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THE COMMON SANDPIPER. 



l^otanus hypoleucus (L.). 



Two observers in Devonshire reported that some o£ these 

 birds had wintered on the south coast of that county, so that 

 possibly some o£ the earlier records in Wales, the Midlands 

 and the north were due to the northward movement o£ these 

 winler-residents. A few birds seem to have arrived on the 

 eastern half of the south coast about the second week 

 in April and to have passed slowly through the eastern 

 counties, but the main body did not begin to arrive until the 

 17th, and immigration was probably continued for some time. 

 The fluctuating numbers in Wales, the western Midlands, 

 and the north furnish evidence of this, but the dates and 

 areas of arrival were unrecorded. The progress northward 

 seems to have been rapid, and full numbers were recorded 

 as being present in Cheshire on the 24th of April and in Ren- 

 frew on the 1st of May. Nesting-operations had commenced 

 in Lancashire by the 30th of April, while nests with eggs 

 were found in Radnor on the 2nd of May, in Yorkshire on 

 the 7th, in Northumberland on the 9th and in Perthshire 

 on the 13th. Passage-movements, however, continued up to 

 nearly the end of May, fresh immigrants being recorded in 

 Dorset and Kent on the 8th and in Hampshire on the 11th, 

 while a bird on passage was taken at one of the Suffolk 

 light-vessels on the 12th. 



Chkonological Summaky of the Recoeds. 



April 6th. Denbigh. 

 „ 8th. Sussex. 



„ 10th. Westmoreland. 



