324 BRITISH BIRDS. [vol. vii. 



GREAT SHEARWATER IN SUSSEX. 



On March 14th, 1914, a specimen of the Great Shearwater 

 {Puffinus gravis) was washed ashore at Bulverhythe, St. 

 Leonards-on-Sea, Sussex, during a severe gale from the 

 south-west. I saw the bird the same morning, when it 

 proved to be a male, and had evidently not been long dead. 



H. W. Ford-Lindsay. 



SLAVONIAN GREBE IN CARNARVONSHIRE. 



As there are no recorded instances of the Slavonian Grebe 

 {Colymhus auritus) from the north coast of Carnarvonshire, 

 it may be worth mentioning that I watched one on 

 January 24th, 1914, fishing along the foot of a cliff-wall 

 on the north-easterly side of the Great Orme's Head. 



Richard W. Jones. 



MOULT OF THE COMMON SANDPIPER. 

 With reference to Mr. Teschemaker's note on this subject 

 {supra, \). 269), I can state that I have a Common Sandpiper 

 shot on April 17tli, 1913, at Jhelum, Punjab, India, which is 

 not only moulting the whole of its bod3^-feathers but also just 

 finishing a moult of its tail and the whole of its wings. Three 

 other examples, shot during the first ten days of May, sho\\- 

 every sign of having just completed an entire moult, but 

 I can find no feathers in the quill. One shot on December 12th 

 has all the feathers of body, wings, and tail slightly \\-orn. 



C. B. TiCEHURST. 



COMMON SANDPIPERS IN WINTER IN SURREY 

 AND ESSEX. 

 From time to time the Common Sandpiper {Totanus hypo- 

 leucus) has been recorded during the winter months. On 

 February 25th, 1914, I heard two of these birds passing 

 over Wellington, Surrey, at 6.30 p.m., going in a westerly 

 direction. The wind at the time was very slight from the 

 west. On February 16th, 1910, at 11.30 p.m., I also heard 

 one passing over Rayleigh, Essex. F. W. Frohawk. 



UNUSUAL WINTER-MIGRATION OF 

 WOODCOCK. 



We liave had a most unusual immigration of Woodcock 

 {Scolopax rusticola) in east and north-east Yorkshire this 

 winter. The usual numbers arrived in October and 

 November and ])assed away westward as usual. Up to 

 January 2nd, 1914, the normal winter numbers only were 

 observed in Burton Constable Woods. On January 8th 



