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the Orkneys, and only one instance is recorded of its occurrence 

 in the Faroes. The northern range of its migratory flight will 

 thus be about lat. 61° N. Woodcocks come directly from the 

 east, going westward. Grey Plover follow much the same line, 

 are rare wanderers to Shetland, and, so far as I am aware, have 

 never been recorded from Faroe.* In the spring migration the 

 northern limit on the English coast of the Common Godwit, the 

 Knot, and Grey Plover does not appear to extend beyond latitude 

 53° 42' N., the Humber, from which point they strike directly 

 over the North Sea. 



A Turtle Dove was seen on September 15th on the rifle-butts 

 in this parish close to the Humber embankment. Both the 

 Curlew Sandpiper and Little Stint occurred numerously at Spurn 

 and the Humber mud-flats in September. Two of the former, in 

 summer plumage, were seen at Spurn on July 31st. In September 

 they might be found in flocks of from forty to fifty, all apparently 

 young birds. The Little Stints prefer the muddy foreshores of 

 the river to the sandy flats of the coast ; the Curlew Sandpipers 

 might be found indiscriminately in both localities, often feeding 

 in company with Dunlins. As late as the 7th October I saw a 

 flock of about a dozen Little Stints on the muds opposite this 

 parish. On the wing they are readily distinguishable from the 

 Dunlin by their size as well as the silvery white of the under 

 parts, and have altogether a much whiter appearance. Green- 

 shanks also were common during the autumn, and as many as 

 a dozen seen at the same time. On the 16th I obtained a Barn 

 Owl, which was captured at sea on board one of the fishing- 

 smacks : it was a bird of the year, and not of that fulvous variety 

 which occasionally occurs in districts contiguous to the east coast. 



On the morning of September 21st, when returning from 

 Spurn to Grimsby, we passed a flock of about sixty Scoters; 

 amongst them was one altogether of a smoke-grey or dirty white, 

 and when on the wing a most conspicuous object amidst a crowd 

 of dark-plumaged companions. On the same day, when shooting 

 through some standing beans, I saw a small flock of Bedpolls, 

 and amongst them one which was very light-coloured, probably 

 L. linaria. There was a very considerable immigration of these 

 latter at Spurn on the night of October 24th, and a beautiful old 



* See ' Zoologist,' 1872, p. 3245.— Ed. 



