54 BRITISH BIRDS. 



came upon a pair with young on June 27th, 1897 ; and at 

 Sweethope, where at least two pairs nested in the hke year ; 

 on the Breamish I first noticed a single pair breeding near 

 Beanley in 1886 ; but it had begun to outnumber the Common 

 Sandpiper there by 1902, threatening indeed to supplant it, 

 and now exceeds it in numbers on all the haughs as far up 

 as Ingram, and is even penetrating still further into the heart 

 of the Cheviots. Several of these stations are more than 

 five and twenty miles from the sea as the crow flies, and they 

 are particularly referred to here, as it has sometimes been 

 stated in print that this species was confined to the coast, 

 on the Borders, in the breeding season, although Selby had 

 long ago observed the contrary." For some previous records 

 of inland nesting, compare Vol. II., p. 150; Vol. III., p. 

 415.— Eds.] 



BLACK TERN IN BEDFORDSHIRE. 



On June 9th, 1911, I saw a Black Tern {Hydrochelidon nigra) 

 on the lake at Battlesden near Woburn. 



Lawrence Fleet. 



WHITE-WINGED BLACK TERNS IN SUSSEX. 



A SMALL flock of seven Wliite-winged Black Terns {Hydro- 

 chelidon leucoptera) arrived bet\\een Winchelsea and Rye on 

 May 29th, 1911. Three were shot, two males and one female, 

 and these I examined in the flesh on May 31st. It is a 

 curious fact that on precisely the same date (May 29th, 1904) 

 a small flock appeared at the Hoppen Pits in Kent, of which 

 five specimens were obtained. There have been two 

 previous records for Sussex. 



H. W. Ford-Lindsay. 



BLACK-THROATED DIVER IN CARNARVONSHIRE. 

 In Vol. IV., p. 26, of this Magazine, I recorded the first occur- 

 rence of the Black- throated Diver [Colymhus arcticus) in 

 Carnarvonshire, but I little thought at the time when the 

 observation was made, that the second occurrence would so 

 closely follow. My friend Mr. Owen Griffiths, in whom I have 

 confidence, informs me that on April 30th, 1911 — curiously 

 the same month and date on which I saw my example in 1910 — 

 he saw an individual of this species on the water at the foot 

 of a cliff on the northern side of the Great Orme's Head, and 

 his description and sketch, taken at the time when the observa- 

 tion was made, showing the distribution of black, grey, and 

 white feathers on its body, neck, and head, free my mind from 



