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Jan. 25th. Rostherne (Cheshire), about fifty. 

 Feb. 2nd. Rostherne, two seen. 



„ 9th <& 23id. Tatton Mere (Cheshire), about fifty seen. 



„ 27th. Near Cambridge, a single bird. 

 Mar. 5th & 9th. Agecroft (Lancashire), single birds seen. 



„ 9th. Romney Marsh (Kent), five seen. 



„ 10th. Rostherne, one seen. 



,, 20th. Dungeness (Kent), five flying S.W. 



,, 21st. Roniney Marsh, about fifty seen. 



,, 30th. Tatton Mere, about three only left. 

 April 7th. Silveidale (Lancashire), some going N. by night. 



„ 8th. Silverdale, some resting for the day. 



„ 12th. Marbury (Cheshire), a pair. 



„ 14th. Hornsea Mere ( Yorkshire), a big flock; Tatton Mere, 

 one. 



,, 17th. Rostherne, one. 



„ 23rd. Sutton Coldfield, one. 



„ 2Gth & 27th. Romney Marsh, six seen each day. 



THE WATER-RAIL {RaUus aquaticus). 



Jan. 21st & 22nd. Felsted (Essex), one seen. 

 Mar. 24th/25th. Bardsey Lt. (Carnarvon), three. 



„ 29th/30th. Bardse} r Lt., fifty seen, fourteen killed ; Skerries Lt. 

 (Anglesey), twelve seen, eight killed. 

 April 1st. North Sea, one taken on a boat, 22 miles from Lowestoft 

 (Suffolk). 



„ 3rd/4th. Bardsey Lt., one. 



,, 7th. Lowestoft, one brought in from North Sea. 



,, 8th/9th. Longsand Lt.-v. (Essex), one. 



„ lOth/llth. Spurn Head Lt. (Yorkshire), two. 



„ 24th/25th. St. Catherine's Lt. (Hampshire), one. 



„ 27th. Wells (Somerset), only a few of winter-residents left. 



THE STONE-CURLEW (CEdicnemus scolopa.i) 



March 11th. Great Fakenham (Suffolk), first seen. 



„ 18th. Warminster (Wiltshire), one seen. 



,, 24th. Mildenhall (Suffolk), three pairs seen. 



„ 25th. Buckholt (Hampshire), pair seen. 



„ 30th. Leiston (Suffolk), two seen ; Hollington (Sussex), two 

 passing. 

 April 3rd. Hollesley (Suffolk), first heard. 



x , 12th. Aldringham (Suffolk), first heard ; Sudbourne (Suffolk), 

 several seen. 



,, 13th. Mildenhall, egg found. 



