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THE TURNSTONE {Strepsilas interpres). 



Aug. 27tli. Kintyre (Argyll), six passing (none 29th). 



„ 31st. Kintyre, twelve passing ; Scarborough (Yorkshire), 

 three small parties passing. 



Sept. 2nd. N. Norfolk coast, four arrived. 



„ 3rd. N. Norfolk coast, one only ; Scarborough, one. 



„ 4th & 5th. N. Norfolk coast, none. 



„ 6th to 9th. N. Norfolk coast, one daily. 



„ 10th. N. Norfolk coast, iive. 



" "" Av' ] g!i, [ J^' Norfolk coast, one daily. 



„ 14th & j 



16th, i7th VN. Norfolk coast, none, 

 to 20th. j 



„ 21st. Norfolk coast, two. 



„ 22nd. Norfolk coast, none. 



THE OYSTER-CATCHER {Hcematoims ostraleyus). 



Aug. 18th &31st. Scarborough (Yorkshire), single birds passing S. 

 Sept. 3rd. N. Norfolk coast, three arrived. 



" '& l->th I "^' ■^o^^'^-'-^ coast, one only. 

 „ 5th/Gth. Suffolk coast, some passing S.W. at midnight. 

 ,, 7th/8th, Bardsey Lt. (Carnarvon), three struck at 11 p.m. 

 „ 7th to 1 



11th & i N. Norfolk coast, none. 

 13th to 19th. I 

 „ 20th. N. Norfolk coast, a flock of seven arrived and passed on. 

 Oct. 4tli & 28th. Scarborough, single birds passing. 



„ 29th/30th. St. Catherine's Lt. (Isle of Wight), one killed at 

 6.40 A.M. 



THE WOODCOCK {Scolopax rtisticula). 



But little movement of this species was noted in September ; six 

 birds v/ere seen flying west at the Bell Rock Light (Tay) at 8 p.m. -on 

 the 26th, and the first arrival was reported from N.W. Norfolk on 

 the 30th. 



The main arrival on the east coast occurred during the middle of 

 October. It began with the arrival of a number of birds in the neighbour- 

 hood of Yarmouth (Norfolk), and smaller numbers on the Yorkshire 

 coast and Fame Islands on the 13th ; on the three following days con- 

 siderable numbers arrived on the whole east coast as far south, at any 

 rate, as the Suffolk and Essex border, especially large numbers appearing 

 in the Humber district, while arrivals were also reported in a o-ood 

 many places in Scotland. Further arrivals of smaller numbers were 



