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The accompanying jDhotograph of the specimen gave a false 

 impression of the bird in several particulars, probably owing 

 to the position in which it was photographed A\dth respect 

 to the light. I therefore applied to Mr. Ogilvie-Grant who 

 had seen the bird, and he kindly corroborated its identification 

 as an adult male of the Madeiran form of the species {Puffinus 

 obscurus godmani) to which form all the British specimens 

 at present obtained belong, the present one being the seventh 

 (not the fifth, as stated in Country Life) and the second for 

 Kent. N. F. Ticehurst. 



GREEN SANDPIPER AND BAR-TAILED GODWITS 

 IN ORKNEY. 



I BELIEVE there are not many records of the occurrence of 

 the Green Sandpiper (Tringa ocrophus) in Orkney, so it is 

 worth while to note that one, a female, was shot at Kirbister, 

 Pomona on August 19th, 1912, and another was seen on 

 the same day. Also two Bar-tailed Godwits {Limosn I. 

 lapponica), both males, were shot on October 1st, 1912, on 

 the island of Shapinsay. James R. Hale. 



[The Bar-tailed Godwit is a rare visitor to Orkney, but we 

 think the only previous record of the Green Sandpiper is 

 one from the Pentland Skerries on July 30th, 1911, though 

 the bird occurs regularly at Fair Isle. — Eds.] 



MOVEMENTS OF LITTLE AUKS ON THE 

 NORTHUMBERLAND COAST. 



The following notes on the movements of Little Auks {Alle 

 alle) during this winter may be of interest : — 



1912, November 3rd.— St. Mary's Island. Wind (slight) 

 north. Heavy swell after strong west wind. Large numbers 

 of Little Auks passing north ; some settling on rocks and sea- 

 weed in water (H. B. Hodgson). 



November 5th. — Few still passing north. Seven shot. 



November 13th. — Very strong north gale all last night. 

 Very cold. 10.30 a.m. — ^Numbers making into wind. Three 

 or four shot. None seen after 11.30, Avhen gale abated 

 somewhat. 



1913, January 21st. — After week of terrible south-east 

 gale picked up one Little Auk dead. 



January 29th. Wind north-east. One found in garden 

 at Whitley, half mile inland, exceedingly thin. 



February 17th. — One j)icked up exhausted at Whitley 

 Bay (V. Coxon). 



