324 BRITISH BIRDS. [vol. vii. 



GREAT SHEARWATER IN SUSSEX. 



On March 14th, 1914, a specimen of the Great Shearwater 

 {Pujflnus gravis) was washed ashore at Bulverhythe, St. 

 Leonards-on-Sea, Sussex, during a severe gale from the 

 south-west. I saw the bird the same morning, when it 

 proved to be a male, and had evidently not been long dead. 



H. W. Ford-Lindsay. 



SLAVONIAN GREBE IN CARNARVONSHIRE. 



As there are no recorded instances of the Slavonian Grebe 

 {Colymhus auritus) from the north coast of Carnarvonshire, 

 it may be worth mentioning that I watched one on 

 January 24th, 1914, fishing along the foot of a cliff-wall 

 on the north-easterly side of the Great Orme's Head. 



Richard W. Jones. 



MOULT OF THE COMMON SANDPIPER. 



With reference to Mr. Teschemaker's note on this subject 

 (supra, p. 269), I can state that I have a Common Sandpiper 

 shot on April 17th, 1913, at Jhelum, Punjab, India, which is 

 not only moulting the whole of its body-feathers but also just 

 finishing a moult of its tail and the whole of its Avings. Three 

 other examples, shot during the first ten days of May, show 

 every sign of having just completed an entire moult, but 

 I can find no feathers in the quill. One shot on December 12th 

 has all the feathers of body, wings, and tail slightly worn. 



C. B. TiCEHURST. 



COMMON SANDPIPERS IN WINTER IN SURREY 



AND ESSEX. 

 From time to time the Common Sandpiper {Totanus hypo- 

 leucus) has been recorded during the winter months. On 

 February 25tli, 1914, I heard two of these birds passing 

 over Wellington, Surrey, at 6.30 p.m., going in a westerly 

 direction. The wind at the time was very slight from the 

 west. On February 16th, 1910, at 11.30 p.m., I also heard 

 one passing over Rayleigh, Essex. F. W. Frohawk. 



UNUSUAL WINTER-MIGRATION OF 

 WOODCOCK. 



We have had a most unusual immigration of Woodcock 

 {Scolopax rusticola) in east and north-east Yorkshire this 

 M'inter. The usual numbers arrived in October and 

 November and passed away westward as usual. Up to 

 January 2nd, 1914, the normal winter numbers only were 

 observed in Burton Constable Woods. On January 8th 



