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thirty Herring-Gulls flying N.E. over Shropshire on the 6th of August, 

 they all refer to quite small numbers of casual wanderers. Large 

 arrivals of Herring-Gulls took place on the S.E. coast of Suffolk on the 

 18th of September and of Common Gulls at Fair Isle (Shetland) on 

 the 5th and 14th of October. 



THE LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL {Larus fuscus) . 



A small migration seems to have taken place down the Yorkshire 

 coast on the 25th of July and again on the 6th and 7th of August, 

 Other I'ecords refer to casual wanderers only. 



THE GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULL {Lurus marinus). 



A few passed down the Yorkshire coast on the 5th and 7th of August, 

 and on the 1st of October hundreds were seen all day in small parties 

 flying west along the N. coast of Norfolk. 



RICHARDSON'S SKUA {Stercorarius crepidatus). 



The first migrants were seen ott" the Yorkshire coast on the 21st of 

 August and ott" the Durham coast on the 29th. Others visited the 

 N. coast of Norfolk on the 1st and 20th of September and the Yorkshire 

 coast on the lOtb, 11th, 12th and 21st. 



THE RAZORBILIi {Alca torda). 



Oct. 8th to 23rd. Isle of May (Fife), some going south every daj'. 

 „ lOth/llth. Spurn Head Lt. (Yorkshire), one. 



THE SLAVONIAN GREBE {Podicipcs auritus). 

 One was seen in Shropshire on the 11th of December. 



THE LITTLE GREBE {Podicipesjluviatilis). 



Oct. lOth/llth. Winterton Lt. (Norfolk), one killed at 11.30 p.m. 

 „ 12th/13th. Spurn Head Lt. (Yorkshire), one killed at midnight, 



THE STORM-PETREL {Procellaria pelagica). 

 Sept. 22nd/23rd. Spurn Head Lt. (Yorkshire), one killed at 4 a.m. 

 <^ct. 9th/10th, ) g^_ Catherine's Lt. (Isle of Wight), one taken each 



llth/i2th&, . ,^ 

 17th/18th. I "^?^t- 

 Nov. 2nd/3rd. Spurn Head Lt., two killed at 9 p.m. 



