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The Kentish Plover (JEgialitis cantiana). One only, Rye Harbour 

 (Sussex), September 18th; four seen, Littlestone (Kent), Oc- 

 tober 8th. 

 The Grey Plover (Squatarola helvetica). Two seen, Orfordness 

 (Suffolk), August 4th; first seen, Edenmouth (Fife), 19th and 

 Aberlady (Haddington), 31st ; some numbers seen (no fluctua- 

 tions), Spurn Head (Yorkshire), September 4th to 14th ; 

 several, Spurn Head Lt., lOth/llth, 14tb/15th. 16th/17th, October 

 7th/8th and 13th/14th, November llth/12th; three seen, Plymouth 

 Sound (Devon), September 9th ; one passing, Lowestoft (Suffolk), 

 12th ; several passing, Tunbridge Wells (Kent), 9.50 p.m., 

 15th/16th ; three seen, Rornney Marsh (Kent), 17th; numbers 

 arrived, N.E. coast of Lincoln, 17th ; three arrived, mouth of 

 Nith (Dumfries), 25th; thirty or forty, Dornoch Firth, 27th; 

 fifty or sixty to N. Hunterston (Ayr), 30th; many, Spurn Head, 

 October 1st and 2nd ; one, Littlestone (Kent), 8th ; one, mouth 

 of Nith and many, Fairlie (Ayr), 10th ; a few, Anglesey, 14th 

 to 25th. 

 The Oystercatcher (Hcematopus ostralegus). First movement no- 

 ticed, Peebles, July 7th ; one passing, Lowestoft (Suffolk), August 

 13th ; passing, Scarborough (Yorkshire), 16th and 17th ; first 

 seen, Pentland Skerries, 20th ; migration noted, many localities 

 in Scotland, August 20th to October 27th ; two seen, Sidmouth 

 (S. Devon), August 23rd ; thirty returned to marshes, "Wade- 

 bridge (Cornwall), 26th; several arrived, Cullercoats (Northum- 

 berland), September 6th ; flock of nineteen seen, Romney Marsh 

 (Kent), 17th ; many seen, Spurn Head (Yorkshire), October 1st 

 and 2nd ; passing at night, Peebles, November 4th and 6th ; many 

 passing, Ulverston (Lancashire), 8th/9th. 

 The Red-necked Phalarope (Phalaropus hyperboreus). One seen, 



Beauly Firth, October 22nd. 

 The Grey Phalarope (Thalaropus fulicarius). One shot, Cheshire, 



October 22nd. 

 The Great Snipe {Gallinago major). Single birds, Fair Isle (Shet- 

 land), September 21st, Kirkcowan (Wigtown), September and 

 near Tynninghame (E. Lothian), October 26th. 

 The Broad-billed Sandpiper {Limicola platyrhyncha). Two (one 



shot), Morton Loch (Fife), August 12th. 

 Baird's Sandpiper (Tringa bairdi). Female shot, Rye Harbour 



(Sussex), September 16th. 

 The Little Stint (Tringa minuta). One shot, Aldringham (Suffolk), 

 August 28th ; four, Aberlady (Haddington), 31st ; one taken on 

 a boat 60 miles E.S.E. of Lowestoft (Suffolk) about 26th ; one, 

 Beauly Firth, September 23rd ; two, Spurn Head (Yorkshire), 

 October 2nd. 



