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  THE 
  ZOOLOGIST. 
  

  

  ORNITHOLOGICAL 
  NOTES. 
  

  

  By 
  E. 
  P. 
  Iff. 
  Elms. 
  

  

  Observations 
  and 
  Notes 
  on 
  Birds 
  in 
  the 
  Neighbourhood 
  of 
  

   New 
  Romney 
  and 
  Littlestone-on-Sea, 
  May 
  16th-20th, 
  

   1902. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  following 
  notes 
  the 
  various 
  species 
  are 
  not 
  grouped 
  

   together 
  in 
  any 
  systematic 
  manner, 
  but 
  simply 
  in 
  the 
  order 
  that 
  

   the 
  birds 
  were 
  observed. 
  

  

  May 
  17th. 
  

  

  Antluts 
  pratensis. 
  — 
  In 
  the 
  first 
  tump 
  of 
  coarse 
  grass 
  that 
  I 
  

   came 
  to 
  on 
  Great 
  Stone 
  Point, 
  found 
  a 
  nest 
  containing 
  four 
  

   newly-hatched 
  Meadow-Pipits. 
  

  

  Totanus 
  calidris. 
  — 
  Saw 
  several 
  Redshanks. 
  

  

  Linota 
  cannabina. 
  — 
  Found 
  a 
  curious 
  Linnet's 
  nest 
  (Grey 
  

   Linnets 
  they 
  are 
  called 
  locally) 
  in 
  the 
  side 
  of 
  a 
  sand-bank, 
  and 
  

   ill-concealed. 
  The 
  four 
  eggs 
  rested 
  simply 
  in 
  the 
  sandy 
  cavity, 
  

   and 
  to 
  prevent 
  them 
  from 
  falling 
  out 
  a 
  frail 
  barrier 
  of 
  bents 
  and 
  

   dead 
  grass 
  was 
  constructed 
  across 
  the 
  outer 
  edge 
  of 
  the 
  cup 
  

   {vide 
  diagrams). 
  

  

  Nest" 
  c&viry 
  

  

  Sechon 
  rhrouch 
  

   Sand 
  Dune 
  . 
  

  

  Tufr 
  of 
  

   shelhcrin 
  j 
  

   £r<\ss 
  . 
  

  

  Barrier 
  of 
  

   Senrs- 
  ere 
  

  

  - 
  Plan 
  

  

  Sterna 
  minuta. 
  — 
  Saw 
  a 
  few 
  Lesser 
  Terns, 
  which 
  were 
  evi- 
  

   dently 
  not 
  yet 
  nesting. 
  

  

  Mgialitis 
  cantiana. 
  — 
  Whilst 
  watching 
  the 
  Common 
  Terns, 
  

  

  