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At Yarmoutli (jSTorfolk) a single bird arrived on the 27tli of September, 

 some were seen flying south there on the 17th of October and others as 

 follows : — one on the 18th and 23rd, six on the 24th, two on the 27th, 

 three to the S. on the 31st, two on the 2nd of November, two to the S. 

 on the 14th and one on the 27th and 29th. 



Near Aldringham (Suffolk) two arrived on the 4th of October, one was 

 seen on the 7th, three at least on the 9th and from five to eight on the 

 10th. 



On the 27th/28th of November a single bird was taken at Hanois 

 Light (Guernsey). On the 11th of December two were seen (probably 

 in winter-quarters) at Aldeburgh (Suffolk). 



THE SNOW-BUNTING [Plectrophenax nivalis). 



Between the 10th and the 30th of September small numbers of Snow- 

 Buntings were observed on Fair Isle (Shetland), at Sule Skerry, Noup 

 Head and the Pentlarid Skerries (Orkney) and at St. Kilda, the Fiannans, 

 N. Uistand the Butt of Lewis (Outer Hebrides). 



In October the following records were made on the northern and 

 eastern portions of the kingdom : — Small numbers were observed at 

 Lerwick (Shetland) and at Deeraess (Orkney) on the 28th and 29th and 

 at Fair Isle between the 26th and 31st, numbers arrived on North 

 llonaldsay (Orkney) on the 17th, small numbers on the Pentland 

 Skerries on the 28th followed by a large arrival between 8.30 a.m. 

 and noon on the 30th. At Girdleness (Kincardine) hundreds were 

 reported on the 3rd and they were very numerous at Aberlady 

 (Haddiuuton) on the 28th. On the English coast large flocks were 

 observed on the coast of Lincolnshire on the 28th and thirty or forty on 

 the 30th. lu Norfolk several were recorded between the 18th and 20th 

 and arrivals took place on the Suflblk coast on the 2nd, 4th, Gth, 16th 

 and 25th. 



On the western side a flock was noted on St. Kilda on the 3rd and 

 4th of October, numbers arrived at Cape Wrath (Sutherland) on the 

 13th and a large flock at Tiunipan Head (Outer Hebrides) on the 27th. A 

 flock arrived at the Butt of Lewis on the 7th and a large increase was 

 observed at the same place on the 28th. In November many were ob- 

 served in Fair Isle throughout the month. There was a large arrival at 

 the Pentland Skerries on the 6th, and some at Tarbatness (E. Ross) on 

 the same date. Ver^ large numbers were noted at Girdleness on the 1st, 

 3rd, 11th, 17th and 22nd, a large arrival took place in East Fife on the Gth 

 followed by an increase in numbers on the following day and the 

 appearance of enormous flocks on tlie 11th and 21st. A large arrival 

 was recorded at the Bass Rock on the 6th and arrivals at Inchkeith 

 (Forth) on the 15th, while a flock of from 500 to 600 was seen at 

 Dunbar (Haddington) on the 16th. Three or four flocks passing south 

 were seen in Northumberland on the Gth, a few on the 11th, and a flock of 



