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Green Sandpiper (Tringa ocrophus). — -A single bird seen 

 on September 4th, 5th, 7th, 8th and 10th. 



Redshank {Tringa totanus). — In large numbers from 

 August 18th to October 13th. About fifty on August 22nd, 

 twenty on August 26th, 28th, 29th. In numbers varying 

 from four to fifty throughout September — seventy on 

 September 29th. Between fifty and sixty on October 6th. 



Greenshank {Tringa nebular ia). — Single birds on August 

 26th, 27th and 28th, and on September 7th (a very tame 

 bird) and September 11th. 



Bar-tailed Godwit — {Limosa I. lapponica). One on 

 September 9th. 



Among other birds I observed t^^'o Black Terns 

 {Hydrochelidon n. nigra) and an Arctic Tern {Sterna paradisaa) 

 together on September 5th, and an immature Kittiwake 

 {Rissa t. tridactyla) on the same day. The Black Tern does 

 not seem to have been recorded from South Lancashire for 

 some time, though it has occuri'ed fairly regular^ of late on 

 the Cheshire meres. 



Two Sheld-Ducks {Tadorna tadorna) appeared on September 

 16th. A. W. Boyd. 



BAIRD'S SANDPIPER IN SUSSEX. 

 A>'OTHKR example of Baird's Sandpiper {Erolia hairdii) Avas 

 obc^inod at Rye Harbour on September 16th, 1912. This 

 niakes the fourth example obtained in the British Isles, and 

 of these, two have been obtained a.t Rye Harbour. I exa- 

 mined the biid in the flesh on September 17th, when it proved 

 t.) be a female. The bird is the size of a Dunlin, but the 

 markings are almost the same as a Curlew Sandpiper in 

 immature plumage ; the legs, toes, and bill, are also shorter 

 than, a Dunlin, and the wings project beyond the tail. 



11. W. Ford-I.indsay. 



BLACK-TAILED GODWIT IN CORNWALL. 

 I SHOULD like to put on record the occurrence of a Black- 

 tailed Godwit {Limosa limosa) at Fowey, Cornwall. It was 

 shot on August 26th, 1912, and given to me the following 

 day. I have had it set up. F. Jaffrey. 



ARCTIC SKUA IN SHROPSHIRE. 

 On September 13th, 1912, an adult Arctic Skua {Sierco- 

 rarius parasiticus) was observed flying do^\n the Severn at 

 Shrewsbury, by a competent ornithologist who reported it 

 to me. He saw it at close quarters, and noticed the long 

 tail-feathers and that it belonged to the dark form, having 

 very little white on the under-parts. H. E. Forrest. 



