142 NELSON : ORNITHOLOGICAL NOTES FROM REDCAR. 
N.W. Between this date and July there is nothing worthy of remark 
to note ; during the latter half of July a few Whimbrels (Vumenius 
inotns) were to be seen on the foreshore, and their musical cry 
might frequently be heard in the neighbourhood of the estuary. 
These birds are invariably the first to arrive of the winter, or rather 
autumn, migrants, and I have occasionally noticed them during the 
first week of July. On the 31st a Fulmar Petrel (Famarus glacialis) 
was picked up on the sands, having apparently died at sea and been 
washed ashore. 
Aug. 7th.—Curlews (Mumenius arguata) passed overhead at 
dark, calling loudly, and on the 13th I again heard shore-birds 
calling overhead about 11 p.m. ‘The next day a few Knots (Z7inga 
canutus) were on the sands of the estuary, and on the 17th adult 
Sanderlings (Calidris arenaria) and immature Turnstones (Strepsz/as 
interpres) put in an appearance. On the 21st a Knot with the 
chestnut breast of summer plumage, and a Greenshank (Zofanus 
canescens) were procured. The first Bar-Tailed» Godwit (Limosa 
dapponicas) was shot on the 2gth. 
ept. 3rd. The usual shore-birds were fairly plentiful, Pp I shot 
another example of the Greenshank. roth.—While o a boat 
about 300 yards from the shore, a small flock of birds oer over 
the sands; I called them within range and procured two, which 
proved to be Curlew Sandpipers (Zyinga subarguata). On this and 
the two succeeding days numbers of Sandwich Terns (Sterna cantiaca), 
both adult and immature, passed from N.W. to S.E. They did not 
hover around and fish, like their Common and Arctic cousins, but flew 
straight on, as though on their migration from their breeding-places 
on the Farne Islands to more southern latitudes. 
Richardson’s Skuas (Stercorarius crepidatus) had been abundant 
in the Tees Bay for some days, and on the 12th I noticed forty or 
fifty of these pirates pursuing the Common and Arctic Terns which 
were feeding on the herring ‘sile.’ Both the adult dark and light- 
breasted forms of .S. crepidatus were present, in about equal numbers ; 
they often hunted in couples, and I several times noticed that one 
of each form took part in a chase. 20th, 21st, and 22nd.—N.E. 
wind, and rain. Several flocks of ducks passed. On the 21st 
a Velvet Scoter ( — Jusca) was shot whilst flying over the sands 
near the Breakwate 
October 1st. Mr. E. B. Emerson informed me that a Fork-Tailed 
Petrel eI — was brought into the kitchen at 
Easby Hall by a So far as I am aware this is only the second 
instance of the occurrence of this Petrel in Cleveland in the space of 
forty years, and there is little doubt that it had been blown inland 
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