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woods near the sea, on November 6th. The wind the day before 
was 8.S8.W., and the Woodcocks probably arrived in the night. 
I know that many writers, in ‘The Zoologist’ and elsewhere, 
have asserted that Woodcocks come with an east wind, but my 
observations rather coincide with Mr. Hele’s on the coast of 
Suffolk (vide ‘ Notes about Aldeburgh,’ p. 122). From the Ist of 
October to the Ist of January we only had the wind from the 
east three times. On October 5th we had three days of it, 
on November 18th four days, and on December 21st a longer 
spell, but there was no special arrival of Woodcocks coincident 
with any of these dates. At the same time it would be wrong 
to deny that there are exceptions to the rule, though they 
are certainly rare on this coast. In 1888, as we learn from the 
“Report on Migration’ (p. 51), the great flight, covering the 
whole of the east coast from Yarmouth to the Farne Islands, was 
on the nights of October 28th and 29th, and on those two dates 
the wind was registered by the Meteorological Office as S. to E., 
light, and E.S.E. to N.E., light. 
THE MOLLUSCA OF THE COUNTIES OF KENT, SURREY 
AND MIDDLESEX. 
By T. D. A. CockEretu. 
(Continued from p. 97.) 
MariInE GASTEROPODA. 
Chiton fascicularis, C. cinereus and C. marginatus.—All occur 
at Margate; the last seems to be the commonest. [AII these at 
Hastings, but marginatus not so common (EH. L.).] 
Patella vulgata is of course common. Var. elevata is found at 
Margate, and I have obtained much worn shells of var. depressa 
at Shellness. 
Helcion pellucidum.— Abundant and fine at Margate. Var. 
levis is sometimes found. [It is notable that while var. levis is 
not rare alive at Eastbourne (S. C. C.), only one specimen of the 
typical form has been taken on that coast, at Hastings (E. L.), 
while at Margate the type is very much more abundant than the 
variety]. 
