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Nov. 18tli. Quorn (Leicester), a small flock passing, 

 „ 19th. Nr. York, a few seen. 



" itth/^eth' ! P^i^^^^^ '^^^^ ^^- 0-^^^ 0^ ^^^°)' ^^^ ^* *^® lantern. 

 „ 26th/27th. Skerries Lt. (Anglesey), one killed at 4.30 a.m. 



THE GREY PLOVER (Squatarola helvetica). 

 July 8th/9th. Tunbridge Wells (Kent), some heard passing at 10.30 



P.M. 



„ llth/12th. Tunbridge Wells, several passing over, apparently to 

 S.W., after 11 p.m. 

 Aug. 2nd/3rd. St. Leonards-on-Sea (Sussex), large flocks passing 

 II p.m. 



„ 17th to 25th. Glenluce Bay (Wigtown), several flocks seen. 

 Sept. 5th & 9th. N. Norfolk coast, one arrived each day. 



„ 10th. Aberlady Bay (Haddington), some arrived. 



„ 12th. N. Norfolk coast, three arrived. 



„ 19th. Hoylake (Cheshire), first seen. 



„ 25th. • Scarborough (Yorkshire), first seen. 

 Dec. 2ud/3rd. Dungeness Lt. (Kent), many from 10 p.m. to dawn. 



THE RINGED PLOVER {^gialitis hiaticola). 



Although local birds were still in their breeding-haunts on the Suffolk 

 coast on the I5th of August, there was a well-marked passage of migrants 

 down the east coast at the end of the first week of that month, while 

 on the 8th/9th a single bird was killed at St. Catherine's Light (Isle 

 of Wight). Passage movements were also marked at the end of the 

 month and were noted in Hertfordshire on the I4th and 28th/29th, 

 in W. Kent on the 27th/28tli, while a considerable number reached the 

 Hampshire coast at dawn on the 23rd, being followed by others during 

 the three subsequent days. These birds appear to have remained on that 

 coast until the end of September, gradually leaving between the 1st and 

 11th of October. Small parties of migrants were again noted in Hertford- 

 shire on the 11th and 18th of September, and large numbers were seen at 

 the mouth of the Dee (Cheshire) on the Wth and 20th; On the 28th/29th 

 of October a few were noted at Bardsey Light (Carnarvon) after 

 10 p.m., while on the nights of the 6th and 24th of November numbers 

 were heard passing south at Lowestoft and Yarmouth respectively. 



THE LAPWING {Vanellus vulgaris). 

 Aug. 2nd. Isle of Man coast, a large flock arrived. 

 „ 16th/17th. Cromer Lt. (Norfolk), two at 4 a.m. 

 „ 22nd. Largo (Fife), enormous numbers ; S. Somerset, a few 

 flying S.W. 



