1920.] OrnitJtohuy of t lie Island of Te.iel. 383 



60,000 eg-o-s are exported every year, as well as those of the 

 Redshank and Black-headed Gull. " Breeds on all the 

 Dutch Friesian islands" (L.J.). "Breeds'" (all authors). 



Turnstone. 



Fiiirlv nmnerons on the shore in August, occasionally 

 noticed on the dykes in the polders. No very large flocks 

 seen, and all appeared to consist of young birds. I saw one 

 flying along with a live cockle attached to one of its toes ; it 

 had trodden on the cockle when the latter was open and was 

 thus trapped. Some noted in September till the 21st, when 

 numbers diminished ; a lew left on the 25th and 28th, after 

 which only a single bird on 5 October was seen. " Noled on 

 spring migration" (V.). " Common on migration " (D.). 



Oystkrcatchee. 



Two [)airs on 21 August still had young unable to fly. 

 Perhaps the commonest wader on the shore in August and 

 September ; we might almost say. without fear of exagger- 

 ation, that there were " miles of Oystercatchers ! " To\\ards 

 the end of Septeml)er and beginning of October the numl)ers 

 decreased gradually. Besides IVequenting the sands and 

 cockle-beds, this species' was frequently to be seen in August 

 in the Holds and on manure-mounds near farms. "Very 

 common, breeds everywhere "" (L.J.ct 1>.). " Breeds '•" (Th.). 

 " Nests in grassland, polders, and diied mud of shallow 

 meres" (Davies & Pearson). "Breeds on all the Dutch 

 Friesian isliinds "* (L.J.). 



AVOCET. 



Fair numbers still on the Polder bet Noorden at the 

 end of August ; twenty in a flock there on the 28th. Mr. 

 Trapp showed us a nest, which he informed us had contained 

 Ave eggs. Noted' on 15, 16, and 17 September ; a few only, 

 after Avhich none were seen, save a single bird on 1 October. 

 "The nuiin colony of Avocets breeds between Oosterend 

 and De Cocksdorp, but there is a small colony at the south 

 end near Oudeschild and also on Ylieland " (L.J.). 

 "Breeds'" (all authors). 



