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THE WHIMBREL {Numenhts phcsopus). 



May 1st, Hants. May 2nd, Merioneth, few. May 3rd, Devon, few. 

 May 4th and 5th, Dorset and Kent, few, Isle of Man. May 6th to 12th, 

 Devon, Sussex, Norfolk, North Wales and Isle of Man, a few daily. 

 May 12th, Bishop Eock Lt, (Isles of Scilly). 3Iay 15th, St. Catherine's 

 Lt. (Isle of Wight). May 12th to 2Gth, Essex, North Wales, Isle of 

 Man, passing almost daily in diminishing numbers. 



THE BLACK TERN {Hydrochelidon nic/ra). 



April 14th, Quorn Reservoir. May 6th, Cumberland. May 8th, 

 Suffolk. 



THE SANDWICH TERN {Sterna cantiaca). 



March 27th, Cumberland, one, the earliest date known, usually 

 arrives in the middle of April. April 25th, Suffolk, two. May 3rd, 5th 

 and 7th, Yorkshire, few passing. May 18th, Cumberland, nesting. 



THE GUILLEMOT {Uria troile). 



April 10th, Eddystone Lt. (Cornwall), several. April 14th, Bishop 

 Rock (Isles of Scilly), arrived on breeding-ground. 



THE PUFFIN {Fratercula arctica). 



April 17th, Bishop Rock (Isles of Scilly), arrived on breeding-ground. 

 April 29th to May 5th, Cumberland, many dead washed up daily. 

 Does not breed locally. 



THE GREAT CRESTED GREBE (Podicipes cristatus). 



April 7th, Richmond, five pairs arrived, one bird nearly white. April 

 16th, Rickmansworth (Herts), one. April 20th, Surrey, four pairs, 

 one nest begun. 



THE MANX SHEARWATER {Puffinits anglorum). 

 April 20th, Bishop Rock (Isles of Scilly), arrived on breeding-ground. 



