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and a few Starlings passed 8.W., gentle E. breeze, mist. At 

 Allonby, Nov. 14th, several flocks coming from the north, flying 

 S., strong S.W. breeze, rain. So on 18th, with gentle E. breeze, 

 frost. At Morecambe, on Nov. 10th, at 11.30, a flock passed, 

 flying S.E., fresh W. breeze. On Dec. 12th, at Milford, a con- 

 siderable number (probably over 200) seen near, evidently on 

 flight, were following .a leader from the way they flew, light N. 

 breeze, fine sharp frost. On Dec. 16th, at Nash, 1000 or more 

 Lapwings passed W. at 1 p.m., light N.E. breeze, mist. At 

 Menai, Peewits all the year round (but is no increase and decrease 

 of their numbers observable ?). 



Turnstone, Strepsilas interpres, Linn. — At Allonby, Nov. 28th, 

 small flocks of about a dozen Turnstones noticed on the shore, 

 gentle S.W. breeze, clear. 



Oystercatcher, Hcematopus ostralegus, Linn. — On June 7th 

 and 8th, at Nash, twenty Curlews and Sea-pies passed N., mod. 

 N. to N.W. breeze. At Bideford, Sept. 17th, hundreds of Sea- 

 pies visit the mussel-beds all the year with Curlews, Gulls, and 

 Stints. On Oct. 6th, at Air, several flocks passed E. at different 

 times of the day, mod. N.N.E. breeze. On 20th, at Allonby, 

 flocks. At Skerries tlaey are said to remain all the year. (But 

 do all remain all the year ? What about the young ? Is there 

 no movement noticeable at any time of the year ? 



Woodcock, Scolopax rusticula, Linn. ; Snipe, Gallinago ccslestis, 

 Frenzel. — At Bardsey, Jan. 14th, two passed W. at noon, fresh 

 E. breeze, mist ; on 20th one struck the lantern. At Nash, Jan. 

 5th, four Snipe passed S.W. at 3 p.m., fresh E.N.E. breeze, 

 mist. On Oct. 27th, at Skerries, a Woodcock killed soon after 

 midnight, fresh S.S.E. breeze. At Nash, Nov. 2nd, two Snipe 

 passed E., mod. E. breeze, rain. On Dec. 21st, at Skerries, a 

 Woodcock killed at midnight, mod. W.N.W. gale ; and on Dec. 

 29th, at Nash, four Snipe passed S.W., light S.W. breeze, mist. 



Stint, Tringa (?) ; Godwit, Limosa (?). — Sept. 17th, at 

 Bideford, hundreds of Stints with Sea-pies, &c., between half-ebb 

 and half-flood. At Allonby, Nov. 8th, a large flock of Stints and 

 Godwits wheeling about. 



Sanderling, Calidris arenaria, Linn. — At Godrevy, Dec. 20th, 

 and 21st, about 11 a.m., mod. S. and W. by S. breezes, a flock 

 passed W. ; and on 25th, at 12.30 a.m., two- Sanderlings struck 

 and one was killed, fresh S.W. breeze, mist. 



