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September. This bird, as stated by Mr. Harting, in the 

 "Zoologist" (p. 8827), was feeding alone, with the excep- 

 tion of a flock of gulls, on a mud flat, and allowed him 

 to approach within forty yards before it rose. It uttered 

 two sharp notes, not unlike a dunlin, but the wings 

 looked longer, and the white tail coverts at once 

 distinguished the species. The stomach contained the 

 remains of small worms, coleopterous insects, and a few 

 minute pebbles. September. One shot at Blakeney, in 

 the collection of Mr. Beverley Leeds, of Lexham. 



1865.* September 12th. One killed at Blakeney, 

 in the collection of Mr. J. H. Gurney, jun. 



1866. April 27th. A fine red bird, killed on Breydon, 

 by Mr. F. Harmer, in company with five grey plover 

 and two dunlins, all of which were bagged at one shot 

 with a punt gun. Two of the grey plover in nearly- 

 full summer plumage. This Mr. Harmer believes to 

 have been the only bird of this species seen on Breydon 

 during that season. 



* Mr. Fenwick Hele, of Aldeburgh, who has during the last 

 few years procured several specimens of this sandpiper on that 

 part of the Suffolk coast, has published the following notes on 

 this species from time to time : 



"Field," 1865, September 16th. "Altogether about fifteen 

 curlew sandpipers have been shot at Thorpe and elsewhere in this 

 locality during the past and present months [August and Sep- 

 tember]. I have never met with them here before." 



" Field," 1866, August 4th. " A good specimen of the curlew 

 sandpiper, in summer plumage, was brought me last week." 



"Field," 1867, August 24th. "August 3rd. Two pigmy 

 curlews, in summer plumage, were killed at Thorpe this morning." 



"Field," 1867, May 25th. "On May 2nd, a most beautiful 

 pigmy curlew," was killed with several grey plovers and turnstones, 

 in full summer plumage. 



" Land and Water," 1867, October 25th. " Four killed within 

 a few days." See also " Zoologist " for 1867, pp. 950 and 991. 

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