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]3tli and one on 30tli ; two, Troon (Ayr), 17th; female shot, 

 Lune niouth (Lancashire), December 9th. 

 The Black Tkrn i Hydrochelidon nigra). Young female shot, Aberlady 

 (Haddington), August 31st; one seen, Marbiiry (Cheshire), 

 Septembtr i^nd and another on 28th. 

 TuK Sandwich Terx {Sterna cantiaca). Large numbers, Largo Bay 

 (Fife), August 5th ; plentiful, Dornoch, Cromarty and Beauly 

 Firths, August 8th to September 18th ; scores flying E., Breydon 

 (Norfolk), August 13th; flock of twenty-seven. Glen Luce, 

 August 26th; six, Moray Firth, September 1st; last se-n, Luce 

 Bay, Gth ; some passing, Cley (Norfolk), 13th; last seen, Dal- 

 meny, 29th; one, luleninouth, October 23rd. 

 TiiK Little Tern [Sterna viinuta). Passing at intervals, Breydon 

 (Norfolk), July 6th to August 31st; one killed, Dungene-'S Lt. 

 (Kent), July 21tli/2.'5th ; large decrease of local birds, Suflolk 

 coast, Augu.-st Gth, all gone by 16th ; decrease, Carnarvon coast, 

 12th, and Lune moutli (Lancashire), 22nd to 26th ; two flocks 

 coasting S., SuHblk coast, 17tli; one to six seen, Thorpe (Suttulk), 

 lt)th, 20th, 29th and 30Lh ; one, Bosham (Sussex), September 

 loth ; one, flying S. 50 miles offS. Devon coast, September 25th. 

 Sabine's Gull {Xema sabinii). Three seen, Teesmouth (Yorkshire), 

 September 30th ; one shot, Grainthorpe (Lincoln^, October 19tli ; 

 one seen, Blakeney (Norfolk), 28th. 

 The Little Gull (Larus minutus). Three seen, Blakeney (Noji'folk), 

 October 1st: one, Scarborough (Yorkshire), 19th, two on 21st; 

 one shot, Yarmouth (Norfolk), November 24th ; one, Scarborough, 

 30th. 

 The Black-itraded Gull {Lams ridihindus). Returned to Fair 

 Isle and Girdleness, July 7th ; large arrival, Mull, 11th ; further 

 arrival, Girdleness, loth ; one at lantern. Chicken liock Liglit 

 (Isle of Man), 29th/30th ; arrived in thousands, S. Devon coast, 

 September 1st to 9th ; few seen, Swithland reservoir (Leicester), 

 October 16th. 

 The Mediterranean Black-headed Gull (Larus melanocephalm). 

 Several parties seen, Bay of Biscay, September 6th and 24th ; ouo 

 seen, 50 miles N.N.E. of Ushant, September 25th. 

 The (/OMMon Gull {Larus cani/s). Many arrived, Fair Isle (Shetland), 

 August 21st and September 10th ; a hundred or so in fields, near 

 Chester, September 9th ; many hundreds in Dee Estuary, 23rd ; 

 one or two, Marbury (Cheshiie), October 1st ; first arrived on 

 fields, Brampton (Cumberland), 4th ; fair number, Northwich 

 (Clieshire), 8th. 

 The IIerring-Gull {Larus nrf/entaiits). Two flying ^V., Oakaninnr 

 (Start" )rdshire), .July 7th, fifteen to W. on 26th and six to S. on 

 October IGtb ; two seen, Swithland reservoir (Leicester), October 

 16th. 



