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THE TURTLE-DOVE (Turtur communis). 



Aug. 10th. Sussex, decrease. 



„ loth to 31st. Kent and Norfolk, gradual decrease. 



Sept. lst/2nd. St. Catherine's Lt. (Isle of Wight), one killed. 



„ 1st to 14th. Hampshire, Kent and Shropshire, decrease. 



„ 8th. Lincolnshire, nearly all departed. 



,, 17th. Kent, last seen. 



„ 18th. Surrey, last seen. 



„ 19th. Yorkshire (W. Riding), last seen. 



„ 20th. Shropshire, last seen. 



„ 23rd/2J:th. St. Catherine's Lt., one killed. 



„ 24th/25th. St. Catherine's Lt., one killed. 



,, 29th. Hampshire, last seen. 



Oct. 2nd/3rd. St. Catherine's Lt., one killed. 



„ 3rd. Flannau Isles (Outer Hebrides), one seen. 



„ 28th. Hampshire, one seen. 



THE WATER-R.ilL {Unllus aquaticus). 



Sept. 21st/22nd. Hanois Lt. (Guernsey), one killed. 



,, 22nd/23rd. Smalls Lt. (Pembroke), several. 



„ 24th/2oth. Shipwash Lt.-v. (Suffolk), one killed. 



Oct. 4th/5th. Longstone Lt. (Outer Fame Islands), a few. 



„ 18th/19Lh. Kentish Knock Lt.-v. (45 miles E. by N. from the 

 mouth of the Thames), several killed. 



„ 23rd/24th. St. Catherine's Lt. (Isle of Wight), one killed. 



„ 26th. Monach Isle (Outer Hebrides), one. 



^^ov. 2nd/3rd. Spurn Head Lt. (Yorkshire), one killed. 



THE MOORHEN (Gnllinula chloropus). 



Two were killed at Spurn Head Lt. (Yorkshire) on October the 



19th/20th. 



THE STONE-CURLEW {(Edknemus scohjxu). 



Oct. 21st. Suffolk and Hampshire, many. 



„ 22nd. Suffolk and Hampshire, decrease. Norfolk coast, 

 one killed. 



THE GOLDEN PLOVER {Charadrius pluvialis). 



In Lancashire and Yorkshire it was noticed that the local birds had 

 left the moors and worked down to the lowlands during August, and by 

 the middle of the month this species was met with on migration in Anglesea 

 and a little later in Cheshire. In some places these birds passed on and 



