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  THE 
  ZOOLOGIST. 
  

  

  N. 
  phaopw 
  Whimbrel). 
  — 
  Two 
  or 
  three 
  Whimbrels 
  on 
  Tetney 
  

   "fifties" 
  on 
  Aug. 
  18th. 
  They 
  were 
  numerous 
  both 
  on 
  the 
  

   " 
  titties 
  " 
  and 
  inland 
  on 
  21st, 
  and 
  were 
  last 
  seen 
  on 
  Sept. 
  21st. 
  

  

  Sterna 
  fiuviatilis 
  (Common 
  Tern). 
  — 
  Terns 
  were 
  scarcer 
  than 
  

   usual. 
  On 
  Sept. 
  4th 
  I 
  saw 
  a 
  good 
  many 
  off 
  Donna 
  Nook, 
  most 
  

   of 
  which 
  were 
  of 
  this 
  species. 
  

  

  S. 
  macrura 
  (Arctic 
  Tern). 
  — 
  On 
  Aug. 
  24th 
  I 
  noticed 
  a 
  flock 
  

   of 
  these 
  Terns 
  flying 
  over 
  the 
  fields 
  near 
  the 
  sea 
  at 
  North 
  

   Cotes. 
  

  

  Stercorarius 
  cr&pidatus 
  (Arctic 
  Skua). 
  — 
  Very 
  scarce 
  ; 
  on 
  Sept. 
  

   4th 
  I 
  saw 
  two 
  — 
  both 
  dark 
  birds 
  off 
  Donna 
  Nook. 
  

  

  Podicipes 
  fluviatilis 
  (Little 
  Grebe). 
  — 
  A 
  good 
  many 
  Dabchicks 
  

   appeared 
  on 
  Thoresby 
  Fleet 
  on 
  Nov. 
  30th, 
  at 
  the 
  commencement 
  

   of 
  a 
  heavy 
  fall 
  of 
  snow. 
  

  

  