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of the less famous Welsh summits, where hardly anyone but 

 an occasional shepherd sets foot ; for they are the quietest 

 of all our Plovers, The birds we saw hardly ever uttered 

 their low " twiddle, twiddle, twiddle/^ except when tliey 

 took wing for a few yards. The little we know about the 

 presence of the Dotterel on the Welsh mountains, or of its 

 real or presumed absence from tliem, may perhaps excuse 

 the length of this letter. 



Yours &c., 



O. V. Aplin. 



18th May, 1001. 



Sirs, — So far as I am aware, the Bar-tailed Godwit 

 [Limosa lapponica) is not known to migrate further south 

 in Africa than the Gambia on the west and Somalilaud on 

 the east. I have recently obtained some evidence to show 

 that it passes far beyond these limits. 



Lieut. R. B. Bridgeman, of H.M.S. 'Partridge/ called 

 upon nie a short time ago bringing with him some drawings 

 and photographs of birds that he had recently shot at Durban 

 and elsewliere. Amongst these was a sketch of A\hat is 

 apparently a Bar-tailed Godwit. The bird was shot in 

 Durban harbour, and was identified as above by Capt, Hunt 

 of the ' Partridge ' *. It was also compared with an Indian 

 example of that species in the Durban IMuseum and found 

 to be similar, but unfortunately the specimen was not 



preserved. 



Yours &c., 



W. L. ScLATKR. 



South African Museiini, Capetown, 

 May loth, 1901. 



Sjrs, — Dr. L. v. Ijorenz and Herr C. E. Hellmayr have 

 lately described (J. f. O. 1901, pp. 230-215) a collection of 

 birds made by Mr. G. W. Bury, near Yeshbnm, about 150 

 miles N.E. of Aden. After carefully reading their report 

 and comparing the descriptions with Arabian specimens in 



* \_Cf. Lieut. Biidpeman's letter to 'The Field ' of June loth (vol. xcvii. 

 p. 884).— EuD.] 



