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The Merlin (Falco cesalori). Frequently noted at outlying Scotch 

 stations between August 17th and November 10th : single birds 

 seen, Holy Island (Northumberland), September 8th to 11th, 13th, 

 17th, 22nd, 25th, October 2nd, Oth, 9th and 14th ; one passing, 

 Spurn Head (Yorkshire), October 1st; one seen, Ciliau Aeron 

 (Cardigan), 3rd and 8th ; first seen, Oare (Devon), 7th ; two seen, 

 Roinney Marsh (Kent), 8th and Oth ; one flying E., Northumber- 

 land coast, November 2nd. 



The Kestrel {Falco tinnuncuhts). Migrants frequently noted at Bell 

 Rock (Tay), Inchkeith (Forth), Isle of May (Fife) and Fair Isle 

 (Shetland) between August 4th and October 20th; influx noted 

 at Dundee and in E. Fife in September and October ; from four 

 to eight passing each day, Spurn Head (Yorkshire), September 

 5th, 7th, 8th, 9th and 13th and October 1st, 2nd and 3rd; single 

 migrants noted, Holy Island (Northumberland), September 12th, 

 13th, 21st and 27th and October 3rd, 8th and 16th. 



The Cormorant {I'halacrocorax carlo). Influx noted, Tay Estuary, 

 September 7th and onward ; birds passing S., Spurn Head (York- 

 shire), October 3rd and 4th. 



The Shag {Phalacrocorax graculus). Unusual numbers noted, Tar- 

 batness (E. Ross-shire), September 18th and 23rd; many flying S., 

 Northumberland coast, and Whitby (Yorkshire), November 29th. 



The Gannet (Sala bassana). One flying S., Scarborough (Yorkshire), 

 August 17th, three on October 12th and two on 10th; one found 

 dead, Miristead (Hants), October (last week) ; six seen. Girdleness 

 (Kincardine), November 3rd; one, Largo Bay (Fife), 5th; 

 hundreds near Bass Rock (Forth), 7th : one, Whitby (Yorkshire), 

 14th ; three, Butt of Lewis (Outer Hebrides), December 11th. 



The Squacco Heron (Ardea ralloides). One shot, Horning (Norfolk), 

 July 5th. 



The Night-Heron (Nycticorax gri&eus). One seen, Marbury Mere 

 (Cheshire), July 31st. 



The Little Bittern (Ardetta minuta). Male shot, Naseby (North- 

 ampton), October 2nd. 



The Spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia). Young bird arrived, B-eydon 

 (Norfolk), July 13th, a second on 19th, both left on 21st, returned 

 on 23rd and left on 26th ; one or two arrived, N. coast of Norfolk, 

 first week in August. 



The Glossy Ibis (Plegadis falcinellus). Six seen and shot, Walton- 

 on-Naze (Essex), October 14th ; two seen (one shot), Aldborough 

 in Holderness (Yorkshire), 18th ; one shot, Balsham (Cambridge), 

 about 13th; one seen, Filby Broad, and one shot, Fleggburgh 

 (Norfolk), possibly the same bird, November 1st ; one shot, Burgh 

 Castle (Suffolk), December 2nd. 



