130 

 1929-30 



1930-31 

 1931-32 



1932-33 



1936-37 



1939-40 

 1942-43 



1945-46 

 1946-47 



1947-48 

 1948-49* 



1949-50* 



1950-51 



SEA-BIRDS 



Sudden wreck in south-east England 28 December to i January; 



little auk found alive in Round Pond, Kensington Gardens, central 



London. 

 Small invasion, November'December, of New Jersey and Virginia. 

 Invasions J November-January, of Maine, reaching Massachusetts. 

 Probably the greatest flight and wreck on the American seaboard in historical 



times. Influx November from Canada to Florida, some reaching Cuba {Murphy 



and Vogt, 1933), after unusual easterly winds. 

 Flights and wrecks on U.S. seaboard, December-January though not as many 



as in 1932-33 {A. Sprunt, 1938). 

 Small invasion of North Carolina, November to February. 

 Some numbers Yorkshire, November. Small flights and wrecks 



Devon and Cornwall, December and February. 

 Flight early December, Maine. 

 Rather unusual numbers on coast east Scotland and north-east England, 



January to April. 

 Flights, north-east England, particularly November. 

 Marked flights, but relatively few wrecks throughout year, coasts 



Scotland, north England, Ireland. 

 Wrecks in Channel Islands, south-west England, west Wales, and 



south and west Ireland in February; flights Yorkshire February to 



May (see D. E. Sergeant, 1952) (Fig. 21, p. 134). 

 Small wrecks in south England, January. Notable flights and wrecks on 



New England coast. 



Fig. 19 

 The distribution of the little auk, Plotus alle. Black: breeding-stations. 

 Shades: normal winter sea-range. Outer runbroken line: extent of summer 

 sea-range and more fluctuating winter range. Broken line: extreme limit of 



sporadic records. 



