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Leiston (Suffolk), 29th ; several, Outer Dowsing Lt.-v. (Lincoln), 

 30th/31st; one, Aldringham (Suffolk), 31st, and five on April 1st; 

 a few, Spurn Head Lt. (Yorkshire), lOth/llth. 



The Common Snipe (Gallinago coelestis). Five, Bardsey Lt. (Car- 

 narvon), January 13th/14th ; large increase, Shropshire, 13th and 

 14th, all gone 16th ; one, B.irdsey Lt., March 7th/8th and 

 April 9th/10th ; one, Skerries Lt. (Anglesey), March 29th/30th ; 

 few, passing, Wells (Somerset), 30th. 



The Jack Snipe (Gallinago gallinuld). Several, Spurn Head Lt. 

 (Yorkshire), January 12ih/13th; five, Bardsey Lt. (Carnarvon), 

 13th/14th, and one, March 29th/30th ; one seen, Hickling (Nor- 

 folk), April 8th and 14th, two on 19th and 20th ; one, Hanois Lt. 

 (Channel Islands), April 8th/9th ; three seen, Oswestry (Shrop- 

 shire), 22nd. 



The Little Stint (Trviga minuta). Four, Littlehanipton (Sussex), 

 April 1st. 



The Knot (Tringa canutus). Many, Spurn Head Lt. (Yorkshire), 

 January 12th/13th, and ten, February lst/2nd ; one, Irwell 

 Valley (Lancashire), 8th; forty, Lynn Well Lt.-v. (Norfolk)* 

 9th/10th ; fifteen, passing, Castletown (Isle of Man), March 25th 

 and 26th, and five on May 11th ; one, Bardsey Lt. (Carnarvon), 

 March 29th/30th. 



The Spotted Sandpiper (Tringoides macular ius). Pair shot, Pevensey 

 Sluice (Sussex), May 23rd and 24th. 



The Green Sandpiper ( Totanus ochropuk). Single birds seen orshot, Kir- 

 kintilloch (Dumbarton), January 9th, two, Northwich (Cheshire) 

 12th, Marbury (Cheshire), February 9th, Northwich, April 6th, 

 Bradfield (Essex), two, 22nd, 23rd, and one May 15th. 



The Bar- tail ed God wit {Limosa lapponica). One, caught on a boat 

 in the North Sea, May 10th. 



The Black Tern (Hgdrochelidon nigra). Ten, Bradfield (Essex), and 

 two, Weybourne (Norfolk), April 21st; six, Bradfield, 22nd; one, 

 Marbury (Cheshire), 26th ; two, Marbury, May 14th ; two, flying 

 W., Eilean Mor (Outer Hebrides), 23rd; three, Leek (Stafford- 

 shire), and two, Skipworth (Yorkshire), 25th. 



The Gull-billed Tern (Sterna anglica). One picked up, Pentland 

 Skerries, May 7th ; male shot, Winchelsea (Sussex), June 18th, 

 a female on the 21st, and a second male on the 23rd. 



The Caspian Tern (Sterna caspia). Male shot, Eye Bay (Sussex), 

 June 4th. 



The Sandwich Tern (Sterna cantiaca). A few passing, Padstow 

 (Cornwall), March 18th ; first arrivals, Kavenglass (Cumberland), 

 26th, increase 28th ; one passing, Lea Valley (Herts), May 3rd ; 

 many passing, S.E. Suffolk coast, 4th; three, Conway Estuary, 

 21st. 



