268 



Aug, 



, 21st/22nd. 



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25th to 31st. 



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26th. 



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26th to 29th, 



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29th/30th. 



Sept 



. 1st to 7th 



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2nd. 



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Gth. 



1) 



8th, 



5) 



23rd. 



JJ 



27th. 



Oct. 



6th to ] Gth. 



y) 



8th. 



»i 



28th. 



St. Catherine's Lt. (Hants), several. 

 Trearddiir Bay (Anglesey), many seen. 

 Largo Bay, many ; Breydon, some arrived. 

 Gigha, further increase. 

 Bishop Rock Lt. (Scilly Isles), four. 

 Luce Bay (Wigtown), numbers. 



N. Somercotes (Lincolnshire), four arrived ; Scar- 

 borough (Yorkshire), five seen. 

 Somercotes, increase. 



Langstone Harbour (Hants), flock of 12 arrived. 

 Langstone Harbour, all gone. 

 Dee mouth (Cheshire), many small flocks seen. 

 Langstone Harbour, five, passing. 

 S. Yorkshire coast, many seen. 

 Castletown (Isle of Man), ten seen. 

 Falmouth (Cornwall), twelve seen. 



July 



30th & 1 



Aug. 



10th. i 



>j 



4th. 



J5 



13th. 



>' 



16th. 



n 



20th /21st. 



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21st. 



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31st. 



Sept. 



5th. 



M 



9th. 



)J 



17th. 



>) 



20th. 



V 



22ud/23rd. 



» 



23rd. 



THE OY^STER-CATCHER [Hcematopus ostralerjiis). 



Largo Bay (Fife), large flocks. 



Wooler (Norchumberland), one arrived. 



Norfolk coast, one flying W. 



Wooler, increase. 



Bardsey Lt. (Carnarvon), several. 



Eden mouth (Fife), large flocks. 



N. Norfolk coast, several flying W. 



Exe Estuary (Devonshire), twenty-five arrived. 



Exe Estuary, decrease, two seen. 



Pentland Skerries (Orkney), sixteen arrived. 



Sule Skerry (Orkney), departure noted. 



Lancashire coast, several caught in flight-nets. 



Dee Estuary (Cheshire), many hundreds. 



THE WOODCOCK {Scolopax rusticola). 



Oct. 3rd. Tiree (Argyll), arrivals ; Northumberland, three ; 



Suffolk coast, one arrived. 



„ 4th/6th. Whalsay Skerries Lt. (Shetland), one at 3 a.m. 



„ 5th. St. Kilda, several arrived ; Yorkshire coast, one shot. 



„ Gth. Bowness (Solway), one. 



„ 9th. Norfolk coast, one. 



,, 9th to 16th. Y'^orkshire (south coast), several arrived. 



„ 10th. N.E. Lincolnshire coast, one arrived. 



