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scrub on the 7th. No Shore Larks were seen, though carefully 

 searched for on the ground where we saw a great many in 

 November last. I took from the stomach of a Purple Sandpiper 

 (one of two forwarded to me after we left) a small crab entire, 

 with the legs on, measuring fully "25 in. across the carapace. I hear 

 that a Fulmar, an immature Long-tailed Duck, and a Ked-necked 

 Grebe were procured between Oct. 17th and 21st, and a Rough- 

 legged Buzzard soon afterwards. A Stork was seen on the marsh 

 on November 17th, but fortunately escaped. 



ORNITHOLOGICAL NOTES FROM REDCAR. 

 By T. H. Nelson. 



From an ornithologist's point of view the most noticeable 

 features of the year 1887 in this district were the great abundance 

 of waders, principally Pigmy Curlews, Little Stints, Knots, and 

 Grey Plovers, in the early autumn, and, later, the unusual 

 numbers of Long-tailed Ducks, which frequented the sea off 

 Redcar and the Tees mouth. With regard to Pigmy Curlews 

 and Little Stints, they appear to have been noticed in many 

 different places ; correspondents of mine who were shooting on 

 the coasts of Wales, Northumberland, South Yorkshire, and 

 Norfolk all commented on the large numbers of these small 

 shore-birds which they met with; while, as for Long-tailed 

 Ducks, the pages of ' The Zoologist,' and the Natural-History 

 columns of 'The Field,' testify to the fact of this usually 

 uncommon sea-duck having been noticed by different observers 

 all round our coasts. 



Throughout January and February, 1886, Guillemots and 

 Razorbills were numerous. Out of about a dozen Guillemots 

 killed, six were of the ringed variety; on the 14th January 

 I secured one Common and three Ringed Guillemots at a double 

 shot. On April 12th a white Guillemot was seen at sea by 

 several of the fishermen ; another Guillemot with a white head, 

 probably the same bird, was reported on the 28th. 



On May 7th, Mussell, the Middlesbro' taxidermist, had a 

 female Peregrine and a Hen Harrier, Circus cyaneus, which had 

 been trapped at Egton Bridge, near Whitby, at the latter end of 

 April. The first Terns were noticed on the 17th. On the 24th 



