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shire) and Isle of May (Fife), 5th ; arrivals, Scotch coasts, up to 

 November 13th ; large arrival, Auskerry, November 10th. 

 The Eider, (Somateria mollissima) . Large arrivals, Girdleness ^Kin- 

 cardine), August 26th, Pentland Skerries, 30th, Bell Rock 

 (Tay), September 13th, Butt of Lewis (Outer Hebrides), 20th, 

 Fair Isle (Shetland), 23rd and 27th, St. Abbs Head (Berwick), 

 October 3rd and Whalsey Skerries (Shetland), 16th ; one, North- 

 umberland coast, November 23rd. 

 The Common Scoter (CEdemia nigra). Many seen, N. coast of Wales, 

 June 22nd to August 8th; many, Dornoch Firth, July 27th, 

 hundreds, September 6th ; male, Cheshire Meres, August 13th to 

 31st; six seen, S. coast of Cornwall, September 7th; nine, off 

 Spurn Head (Yorkshire), 13th; seven, off Flamborough (York- 

 shire), 17th ; many, off Dungeness (Kent), 16th to 18th ; twenty, 

 Isle of May (Fife), 19th ; one killed, Lynn Well Lt.-v. (Norfolk), 

 November 5th/6th ; large flocks, flying N., Cromer (Norfulk), 

 25th. 

 The Velvet Scoter (CEdemia fusca). Five seen, off Dungeness 

 (Kent), September 18th ; many, Dornoch Firth and one, Beauly 

 Firth, 27th; some, Largo Bay (Fife), November 5th; a male, 

 Loch Ryan (Wigtown), December 17th. 

 The Goosander (Mergus merganser). Noted on passage, Scotland, 

 September 10th to end of November ; one seen, Packington 

 (Warwick), October 20th ; two seen, Cheshire Meres, December 

 21st and 26th. 

 The Red-Breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator). Noted on passage, 

 Scotland, August 28th to October 23rd ; ten or twelve, Anglesey, 

 October 23rd. 

 The Smew (Mergns albelhis). One, Loch Spynie (Elgin), December 



14th. 

 The Ring-Dove (Columba palumbus). Decrease of local birds, S.W., 

 Sussex, September 4th, small increase October 10th, decrease 12th, 

 slight increase 18th ; migrants noted, Fair Isle (Shetland), Aus- 

 kerry (Orkney), and Pentland Skerries between September 25th 

 and October 26th ; one arrived, Holy Island (Northumberland), 

 September 26th, gone on 27th ; three arrived, Spurn Head (York- 

 shire), September 30th and October 1st; many passing, S. Devon, 

 4th, flock arrived, November 6th ; increase, mid-Kent, 7th to 11th 

 and passing flocks noted 14th, 20th and 22nd, and November 4th, 

 7th and 12th ; large flocks passing, Lydiard Millicent (Wilts), 

 October 16th and 29th ; flocks flying W., Cambridge, 30th and 

 31st ; great movement to S., Cookley (Worcester), 31st ; large 

 arrival, Skene (Aberdeen), early in November ; one killed, 

 Withernsea Light (Yorkshire), 8th/9th ; very large flock seen, 

 near Pontefract (Yorkshire), 10th to 27th ; large flock flying N., 

 Cromer (Norfolk), 20th. 



