NOTES FROM REDCAR. 93 



sketch, with dimensions. Mussell, the taxidermist, who preserved 

 it, declared it to be a young bird.* 



On September 6th an immature Eeeve was shot at the Tees- 

 mouth ; it was in company with a flock of seven Knots. On the 

 7th, weather fine and calm, I saw out at sea a Great Northern 

 and a Ked-throated Diver flying south. On the 6th, 7th and 8th 

 Knots were very plentiful at the Tees-mouth, but Godwits still 

 scarce. On the 8th, calm and dull, saw a Great Northern Diver 

 going south. On the 9th an adult Curlew Sandpiper was shot at 

 the Tees-mouth, and I saw it the day after. It was in very good 

 plumage, and is the only mature example of the species which 

 I have known here. On the 10th, a N.E. breeze blowing and 

 freshening through the day, an immature Curlew Sandpiper was 

 shot between Eedcar and Marske ; four were killed at the Tees- 

 mouth, and I saw four at the same place on the 13th. Three 

 Great Northern Divers, six Eichardson's Skuas, and a Hawk were 

 seen going south. A flock of Grey Plovers came from the east. 



On September 11th, a strong wind blowing from N.E., several 

 flocks of Godwits, Whimbrels, Golden Plovers, and Knots passed. 

 On the 12th, wind still strong from N.E., a migrant Heron sailed 

 past about 9 a.m. ; Dunlins were passing all the morning ; a few 

 Curlews, Godwits, and Grey Plovers also passed. Three im- 

 mature Curlew Sandpipers and a female Kestrel (migrant) were 

 shot at the Tees-mouth. Large numbers of Grey Plovers were 

 at the Tees-mouth on ■ the 13th ; they had been coming up for 

 the past few days. I saw two adult Gannets washed up by the 

 tide. On the 14th, very light E. wind, I saw three Sandwich 

 Terns, a Great Northern and a Eed-throated Diver flying south. 

 On the 15th a great many Skuas were seen by the fishermen on 

 the fishing-grounds, five to ten miles out ; they were chiefly 

 L. parasiticus, but there were several of L. pomatorhinics and 

 L. longicaudus seen at the same time. Gannets were plentiful in 

 the oifing, and several Eed-throated Divers were observed. Nine 

 Eed-throated and eight Great Northern Divers passed Eedcar, 

 going south. A Spotted Eedshank, adult, was shot at the Tees- 

 mouth ; a male Short-eared Owl was killed in the vicinity of 



* This is not the first time this species has been met with in the British 

 Isles. See ' Zoologist,' 1852, p. 3472 ; ' Naturalist,' vol. viii., p. 168 ; and 

 Gray's ' Birds of the West of Scotland,' p. 373. -Ed. 



