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took place bctween tlie 21,st and 23r(l Sept. anJ on the 

 lOth Oct. 



Squatarola helvet/'ca. — Present daily ; increases were noted on 

 2 Ist, 25tli, and 28th Sept. and lütli Oct., and a marked 

 emigration took place between the 5tli and 9tli Oct. 



yEijialitis hiaticola. — Present daily. Seen to pass over on 

 the 2l}rd Sept. There was a marked imniigration on 

 the öth, followed by an eniitrration on the 8th Oct. 



^yialitis cantiaca. — A few were seen between the löth and 

 2 Ist Sept. 



Vanellus vulgaris. — Seen daily, its nunibers gradually in- 

 creasing. 



Haimat<ypus ostralegvs. — Incredible numbers of this bird were 

 seen on the 15th Sept., a considerable portion o£ which 

 passed on by the 17th, and from that date their numbers 

 gradually dwindled. On Oct. 2nd there was a large 

 imniigration, followed by marked decreases on the oth, 

 6th, and lOth. 



Strepsilas interpres. — A few were seen between the ITth and 

 19th Sept. ; on the 21st and 22nd they were slowly 

 decreasing; single birds were seen up to the 28th, after 

 which they were absent except for a solitary bird on the 

 5th Oct. 



Recurvirostra avocetta. — The bulk of this species had already 

 gone. I counted 16 on the IGth Sept. and about 8 the 

 following day, after which, with the exception of a 

 solitary straggler seen in another part of the Island on 

 the 3rd Oct., it was entirely absent. 



Gallinago gallinula. — A few seen on the 25th and 2Gth 



Sept. 

 Tringa suharqnata. — Both old and young birds of this species 

 were met with in 190G ; on this visit it was entirely 

 absent. 

 Tringa catiutus. — Large numbers arrived on the 19th and 

 25tli Sept., but thej' all left on the Ist Oct., after which 

 date none were seen tili the lOth, with the exception of 

 3 stragfilers on the 7th. These birds w'ere feeding 

 almost entirely on vegetable matter. 

 Tringa afpina. — Present daily, large increases taking place 



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