BIRD NOTES 121 



probably a British-bred example. On 20th October 

 one cut itself almost in halves by striking a telegraph 

 wire in the night. 



1883. On 6th October I have a note referring 

 to one obtained a fortnight before that date. 



1889. On 6th October of this year I have the 

 following entry : " It looked rather odd to see a 

 Woodcock just arrived, hanging upon a poulterer's 

 stall with some Wigeon, while Swallows were still 

 on the wing overhead." 



1890. Several seen, and some shot on 20th 

 October, the previous night's arrivals. There had 

 been a gale on the 18th. No less than eighteen 

 hanging on a stall on the 21st. On the same 

 date a fagged-out individual alighted on the rail 

 of the pier and attempted to rest awhile; another 

 dropped on the sands a week after. In a note for 

 the 29th I have a record of several having been 

 picked up exhausted, mostly on the sandhills. 



1891. Another example picked up in a railway 

 cutting with breastbone cut in two. 



1892. First one noted llth October. A note 

 for the 8th records, " Mocks of House-Martins flying 

 continuously in a southerly direction." 



1893. One seen on the 8th October; and one 



