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it from the " Ringed Dotterel," one of the commonest 

 of shore birds. The former was very rarely met 

 with, and then only in small " trips ' in the marshes 

 during the autumnal migration. The writer never 

 fell in with it there but once. This was in the 

 month of September, when five or six of them 

 coming up unexpectedly from behind, dashed by so 



THE BRENT GOOSE. 



rapidly that a random shot only stopped a single 

 bird, which proved on examination to be a bird of 

 the year. 



Amongst the rarer shore birds procured at 

 different times in the harbour, or in the neigh- 

 bouring marshes may be mentioned the Avocet, 

 Black-winged Stilt, Kentish Plover, Dusky Red- 

 shank, Grey Phalarope, Spoonbill, and Crane. 



Besides the ordinary wildfowl, such as Duck 



