Aug-. 



29th. 



Sept. 



1st week, 



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1st. 



V 



8rd. 



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7th & 19th, 



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8th. 



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15th. 



Barcomlje (Sussex), decrease. 



N.W. Suffolk, majority left. 



Sutton Coldfield (Warwick), one seen. 



Bloxworth (Dorset), a pair seen. 



St. Kilda, one seen. 



Bosham (Sussex), two flying E. 



Bosham, parties numbering 100 in all flying N. 3.30 to 

 5.30 P.M. last seen. 

 „ 18th. Oswestry (Shropshire), three seen ; Sussex coast, 



thirty seen. 

 „ 24th to 29th. Felstead (Essex), many. 

 „ 25th/26th. Hanois Lt. (Guernsey), one. 

 „ Svth. Lerwick (Shetland), one seen. 

 „ 29th, Hayling Lsland (Hants), one seen. 



,, 30tli. Felstead, all gone : nr. Falmouth (Cornwall), one seen. 

 Oct. 3rd. Scarborough (Yorkshire), one shot. 



THE LAND-RAIL {Crex pratensis). 



End of July. Oakamoor (Staffordshire), local birds left. 

 Aug. 10th. Bass Rock (Forth), one found dead ; Yarmouth (Nor- 

 folk), one under telegraph-wires. 

 „ 11th. Oswestry (Shrop.shire), one or two seen daily about 



that date. 

 „ 20th/21st. Bardsey Lt. (Carnarvon), twenty seen, twelve killed. 

 „ 29th. Yarmouth, one found dead. 

 Sept. 1st. N. Cotes (Lincoln), six seen. 

 „ 5th. Brede (Sussex), one, passing. 



„ 6th. Langstoue Harbour (Hants), one, passing. 



„ 8th. Oakamoor, one passing ; Langstone, one. 



„ 11th. Ciliau Aeron (Cardigan), one seen; Oswestry, last 



seen. 

 „ 13th. Fair Isle (Shetland), noted. 

 Oct. 3rd. Ruston (Norfolk), seven seen. 



,, 8th & 13th. Stornoway (Outer Hebrides), noted. 

 „ 19th. North Ronaldsay (Orkney), noted. 

 Dec. 22nd. Camerton (W. Cumberland), one killed. 



THE WATER-RAIL {Rallus aquaticus) 



Aug. 5th. Ciliau Aeron (Cardigan), one shot. 



„ 20th/21st. Bardsey Lt. (Carnarvon), twelve ; S. Bishop Lt. 

 (Pembroke), one. 

 Oct. 3rd. Yarmouth (Norfolk), one found dead. 



,, 9th. S. Yorkshire coast, one seen. 



