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(Anglesej^), 23rd ; pair seen (female sbot), Margam Marsliea 

 (Glamorgan), first week in December. 



The Common Eideb {Somateria mollissima). Female spen, Poole 

 (Dorset), November 25th ; pair shot, Steart Island (W. Somer- 

 set), 29tb. 



The VEL^^<;T Scoter {(Edemia fused). Four seen, Portmahoraack 

 (E. Eoss), September 15tli; large flocks, St. Andrews (Fife), 

 October 13th. 



The Goosander {Mergus vierganser). One seen, Linlithgow Loch, 

 November 9th and seventeen on 24th ; male seen, Llyn Ogwen 

 (Carnarvon), December 25th and a pair on 27th. 



The Red-breasted Merganser {Mergus seri-ator). One seen, Salt- 

 fleet (Lincoln), September 15th ; four seen, Newbiggin (North- 

 umberland coast), October 16th. 



The Smew {Mergus albellus). Single birds, Soulseat Loch, Inch 

 (Wigtown), December 28th. 



The Stock-Dove (Cohmiba oenas). Visited Fair Isle (Shetland) on 

 September 25th, 29th and 30th, and on October 24th. 



The Quaie {Cotnmix communis). Two seen, Bosham (Sussex), Sep- 

 tember 8th ; one shot, near Churnside (Berwick), October 18th. 



The Spotted Crake {Porzana maruettd). One found under wires, 

 Hampden-in-Arden (Warwick), September 9th. 



The Moorhen {Gallinula chloropus). One taken on boat, 40 miles E. 

 of Southwold (Suffolk), November 20th. 



The Coot (Fulicn atra). Last seen, N. Ronaldsay (Orkney), October 

 24 th ; first arrival, Whitley reservoir (Northumberland), December 

 10th. 



The Little Bustard {Otis tetrax). Female shot, Beckley (Sussex), 

 October 21st ; one arrived, Kincardineshire, about mid-December 

 (shot January 1st, 1912). 



The Stone-Curlew {(EdicnemMs scolojjax). Flock of fifteen seen, 

 Buckholt, (Hants), September 16th; one seen, Buckholt, October 

 3rd and about fifteen in a flock on 10th. 



The Dotterel {Eudromias morinellus). One shot, Ilumberstone 

 (Lincoln), September 6th. 



The Caspian Plover {jEgialitis asiatica). Pair shot, Romney Marsh 

 (Kent), July 13th. 



The Avocet {Recurvirostra avocetta). One arrived, Breydon (Norfolk), 

 July 15th, gone on 17th. 



The Grey Phalabope {Phalaropus fulicarius) , Single birds seen or 

 shot, at N. Wooton (Norfolk), September 23rd ; Teesmouth 

 ( Yorkshire), 30th ; Blakeney (Norfolk), October 1st ; Scarborough 

 (Yorkshire), 2nd; near Shrewsbury (Shropshire), 3rd; Grainthorpe 

 (Lincoln), 6th; near Cresswell (Northumberland), 10th; Yarmouth 

 (Norfolk), 28th; Dunure (Ayr), November 5th ; Girvan7th; Cow- 

 bridge (Glamorgan), first half of November and near IloUesley 

 (Suffolk), December 15tli. 



