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Sandwich and Ai-ctic Terns left the islands. At the Longstone 

 L.H., on the extreme outer reef of the Fames, the Sandwich Tern 

 was seen last on Sept. 8th, and the Arctic Sept. 14th. At 

 Coquet Island l.h., Aug. 14th, N.N.E., great number of Terns all 

 day about island. At Teesmouth 5 Buoy l.v., Aug. 16th, great 

 numbers this day ; 29th, same. 



Lakin^. — At Heligoland, the Siberian Herring Gull, Larus 

 qffinis, was seen off the rock on June 5th, N.W., strong. Little 

 Gull, Larus mmutus, Sept. 5th, enormous numbers on the water. 

 Ivory Gull, Larus ehurnea, Nov. 4th, westerly, seen on water. 

 At Fame Inner l.h., Sept. 10th, the Gulls left islands. At 

 Whitby L.H., Sept. 2nd, Gulls had all left, both young and old. 

 At Filey, Ivory Gull, Larus ehurnea, a fully mature example, a 

 male, was shot in September ; a young bird in the sj^otted 

 plumage was also obtained in the same month. At Flamborough, 

 Sept. 5th to 6th, Lesser Black-backed Gulls to south all day; 

 wind S.W. by W. ; equal proportion of young and old. At Spurn 

 L.V., July 29th and 30th, ''Smelt Gulls" aU day; Sept. 28th, 

 large numbers of Gulls continuous to south. At Lynn Well l.v., 

 Aug. 21st, 22nd, and 23rd, great qauntities all day from S.E. At 

 Yarmouth, Mr. J. H. Gurney, writing Jan. 26th, 1881, says, 

 "A correspondent at Yarmouth had recently twenty-seven 

 Glaucous Gulls in the flesh, seven of which were mature." At 

 Hasboro' l.h., Dec. 18th, 8 p.m., "Little Gull" struck and broke 

 its neck. At Cockle l.v., Oct. 16th, Gulls during day; 27th, 

 same. At Shipwash l.v., Nov. 29th, 10 a.m., large numbers to 

 W. At South-sand Head l.v., July 29th, an unusual number seen. 



Stercorakiin^. — At Teesmouth 5 Buoy l.v., Aug. 29th, two 

 Skuas passed. At Eedcar, Sept. 16th, twenty Eichardson's Skuas 

 passed; Oct. 28th, Mr. T. H. Nelson, writing in the 'Field' 

 newspaper for Nov. 6th, 1880, states that, during the night of 

 the storm on Oct. 28th, he saw considerable numbers of the 

 Pomatorhine Skua, amounting to several hundreds, flying close 

 to the esplanade at Eedcar, and struggling to make headway 

 against the gale ; they consisted almost entirely of mature birds 

 of the white-breasted variety, only three or four being dark birds, 

 but whether immatm-e or adult he could not ascertain. At 

 Spurn L.V., Aug. 1st to Sept. 24th, a few Skuas passed going S. ; 

 Oct. 1st to 16th, many passed same direction. At South-sand 

 Head l.v., July 29th, an unusual number of Skuas seen. 



