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THE CURLEW {Numemus arquata). 



Curlews were reported in considerable numbers from tbe Kentish 

 Knockj Outer Gabbard, Leman aiad Ower and Lyn Well Light-vessels 

 ({. e. between the Wash and the Thames) on the nig'hts of the 12th, 

 14th, 15th and 20th of Janaarj, and in small numbers from Chicken 

 Rock Light (Isle of Man) on the !20th/21st and Bardsey Light (Car- 

 narvon) on the 23rd/24th. 



In February small numbers occurred at Bardsey Light on the nights 

 of the 16th and 19th, at Skerries Light (Anglesey) on the 20th/21st, and 

 at the English and Welsh Ground Light-vessel (Bristol Channel) on the 

 27th/28th, while flocks were flying N.W. past the Kentish Knock Light- 

 vessel on the mornings of the 26th and 29th. 



Curlews visited Breydon (Norfolk) on passage in small numbers on 

 6th, 10th, 18th and 31st of March and on the 6th of April. 



On the afternoons of the 7th and 9th of March very large flocks were 

 reported as flying S.W. at Spurn Head (Yorkshire); large numbers 

 occurred at the Outer Dowsing Light-vessel (Lincolnshire) on the night 

 of the 13th and small numbers ou that of the 18th, 2-Jth and 26th. 



On the west coast a few were seen at Chicken Rock Light on the 

 aith/12th and 23rd/24th, aud at Bardsey Light on the 14th/15th. 



Curlews were heard passing over St, Leouards-on-Sea (Sussex) 

 apparently going W. at 9.30 p.m. on the 20th, and an easterly movement 

 along the south coast of Kent was recorded between the 27tli and 

 31st. 



In April quite small numbers occurred at the lanterns of Bardsey 

 Light on the 12th/13th and 14th/15th, the Outer Dowsing Light- 

 vessel on the 13th/14th, and Spurn Head Light on the 18th/19th. 

 Two occurred inland in Cheshire on the Snd and 10th, and birds were 

 heard passing at night in Somerset on the 12th. 



Curlews arrived on their breeding-ground on Dartmoor ou the 9th of 

 March and on the Black Mountains of S. Wales on the 11th, additional 

 numbers arriving in the latter locality on the 20th and 22nd. 



Flocks were seen passing at the Pentland Skerries (Orkney) on the 

 12th and 13th of May. 



THE WHIMBREL (Numenius phceopus). 



AVhimbrels were heard going N. in Lancashire on the 14th of April, 

 many were seen in Devon on the 16th, two in Cornwall on the ISih, 

 and a single bird in the Isle of Man on the 21st, on which day the first 

 few arrived at Breydon (Norfolk). 



By the 22nd the Devonshire birds had all passed on, five were seen in 

 Merioneth and an increase took place in Norfolk on the 25th, and the 

 same night, from 9 to 11 p.m., large numbers were flying N.E. in 



