seen. 



,, 27th. Aberlady, one seen. 



„ «30th. Cromarty Firth, one seen. 



THE CURLEW (NHnienms arquata). 



Large numbers of Curlews wei-e seen at Stornoway (Outer Hebrides) 

 on the 2'jth of June. In July flocks were reported at the Butt of Lewis 

 (Outer IIebride>) from the 22nd to the 26th, large numbers at Stornoway 

 on the 20th, u few arrivals at the Pentland Skerries (Orkney) on the 

 21st and large numbers at Largo Bay (Fife) on the 30th. On the 

 .English coast Curlews were observed on passage in Cumberland from 

 the 10th to the loth, from the 16th to the 21st a steady stream was 

 passing day and night to the south-south-west, after which a decrease in 

 numbers was apparent up to the 31st. On the Norfolk coast arrivals 

 took place on the 20th and 2oth, on the coast of Suffolk some were 

 passing at night on the 29th and 30th, and a large flock arrived on the 

 Sussex coast from the east on the 24th. Several Curlews were obseived 

 at Bardsey Island (Carnarvon) on the 30th. 



In August passing flocks were reported from Skerry vore on the 14th 

 and some were going west over Mull (Argyll) from the 10th to the 12th. 

 In Anglesey a large southward movement took place from 4.80 to 

 5.30 A.M. on the 3 1st. A few were noted on the Norfolk coast between 

 the 1st and 9th and increased numbers on the 10th. Throughout the 

 month small numbers were observed in Cumberland. The light-records 

 in August were: — Chicken Rock (Isle of Man), seven flying south at 

 2.30 P.M. on the 9th ; Butt of Lewis Light (Outer Hebrides), a few at 

 11 P.M. on the 18th; and Kentish Knock Light-vessel (Essex), a few 

 flying north-west at 11 P.M. on the 26th/27th, 



