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ISfh and one on SOtli ; two, Troon (Ayr), 17tli ; female shot, 

 Lime nioiith (Lancashire), December 9th. 

 The Black Tken yHydrochelidon nigra). Young female shot, Aberlady 

 (Haddington), August 31st; one seen, Marbury (Chesliire), 

 September 2nd and another on 28th. 

 The Sandwich Tern [Sterna cantiaca). Large numbers, Largo Bay 

 (Fife), August 5tli ; plentiful, Dornoch, Cromarty and Beauly 

 Firths, August 8th to September 18th ; scores flying E., Breydon 

 (Norfolk), August 18tli; flock of twenty-seven. Glen Luce, 

 August 26th; six, Moray Firth, September 1st; last se^-n, Luce 

 Bay, 6th ; some passing, Cley (Norfolk), 13th ; last seen, Dal- 

 meny, 29th; one, Edenmouth, October 23rd. 

 The Little Tern {Sterna minuta). Passing at intervals, Breydon 

 (Norfolk), July 6th to August 31st; one killed, Dungeness Lt. 

 (Kent), July 2-lth/25th; large decrease of local birds, Suffolk 

 coast, August 6tli, all gone by 16th ; decrease, Carnarvon coast, 

 12th, and Lune mouth (Lancashire), 22nd to 26th ; two flocks 

 coasting S., Suffolk coast, 17th; one to six seen, Thorpe (Suffolk), 

 19th, 20th, 29th and 30ih ; one, Bosham (Sussex), September 

 loth ; one, flying S. 60 miles off'S. Devon coast, September 2.5th. 

 Sabine's Gull {Xema sabinii). Three seen, Teesmouth (Yorkshire), 

 September 30th ; one shot, Grainthorpe (Lincoln^, October 19th ; 

 one seen, Blakeney (Norfolk), 28th. 

 The Little Gull {Lams minutus). Three seen, Blakeney (Norfolk), 

 October 1st : one, Scarborough (Yorkshire), 19th, two on 21st ; 

 one shot, Yarmouth (Norfolk), November 24th ; one, Scarborough, 

 30th. 

 The Black-headed Gull (Larus ridihtindus). Returned to Fair 

 Isle and Girdleuess, July 7th ; large arrival. Mull, 11th ; further 

 arrival, Girdleness, 15th ; one at lantern. Chicken Rock Light 

 (Isle of Man), 29th/30th ; arrived in thousands, S. Devon coast, 

 September 1st to 9th ; few seen, Swithland reservoir (Leicester), 

 October 16th. 

 The Mediterranean Black-headed Gull {Larus melanocephalm~). 

 Several parties seen, Bay of Biscay, September 6th and 24th ; one 

 seen, 50 miles N.N.E. of Ushant, September 25th. 

 The C^ommon Gull {Larus canus). Many arrived, Fair Isle (Shetland), 

 August 21st and September 10th ; a hundred or so in fields, near 

 Chester, September 9th ; many hundreds in Dee Estuary, 23rd ; 

 one or two, Marbury (Cheshire), October 1st ; first arrived on 

 fields, Brampton (Cumberland), 4th ; fair number, Northwich 

 (Cheshire), 8th. 

 The Herring-Gull {Larus argentatus). Two flying W., Oakamoor 

 (Staffordshire), July 7th, fifteen to W. on 26th and six to S. on 

 October 16th ; two seen, Swithland reservoir (Leicester), October 

 16th. 



