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'Sept. LStli. Tr'mg (TIerts), one seen. 



„ 19th & 20th. Mouth of Dee (Chesliire), large numbers passing. 



„ 29th. Penzance (Cornwall), several arrived. 

 Oct. 3rd & 13th. Scarborough, few passing. 



,, 9th/10th. Spurn Head Lt. (Yorkshire), two at midnight. 



„ 20th/21st. Spurn Head Lt., two at 11 p.m. 



„ 22nd/23rd. Skerries Lt. (Anglesey), one killed at 9.30 p.m. 

 Nov. 2.3rd/24th. Bardsey Lt. (Carnarvon), one killed at 1 a.m. 



„ 24th/2oth, Yarmouth, many passing from 9 to 10 p.m. 



„ 2-")th/2Gth. Bardsey Lt, flocks passing at midnight. 

 Dec. 2nd/3rd. Dungeness Lt. (Kent), several between 10 p.m. and 

 dawn. 



„ 22nd. S.E. Suffolk coast, large numbers arrived. 



THE KNOT {Tringa caymtus). 



Knots returned to the Sol way in large numbers, many being adult 

 birds, on the 30th of -luly and were first noticed at Aberlady Bay (Had- 

 dington) on the 1st of August. Between the 2nd and 9th of August a few 

 were taken in the flight-nets on the Lancashire coast, but they were not 

 noted further south on the east side until the 23rd, when a few arrived 

 at Holt (Norfolk), and these were followed by other small flocks four 

 days later. On the 28th/29th many were heard passing in Hertfordshire, 

 while on the 31st arrivals were recorded simultaneously at Scarborough 

 and Spurn Head (Yorkshire) and Wells (Norfolk). Further arrivals 

 took place at the three last-named localities during the first few days 

 of September, and on the 12th/13th a good number were noticed at 

 Dungeness Light (Kent). On the 14th first arrivals were noted on the 

 Hampshire coast, where a further increase took place on the 16th. New 

 arrivals Avere noticed at Dornoch (E. Ross) and Loch Ryan (Wigtown) 

 on the 14th, and large numbers were seen at the mouth of the Dee 

 (Cheshire) on the 20th. 



Dui-ing the first half of October Knots were taken on five different 

 nights at Spurn Head Light (Yorkshire), but it seems doubtful whether 

 these were really migrating. 



THE SANDERLING (Calidns arenaria). 



Sanderlings returned to Largo Bay (Fife) on the 1st of August; on 

 the 23rd the first arrivals took placis on the northern coast of Norfolk, and 

 further small flocks appeared during the first fortnight of September. 

 On the 27th a single bird was seen in Kintyre (Argyll), on the 1st 

 of September a few arrived on the Solway and on the 20th at the 

 mouth of the Dee (Cheshire)^ while a few reached Penzan-ce (Cornwall) 

 on the 29th. 



