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September 6t.li and one on 9th ; one, Soutliport (Lancashire), 

 7th; one, Rarnsholt Marshes (Suffolk), 7th ; one, Rye Harbour 

 (Sussex), 18th; one, Beaulieu (Hants), October 20 th; frequently 

 seen, Largo Bay (File), in November and to December 12th ; 

 one, Cromarty Firth, December 25th. 



The Bar-tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica). Migration noted, Scot- 

 land, throughout August and September, chief arrivals end of 

 August; two to three hundred seen, Allenby (Solway), August 

 7th ; two seen, Southport (Lancashire), August 9lh ; 6ome seen, 

 Tresco (Scilly Isles), loth ; many, Spurn Head (Yorkshire), 

 September 4th to 14th and October 1st and 2nd; one, Clifton 

 Junction (Lancashire), September 9th; one, Starcross (Devon), 

 12th; several large flocks, Romney Marsh (Kent), 17th; live, 

 Ililbre Island (Cheshire), 29th ; two shot, Shapinsay (Orkney), 

 October 1st. 



The Black-tailed Godwit {Limosa lelyica). Two seen, Kirkcud- 

 bright, August 24th ; one shot, Fowey (Cornwall), 26th ; one, 

 near Stornoway (Outer Hebrides), 31st; three seen, Troon 

 Harbour (Ayr), September 12th ; one seen, Romney Marsh 

 (Kent), 17th; one, Beauly Firth, 23rd; single birds, Kirkcud- 

 bright coast, 22nd and 23rd, October loth and December 2nd ; 

 one shot, Frodsham Marsh (Cheshire), October 1st. 



The Black Tern {Hydrockelidon nigra). One seen, S.E. Suffolk coast, 

 July 21st; numbers arrived, N. coast of Norfolk, first week of 

 August; one seen, Marbury (Cheshire), 4th and three on 5th; 

 two, Windermere (Westmoreland), 5th ; single birds, Breydon 

 (Norfolk), 7th and 19th and near Alderley (Cheshire), 24th ; 

 seven seen, Thorpe Mere (Suffolk), 26th, gone on 27th ; tsvo 

 seen, Clifton Junction (Lancashire), September oth. 



The Sandwich Tern (Sterna cantiaca). Several arrived, Largo Bay 

 (Fife), July 19th ; some flying S.E., Breydon (Norfolk), August 

 7th; fifty seen, Nigg (E. Ross-shire), 20th; two passing, Spurn 

 Head (Yorkshire), September 7th and 11th; several, Luce Bay 

 (Wigtown), 10th ; increase, Holy Island (Northumberland), loth 

 last three seen October 1st ; four seen, Dungeness (Kent), 17th • 

 one, Kirkmaideu (Wigtown), 21st; one, Ciamond (Midlothian), 

 22nd ; one, Filey Brigg (Yorkshire), 28th. 



The Arctic Tern (Sterna maerura). Decrease, Side Skerry (Orkney), 

 July 30th; one seen, Bostherne (Cheshire), July 31st and August 

 2nd; many, Llanfairfechan (Carnarvon), 3rd, slight decrease, 16th • 

 one, Marbury (Cheshire), 5th ; all gone, Sule Skerry (Orkney), 

 15th, Whalsey Skerries (Shetland) and Pentland Skerries, 19th • 

 nine, Spurn Head Lt. (Yorkshire), 21st/22nd; one, near Baschurch 

 (Shropshire), September 1st; one, Clifton Junction (Lancashire), 



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