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The Common Scoter {(Edcmia nigra). Five, Marbury (Cheshire), 

 April 5th. 



The Goosander (Merc/us merganser). Eight, Otterburn (North umher- 

 land), March 16th ; a pair, Llyn Ogwen (Anglesey), April 2nd. 



The Red-breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator). Adult male flying 

 N., Cullercoats (Northumberland), February 12th ; three, Brad- 

 field (Essex), March 18th, and a pair on 20th; eight, Tresco 

 (Scilly Isles), 26th, two on 27th, and four on April 5th. 



The Ring-Dove (Columba palumbus). Large influx, Lydiard Millicent 

 (Wilts), January 28th and 31st ; one, Morecambe Bay Lt.-v. 

 (Lancashire), February 10th/l lth; large influx, Felsted (Essex), 

 March 1st to 14th, decrease 23rd; three arrived from sea, 

 S.E. Suffolk coast, 17tb ; four or five arrived from S,E., three 

 lots coasted S., Suffolk coast, April 2nd; large numbers seen, 

 Wells (Somerset), 20th; one, Caskets Lt. (Channel Islands), 

 24th/25th. 



The Qtjaie (Coturuiv communis). Three, Ciliau Aeron (Cardigan) 

 May 26th. 



The Moorhen {Gallinula chloropus). Single birds taken, Skerries Lt. 

 (Anglesey), March 29tb/30th, and Bardsey Lt. (Carnarvon), 

 April 9th/10th and May 5tb/6th. 



The Coot (Fuhca atra). Increase, Cambridge, between January 21st 

 and February 5th, decrease between 27th and March 8th. 



The Cream-colottrkd Courser (Cursorius gallicus). A pair shot, 

 Jury Gap, Romney Marsh (Kent), February 21st. 



The Black-winged Pratincole (Glareola nordmanrii). Male shot, 

 Rye (Sussex), A.pril 30th, a pa!r on May 1st, and a female on 

 the 3rd. 



The Dotterel (Eudromias morinellus). Many (two killed), Spurn 

 Head Lt. (Yorkshire), April 30tb/May 1st, and a few, 

 May 4th/5th ; one seen, Mull of Galloway (Wigtown), 3rd. 



The Ringed Plover (JEgialitis hiaticula). Returned to breeding- 

 haunts, N. W. Suffolk, February 10th, and Otterburn (Northum- 

 berland), March 30th ; five, Spurn Head Lt. (Yorkshire), 

 February 26th/27th ; passing birds, Cambridge, 27th and March 

 8th, Marbury (Cheshire), April 26th, Portsmouth (Hants),, 

 26th/27th and 27th/28th, Clifton (Lancashire), 28th. 



The Grey Plover (Squatarola helvetica). Four, Littlehampton 

 (Sussex), April 1st ; one, Lowestoft (Suffolk), 5th ; numbers, 

 Cromer Lt. (Norfolk), 29th/30th ; one, Eilean Mor (Outer 

 Hebrides), June 10th. 



The Avocet (Hecurvirostra avocetta). Four seen, Stonehouse (Glou- 

 cester), in March. 



The Woodcock (Scolopa.v rusticula). One, Caskets Lt. (Channel Islands), 

 March 4th; one, Hurst Lt. (Tlan'.s), 2Gth/27th ; one seen,, 



