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the summer here, the latter not migrating for a 

 month or more afterwards. This we had many good 

 opportunities of witnessing as we watched day by 

 day these birds migrating south; for our own 

 indigenous Swallows and Martins are numerous 

 enough all day long in the locality that these 

 migrants crossed over. We also meet with many 

 migrants during spring and autumn along the 

 shore, birds that are never seen in such localities 

 except during the two seasons of passage. 



A few of our regular winter visitors make their 

 appearance upon the coast in August, as we have 

 already indicated. In September a few examples 

 of the Shoveler, the Teal, the Wigeon, the Scoter, 

 the Jack Snipe, and small parties of Lesser Red- 

 poles arrive, but these birds become more numer- 

 ous during October and November. In October 

 small numbers of the White-fronted Goose visit 

 the county, the Tufted Duck arrives, also the 

 Scaup, the Red-breasted Merganser, the Golden 

 Plover, the Purple Sandpiper, the three species of 

 Divers, the Great Crested and Sclavonian Grebes, 

 the Redwing and Fieldfare, the Brambling, Snow 

 Bunting (but usually rare), and the Short-eared 

 Owl. During October and November the Black 



