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North Atlantic islands and of the specimen under discussion 

 must be Puffmis kvhlii borealis. 



It is interesting to note that the Cape Verde Islands are 

 inhabited by a very small form of this Shearwater — con- 

 siderably smaller even than the Mediterranean form. 



The following are measurements of the various forms of 

 Puffinus kuhlii. 



It should be noted that when exhibiting at the British 

 Ornithologists' Club the Mediterranean Great Shearwater 

 obtained at Pevensey on February 21st, 1906, Mr. W. R. 

 Butterfield clearly differentiated between this and the 

 Atlantic form so that there is no doubt that this bird was 

 an example of Puffinus kuhlii kuhlii (see Bull. B.O.C., XVI. 



p. 71). H. F. WiTHERBY. 



GREY-RUMPED SANDPIPER IN SUSSEX. 



Towards the middle of September, 1914, a couple of Grey- 

 rumped Sandpipers {Tringa incana brevipes) were observed at 

 Rye Harbour, Sussex. Both birds were eventually shot, the 

 first, a male, on September 23rd and the second, a female, 

 on September 27th. They were shown me whilst in the flesh. 



H. W. Ford-Lindsay. 



Description. — Adult male mid female. Winter. — Fore-head 

 and extending in a rather narrow line above lores and over 

 eye white ; rest of upper-parts uniform ashy-grey, feathers 

 with very narrow indistinct pale edges which are much more 

 distinct on upper tail-coverts ; lores dark greyish-brown ; 



* Probably wrongly sexed, caught on nest but probably (J. 



