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Sept. 6th. Iiomney Marsli (Kent), one seen. 

 „ 7th. Romnt'.y Marsh, eight single birds seen. 



" 18th I ^^^^^^i^y (Cheshire), two seen. 



„ 8th. Rye (Sussex) and Cley (Norfolk), single birds seen. 



„ 12th. Humber (S.E. Yorkshire), several. 



„ 13th. Countess Wear (S. Devon), one seen, 



,, 2.3rd. Dungeness (Kent), three seen. 



Oct. 12th. Marbury, one seen. 



,, 22nd. Near Rugeley (Staffordshire), one shot. 



Dec. 10th. Intwood. Sluice (Northumberland), two seen. 



THE COMMON UEBSRA'NK {Totanus calldris). 

 Aug. 4th. Stafford, one passing. 



„ .5th. Near Exeter (S. Devon), twenty passing. 



„ 5th/6th. Lowestoft (Suffolk), a few flying S.W. after 10 p.m. 

 ,, 28th/29th. Rickmansworth (Herts), many passing at 10 p.m. ; 

 Watford (Herts), many passing from 10.20 to 



12 P.M. 



„ 31st/Sept. 1st. Spurn Head Lt. (Yorkshire), twenty-five at midnight. 

 Sept. 3rd. Scarborough (Yorkshire), one passing. 

 „ 3rd/4th. Spurn Head lit., three. 

 „ 4th. Breydon (Norfolk), a good many seen. 



„ 13tb/14th. Dungeness Lt. (Kent), twelve at 1 a.m. 

 „ 18th. Orfordness (Suffolk), very few. 



THE GREENSHANK [Totanus cajiescens). 

 Greenshanks were first noticed on the Solway on the 1st of August, 

 and on the 8th a few had arrived on the Suffolk coast. The Hampshire 

 coast was reached on the 11th, and between that date and the 27th single 

 birds were passing there almost daily, while as many as twenty arrived 

 there on the 17th. A few arrived at Blakeney (Norfolk) on the 20th. 

 On the 1st of September arrivals were recorded at Fair Isle (Shetland), 

 on the Solway, at JMorton Loch (N. Fife) many, and on the N. Norfolk 

 and S.E. Suffolk coasts. On the north coast of Norfolk and the Hamp- 

 shire coast a gradual migration of very small numbers was observed 

 at intervals up to the last week of the month. The only other Green- 

 shanks reported were from the Dorset coast on the 4th and Romney 

 Marsh (Kent) on the 7th of September. 



THE CURLEW (Numenius arqnata). 

 Curlews were on the move early in July, being heard passing in 

 W. Kent on the nights of the 3rd and 7th. 



The first large flights arrived on the coast of Cumberland from their 



