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shire), 81st; one, Hastings (Sussex), September 3rd; one passing 

 Spurn Head (Yorkshire), 9th; last seen, Corsemalzie (Wigtown) 

 12th, Ha)- ling Island (Hants), 19th; one seen near York, 14-th 

 and Boreharn (Essex) 27th. 



The Wryneck (lynx torquilla). Two arrived, Fair Isle (Shetland), 

 August 22nd; four arrived, Suffolk coast, 28th and remained until 

 31st; two arrived, Pentland Skerries, 30th ; one passing, Suffolk 

 coast, September 6th; one, St. Catherine's Lt. (Hants), 9th/10th j 

 one passing, Tunbridge Wells (Kent), 11th. 



The Kingfisher (Alcedo isjrida). Three arrived, Langstone Harbour 

 (Hants), August 1st, five on 2nd and twelve on 9th, two on 

 September 6th and one on 13th. 



The Hoopoe (Upitpa epops). Single birds seen or shot, in Guernsey, 

 August 25 th, at Lunan Bay (Forfar), September 3rd, Horrabridge 

 (Devon), 1st week September, Felsted (Essex) 6th, 12th, 17th 

 and 24th of September (same bird), and Kirkcaldy (Fife), 25th. 



The Barn-Owl (Strix Jlammea). Single birds at Torrance, near 

 Glasgow, October 17th to 21st, Bell Bock Lt, (Tay) 24th and 

 Bass Bock (Forth), December 15th. 



The Long-eared Owl (Asio otus). One, Fair Isle (Shetland), August 

 19th and 21st; one, Tarbatness Lt. (E. Boss), September 5th; 

 two arrived, Holy Island (Northumberland), 14th, one on 16th, 

 two on 23rd, one on 25th and one on October 16th ; one, Bell 

 Bock Lt. (Tay), October 25th ; one, Pentland Skerries, 27th. 



The Short-eared Owe (Asio accipitrinus) . Continuous arrival in small 

 numbers noted at Fair Isle (Shetland), Auskerry and Sale Skerry 

 (Orkney), Pentland Skerries, Flannan Isles (Outer Hebrides), Tiree 

 (Argyll), Isle of May (Fife), Barnsness and St. Abb's (Berwick) 

 from October the 22nd to November 14th; two arriving from E., 

 Northumberland coast, October 16th ; two seen, Oare (Devon), 

 18th ; two, Wooler (Northumberland), 20th ; one, Dudgeon 

 Lt.-v. (Norfolk), November 6th ; several, Bingland (Norfolk), 

 December 5th. 



The Common Buzzard (Buteo vulgaris). One trapped, near Whitby 

 (Yorkshire), September 7th. 



The Bough-legged Buzzard (Buteo lagopus). One shot, near Yar- 

 mouth (Norfolk), October 16th ; one seen, Sidestrand (Norfolk), 

 December 20th. 



The Sparrcw-Hawk (Accipiter nisus). One passing, Spurn Head 

 (Yorkshire), October 2nd; influx noted, Tay area, from October 

 7th onwards. 



The Hobby (Falco subbuteo). One shot, Tusmore (Oxford), August 9th ; 

 one seen, Ashdown Forest (Sussex), September 13th; one shot, 

 Newington (Oxford), 17th ; one shot, Flitwick (Bedford), 25th ; 

 one under telegraph-wire, Musselburgh (Midlothian), October 14th. 



