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Scottish Museum, the second, a male, on May 11th, is in 

 my own collection, and the third, also a male, on May 18th 

 Avas presented by Mr. W. H. Mullens to the Hastings Museum. 

 These birds were examined in the flesh by Mr. Ruskin 

 Butterfield. J. B. Nichols. 



[In July, 1914, Mr. M. J. Nicoll informed me that he had 

 seen two Sociable Plovers in a field between Winchelsea and 

 Snailham on Thursday, April 30th, and asked me to state 

 this fact if they were subsequently recorded. — H.I'.W.] 



LITTLE STINT INLAND IN CHESHIRE. 



Ox September 10th, 1915. I saw a Little Stint {Erolia m. 

 mimda) at Marbury Mere, near Northwich. Cheshire, on a 

 spit of sand at the mouth of a brook which runs into the 

 mere. On the following day, when I again \'isited the place, 

 the bird was still there — on this occasion in com]iany with a 

 Dunhn. J. Moore. 



LITTLE STINTS AND CURLEW-SANDPIPERS 

 INLAND IN LANCASHIRE. 



On September 5th, 1915, at a sewage-farm a few miles to 

 the north-west of Manchester, Mr. W. Whittaker and I 

 found a single Little Stint {Erolia m. minuta) feeding in 

 company with several Dunlins, and later, on the 12th, two 

 birds of that species together with three Dunlins and a 

 Curlew-Sandpiper (Erolia ferrmjinca). They were very tame, 

 and afforded a favourable opportunity for comparison of 

 size and feeding-habits with their larger companions. One 

 Little Stint was distinctly more rufous than the other, and 

 both birds frequently swam across the deeper puddles in 

 their search for food. 



A few Curlew-Sandpipers have been present on several 

 occasions since September 12th, but we have not found 

 the Stints since that date. Thos. Baddeley. 



REDSHANK NESTING IN SURREY. 



On May 8th, 1915, I found a pair of Redshanks (Tringa 

 tetanus) breeding on a small tract of marshland in south-east 

 Surrey. The nest was of the open type, there being practi- 

 cally no attempt at concealment, and I was able to watch 

 the bird on to the eggs without much difficulty. 



I observed a single bird in precisely the same locality on 

 Mav 4th, 1912, and as a Redshank was also seen there bv 



