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again four days later. An observer at Felsted (Essex) noted that the 

 winter-resident birds in Lis neighbourhood varied in numbers from 

 seventy to about six hundred during the month. The migratory move- 

 ments observed at the Pentland Skerries etc. in the last days of 

 November (as noted above) continued during the eai-lier part of this 

 month. There was one light-record for December, of a single bird at 

 the Morecambe Light-vessel (Lancashire) on the night of the 15th/16th. 



THE LAPWING (Vanellus vulgaris). 



The earliest records relating to this species came from Scotland. 

 Flocks of Lapwings arrived in Wigtown on the 8th of June, and six 

 were reported from Sule Skerry (Orkney) on the ] 2th. On Fair Isle 

 (Shetland) four were recorded on the 24th, a similar number on the 26th 

 and one on the 29th. The bulk of the breeding-stock had left Swordale 

 (E. Ross-shire) by the 25th, and a great increase in numbers on the shores 

 of Cromarty Firth was observed on the 28th. 



In July movements towards the coast were recorded in many places in 

 Scotland and many were reported at Cromer Light (Norfolk) on the night 

 of the 21st/22nd. 



In August the movement towards the coast in Scotland continued 

 throughout the month. A few Lapwings were noted on the coabt of 

 Sussex on the 1st, 2nd and 9th and a large flock arrived on the coast of 

 Suffolk on the 4th, coming from the east-south-east and passing inland. 

 In Devonshire a flock of about fifty was recorded on the 5th and one of 

 double that number on the 27th. During the last week of the month 

 large flocks were collecting in Carnarvonshire and a small one was seen 

 in Dorsetshire on the 31st. 



In September several flocks were flying S. along the coast of Suffolk 

 and large passing flocks were observed on the 11th, 22nd and 27th. In 

 Devonshire a rather large flock was recorded on the 4th, many birds on 

 the 9th and a large number on the 12th. After the 20th constant small 

 passages of Lapwings were noted in the Orkney and Shetland Islands, 

 the Outer Hebrides, the Isle of May (Fife) and on several occasions at 

 Tarbatness Light (E. Ross-shire). Two flocks going north were reported 

 from Cromer Light on the 12th. 



In October a good many Lapwings were reported at Spurn Head 

 (Yorkshire) on the 1st and 2nd, three or four arrived from over the sea 

 on the 4th and on this date about sixty arrived on the coast of Sussex 

 coming from the eastward, these had passed on by the following day ; in 

 the same locality a flock of about two hundred was travelling north-east 

 on the 13th, a few more arrived on the 24th and 25th and large numbers 

 on the 26th. In Kent a few were passing to the south-east on the 5tb, 

 some arrived on the 7th and left again on the 9th and in Dorsetshire about 

 three hundred were observed on the 6th. On Holy Island (Northumber- 

 land) a slight increase was noted on the 6th and arrivals from theN.N.E. 



