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sula, and on the New Siberian Islands. In every instance 

 the old birds were obtained, rendering identification certain 

 (Bull. B.O.C., vol. xv, p. 92). 



SPOTTED SANDPIPER. Totanus macularius (Linnaeus). 



A pair of Spotted Sandpipers were shot in a ditch 

 between Lydd and Brookland in Romney Marsh, Kent, on 

 May 5th, 1904. The birds were sent to Mr. Bristow, at 

 St. Leonards, and were examined in the flesh by Dr. Tice- 

 hurst, on May 7th. The specimens were exhibited by Mr. 

 J. L. Bonhote, on behalf of Dr. N. F. Ticehurst, at a 

 meeting of the British Ornithologists' Club, held May 18th, 

 1904. This species had not been recorded previously from 

 co. Kent (Bull. B.O.C., vol. xiv, pp. 84, 85). 



WOOD-SANDPIPER. Totanus glareola (J. F. Gmelin). 



A Wood-Sandpiper was obtained on the Island of Eday, 

 Orkney, on September 1st, 190*2 (C. S. Buxton, ' Zoologist,' 

 1902, p. 391). 



SOLITARY SANDPIPER. Totanus solitaries (Wilson). 



A specimen of this very rare American visitor was shot 

 in Bye Harbour, Sussex, on August 7th, 1904, by a man 

 named Peters, who sent the bird to Mr. Bristow, of St. 

 Leonards, who mounted it. It was exhibited by Mr. C. B. 

 Ticehurst at a meeting of the British Ornithologists' Club, 

 held October 19th, 1904. This is the fourth occurrence in 

 the British Isles of the species (Bull. B.O.C., vol. xv, p. 12). 



SANDWICH TERN. Sterna cantiaca (J. F. Gmelin). 



In the ' Irish Naturalist,' 1906, p. 192, Mr. E. Patterson 

 records two new breeding-stations of the Sandwich Tern, 

 both in the co. Down, one of which he visited on May 

 27th, 1906, and there found six or eight pairs of adult birds 

 and one egg. On July 16th, following, he received from the 

 second locality four eggs from Mr. S. M. Stears. 



SABINE'S GULL. Xema sabinii (J. Sabine). 



An immature male Sabine's Gull was obtained at Eas- 

 dale, on the Argyllshire coast, on October 30th, 1903 (C. H. 

 Bisshopp, Ann. Scot. Nat. Hist., 1904, p. 57). 



