206 BRITISH BIRDS. 



of the " soaring " breeding flight of a male Redshank. Her 

 Grace informs me that this bird was still in the same place 

 on July 21st. 



On July 18th a Bartram's Sandpiper {Bartramia longicau- 

 data) was shot on Romney Marsh, and I examined it in the 

 flesh two days later in Mr. Bristow's shop at St. Leonards. 

 It was an adult male in good condition, but in somewhat 

 worn breeding plumage. On July 23rd Mr. Bristow informed 

 me that on the previous day (the 22nd) he saw a bird on 

 Pevensey Level which he believes to have been a Bartram's 

 Sandpiper. 



The interesting note by the Duchess of Bedford on the 

 Solitary Sandpiper in Kent, in the August number of 

 British Birds, coupled with the present records, seem to 

 point to an immigration of American sandpipers to England. 

 It would be interesting to know if any of your correspondents 

 have noticed similar arrivals of American species in Britain. 



With the possible exception of the Scilly Islands, Sussex 

 and Kent can claim to have produced more records of American 

 waders than any other part of Great Britain. Possibly this 

 is owing to the fact that there are more observers in these 

 counties than elsewhere on the south coast. At any rate, 

 there can be no doubt that the tendency of these waders is 

 to follow a west to east line of flierht. ,^ t ivt 



^ M. J. NiCOLL. 



PECTORAL SANDPIPER IN NORFOLK. i^ 



At Cley, between September 1st and 17th, 1908, I repeatedly 



saw a bird which I judged to be the Pectoral Sandpiper 



{Tringa maculata). The first time it got up it uttered the 



note which I remembered hearing at Aldeburgh, some years 



ago — a double chirp. I watched it once through glasses at 



about twenty yards, and thought I made out the pectoral 



band. It was often with Dunlins, and I could always pick 



it out by its superior size, but for many days it escaped the 



notice of the other frequenters of the estuary, mainly, I think, 



because it uttered its note very seldom, and the note when 



uttered w^as so low. It was the last wader I saw before I 



left the place. t^ r^ a 



^ E. C. Arnold. 



THE LEVANTINE SHEARWATER IN BRITISH 



WATERS. 



I HAVE received some very interesting information from 



Mr. W. J. Clarke (the Scarborough wildfowler) with regard 



to the occurrence of the Levantine Shearwater {Pu/jinus 



