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September, all young birds of the year ; Spotted .Redshank rarely, 

 and in August only, and these young birds during autumnal mi- 

 gration ; Ruffs occasionally bred there, mature birds with ruff on, 

 only seldom seen, the last flock in the year 1854, when several 

 were procured during May. Sometimes an old bird before getting 

 its ruff came in April and associated with Dunlins; and in autumn 

 young birds were in some years not uncommon, probably migrat- 

 ing from Sweden : sometimes none came for several years in suc- 

 cession. Knot. I saw one killed on the 20th September, 1839, 

 whilst in first plumage ; Pigmy Curlew when it appeared always 

 young in September ; Little Stint the same. The first Little 

 Stint I ever saw was shot by my brother so long ago as Septem- 

 ber 23rd, 1837. Two came with the wind past us on flooded 

 land ; one fell winged, and when I waded into rather deep water 

 for it, it was running on the floating weeds. Temminck's Sand- 

 piper in June in summer plumage, and in September for the first 

 few days in young plumage, but very rarely obtained. Dunlins 

 bred, but some years much more commonly than in others, often 

 seen in August and September young of the year, and rarely a 

 flock came also during winter in mild weather during floods. The 

 Ring Dotterel came sometimes, young birds in autumn. The Grey 

 Plover likewise at the same time, I have a young bird of the 

 year killed in October. I never knew the Common Dotterel 

 there, not* the Whimbrel ; but as I have frequently heard the 

 latter during autumnal migration flying over as far from the sea 

 (only about six miles), it may sometimes have been there, but 

 still if it had risen it would have been heard ; and I only once 

 heard of a Woodcock being obtained it was marked down and 

 followed. I never knew the Common Godwit killed there. The 

 Green Sandpiper as an autumnal visitor in August and early in 

 September, and I once saw one in April. The Wood Sandpiper, 

 it would appear, occasionally bred there, as mentioned by Mr. 

 Hancock, and the young birds were sometimes shot during 

 August probably migrating from Sweden.* The Common Sand- 



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* If these young birds had been heard in England, they would probably have also been 

 met with in July, but they appear to come each year, within a few days of the exact 

 time only. 



