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Aug. 17tb. Luce Bay (WigtoAvn), seen. 



, ,, 18th. Silloth (Cumberland), two seen. 



,. 19th. Balgray Dam (E. Renfrew), one or two. 



„ 26th. Luce Baj', several; Flannans (Outer Hebrides), two 

 seen ; Breydon (Norfolk), some arrived. 



Sept. 4th. Beverley (Yorkshire), one seen. 



„ 9th & 10th. R. Exe (S. Devon), four seen. 



,, 12th. Grainthorpe (Lincoln), three or four seen. 



„ '2Uh, -) 

 Oct. 1st, 8th > Balgray Dam, one or two. 

 & loth. J 

 Oct. 21st. Aberlady (Haddington), two seen. 



Nov. 16th. Dunbar (Haddington), one seen. 

 Dec. 6th & lOch. Cromarty Firth, one seen. ' 



., 8th. Dalmeny (Linlithgow), one seen. 



„ 22nd. J^argo Bay, one seen. 



„ 25th. GuUane (Haddington), one seen. 



„ 27th. Aberlady, one seen. 



„ bOth, Cromarty Firth, one seen. 



THE CURLEW {Numenius arquatd). 



Large numbers of Curlews were seen at Stomoway (Outer Hebrides) 

 on the 2oth of June. In July flocks were reported at the Butt of Lewis 

 (Outer Hebrides) from the 22nd to the 26th, large numbers at Stornoway 

 on the 20th, a few arrivals at the Pentland Skerries (Orkney) on the 

 21st and large numbers at Largo Bay (Fife) on the SOth. On the 

 English coast Curlews were observed on passage in Cumberland from 

 the 10th to the 15th, from the 16th to the 21st a steady stream was 

 passing day and night to the south-south-west, after which a decrease in 

 numbers was apparent up to the 31st. On the Norfolk coast arrivals 

 took place on the 20th and 25th, on the coast of Suffolk some were 

 passing at night on the 29th and 'iOth, and a large flock arrived on the 

 Sussex coast from the east on the 24th. Several Curlews were obseived 

 at Bardsey Island (Carnarvon) on the 30th. 



In August passing flocks were reported from Skerryvore on the 14tli 

 and some were going west over Mull (Argyll) from the lOth to the 12th. 

 In Anglesey a large southward movement took place from 4.80 to 

 5.30 A.M. on the 31st. A few were noted on the Norfolk coast between 

 the 1st and 9th and increased numbers on the 10th. Throughout the 

 month small numbers were observed in Cumberland. The light-records 

 in August were: — Chicken Rock (Isle of Man), seven flying south at 

 2.30 P.M. on the 9th ; Butt of Lewis Light (Outer Hebrides), a few at 

 11 P.M. on the 18th; and Kentish Knock Light-vessel (Essex), a few 

 flying north-west at 11 p.m. on the 26th/27th. 



