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THE GREEN SHANK (Totanus canescens). 



A party of five were seen at Poole, Dorset, on the 8tli of August, and 

 four arrived at Tring, Hertfordshire, on the 12th of September and 

 remained a Aveek. 



THE BAR-TAILED GODWIT {Limosa lapponica). 



Small numbers were reported to have stayed throughout the summer 

 on the Cromarty Firth. 



A sinole bird was seen pas:?in2: on the Yorkshire coast on the 1st of 

 September, and on the 7th some 1200 arrived on the Solway. Single 

 passing birds were seen on the N. coast of Norfolk on the 10th and 17th, 

 and a few daily on the Isle of Man from the 22nd to the 26th. Several 

 arrived on the Dorset coast on the 1st of October and four more on 

 the Isle of Man on the 14th. Between 1 and 4 a.m. on the 13th/14tli of 

 November a considerable nunjber were noticed at Bardsey Lt. (Carnarvon), 

 apparently flying south. 



THE BLACK-TAILED GOD WIT {Limosahelgica). 



Single birds were seen en Sandwich Flats (E, Kent) on the 18th and 

 24th of Auo-ust. 



THE CURLEW {Numenius arquata). 



Records from inland counties in July indicated that Curlews Lad 

 commenced their southward journey and immbers were heard at night 

 passing over in Hertfordshire on the 14th/15th and in Norfolk on the 

 24th/25th, while the first arrival was noted on the E. Sussex coast on 

 the 19th. 



The breeding-haunts of this bird in the Penuines were gradually 

 deserted between the 2nd and 8th of August, when family parties were 

 daily seen flying across to the Solway, the last birds passing on the 20th 

 and the 28th. At Bardsey Light (Carnarvon) a few were seen at 3 a.m. 

 on August the 14tli/lotli. 



On the 8lh/9th of September several passed the Kentish Knock Light- 

 vessel (45 miles E. by N. from the mouth of the Thames), between 1 and 

 2 A.M., on the following night many passed over Lincoln, at 6 a.m. on 

 the 11th and on the loth a few were seen at the Owers Light-vessel 

 (Sussex), and on the following night one was seen at Spurn Head Light 

 (Yorkshire) at midnight. On the night of the 28th/29th of September 

 many pass(;d over Suffolk at 11 p.m., and a flock was recorded from the 

 S. Bishop Light (Pembroke) at 4 a.m. on the 16lh of November. 



