232 THE ZOOLOGIST. 



22nd. — Wild Geese very numerous on Eockliffe Marsh (G. F. 

 Saul). 



24th. — Eedstart first seen near Windermere (Eric B. Dunlop). 



26th. — Richardson's Skua (adult) seen near Silloth ( W. Nichol) . 



28th. — Cuckoos (three) seen atTodhills, Carlisle (J.B. Cairns). 



29th. — Corn-Crake first heard at W^estward, Wigton (E. W. 

 Barwise). Yellow Wagtail first seen near Windermere (Eric B. 

 Dunlop). 



30th. — Cuckoo first heard at Westward, Wigton (E. W. Bar- 

 wise). Cuckoo first heard near Silloth; Shoveler Ducks (two) 

 seen on Solway (W. Nichol). 



May 1st. — Corn-Crake heard at Harker, Carlisle (J. B. Cairns) . 



2nd. — Cuckoo first heard at Troutbeck, Windermere (Eric B. 

 Dunlop). Lesser Terns arrived on Solway ; White Wagtails 

 (three) seen near Silloth (W. Nichol). 



4th. — Grasshopper-Warbler heard near Carlisle (T. L. John- 

 ston). Swift seen at Etterby Scaur, Carlisle (D. Losh Thorpe). 

 Grasshopper- Warbler heard at Todhills Moss (J. B. Cairns). 

 Swifts (two) seen at Gretna (J. B. Cairns). 



5th. — Wood- Warbler first heard at Troutbeck, Windermere 

 (Eric B. Dunlop). 



8th.— Spotted Flycatcher first seen at Troutbeck, Winder- 

 mere (Eric B. Dunlop). 



16th.— Sedge- Warbler singing at Etterby Scaur (D. Losh 

 Thorpe). 



19th. — Whimbrel (six) seen near Silloth (W. Nichol). 



21st. — Knots (two) and Bar-tailed Godwits (three) seen on 

 Solway (T. L. Johnston). Dotterel seen in Lake District (G. F. 

 Saul). 



28th. — Sanderlings (flock of over two thousand) on shore at 

 Silloth (W. Nichol). 



June 1st. — Black-headed Gull nesting (one nest) at Bassen- 

 thwaite (W. J. Farrer). 



8th. — Sanderlings extremely numerous and very tame ; over 

 three thousand on the shore near Silloth (W. Nichol). 



28th. — Oystercatehers (pair) on the Eden above Crosby (E. 

 Hodgson). 



Julyiih.. — Hawfinch and young seen at Crosby-on-Eden (E. 

 Hodgson). 



