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Machetes pugnax, Euff. — Yarmouth, second week in Sep- 

 tember, five ruffs and one reeve. 



Calidris arenaria, Sanderling. — Flamborough, Aug. 3rd, old 

 male in summer plumage (W. E. C). Yarmouth, 11th, Knots 

 and Sanderlings on beach. Spurn, Oct. 23rd, a few. 



Totanus glareola, Wood Sandpiper. — Bridlington, middle of 

 August, a young bird was shot on South Sands (W. E. C). 

 Spurn, middle of September, three, all immature, taken to 

 Mr. P. Lawton, of Easington. 



T. calidris, Kedshank. — Outer Dowsing l.v.. May 9th, one 

 "Eed-legged Sandpiper" on deck, then to W. Wells, Norfolk, 

 Aug. 28th, numerous ; one hundred or more in a flock. Tees 

 L.V., Sept. 23rd, large flock. Earn l.v., Nov. 28th, very large 

 flocks with Purple Sandpiper and Turnstone on rocks. T. 

 fuscuSj Spotted Kedshank, Breydon, Oct. 20tb, one shot. 



T. canescens, Greenshank. — Wells, Norfolk, Aug. 27th, *' com- 

 paratively numerous." Yarmouth, Aug. 9th, four shot, all imma- 

 ture. Sept. 2nd, two. 



Limosa lapponica, Bar-tailed Godwit. — Kedcar, July 28th, 

 and forward to Aug. 27th, in some numbers. 



Numenius phceopus, Whimbrel. — Kedcar, July 18th, N.E. 

 light, first passing over, very high. Yarmouth, Aug. 1st, all day. 

 Kedcar, 8th, S.W. strong, two large flocks of fifty ; 23rd and 

 24th, rush, and at intervals to Sept. 10th. 



N. arquata, Curlew. — Earn l.h., March 11th, 5 to 6 p.m., 

 four to five hundred to island from mainland in flocks from five 

 to thirty. Whitby l.h., June 20th, great many night and day. 



names, common to both sides of the Humber, are, Turnstone, "Dotterel"; 

 Common Dotterel, "Land Dotterel," "Spring Dotterel"; Grey Plover, 

 ■ " Pigeon," or " Buffel-headed Plover " ; Dunlin, " Stint," or " Tommy Stint "; 

 Rmged Plover, "Sand-runner "; Whimbrel, " Curlew-jack" ; Godwit, "Cur- 

 lew-whelp." On the Durham coast the Knot is both a " Dunlm " and " Grey 

 Plover"; Dunlin, a " Stint"; Sanderling, "White Stint"; Whimbrel, "Cur- 

 lew-jack " ; Lapwing, a " Tyafit " ; Godwit, " Goodwin." The local names of 

 birds vary so in different districts that they frequently become very puzzling 

 to the members of the Committee ; it would greatly assist their labours and 

 facilitate enquiry if any fellow-worker would take the trouble to compile a 

 glossary of local names of our British birds. The investigation might be 

 rendered easy by sending printed forms to the best known ornithologists, in 

 their respective districts. The results could not fail to be both useful and 

 interesting. 



