WEST COAST OF ENGLAND. Ill 



Nov. 20th, 10 p.m., six flew round the Hght several times. We 

 have no further record till from both stations at Nash, Jan. 3rd, 

 several were observed flying W. ; 10th, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., 

 gentle N.E. breeze and mist, flocks of Plovers and Peewits, 

 overland, passed S.W. Also, at Scilly, 4 p.m.. Plovers and Lap- 

 wings ; and on 11th, calm and misty, flocks of Peewits and 

 Starlings passed N.W. At Milford (Low) a quantity of Plovers, 

 Larks and Starlings arrived, and remained all day. From 

 Bardsey we hear that, on Feb. 11th, flocks of four or five Golden 

 Plovers were seen flying about the Island; fresh N.E. gale. 

 Except at Nash, Nov. 20th, and Scilly, Jan. 10th, these 

 occurrences were all noticed from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m., and on 

 every occasion with mist or rain, and with light or gentle 

 E. breeze (except at Caldy, W.S.W.). The direction of flight, 

 recorded only from Nash (E. or high), is W., except on 

 Jan. 10th, S.W., and 11th, N.W. 



Lapwing, Vanellus cristatus. — Earliest notice at Sevenstones, 

 Aug. 26th, 10 a.m., fifty were seen flying to S.W., light N.W. 

 breeze, haze. The next is dated at Scilly, Oct. 4th, Lapwings 

 and Plovers were seen at noon, a mod. E.S.E. gale, rain. We 

 next hear from Caldy, Nov. 3rd, w^hen one was seen flying near the 

 light; a strong E. breeze, mist. Another space of time, and at 

 Nash, Nov. 21st (E. or high), 8 a.m., a large flock is seen 

 overland, mod. E. breeze ; and at Burnham, 8 a.m., large flocks 

 of Peewits were noticed flying from N., light N. breeze, mist. We 

 do not again hear till Dec. 20th, when, at Lundy, a number of 

 Lapwings were seen at 9 a.m., mod. E.N.E. breeze; and the 

 other Lundy station reports, "about thirty came on the island 

 during the night." Again, on the 30th, Mr. Parsons notes a flock 

 came on the island the night previous. At Skerries, Dec. 29th, 

 light S.E. breeze, misty, rain, a few Lapwings about all night. 

 This is the only record from a station further N. than Bristol 

 Channel. At Nash (E. or high), Jan. 3rd, gentle E. breeze, 

 mist, a large flock of Peewits passed W. ; 6th, a similar flock, 

 N.W. ; 10th, during the day misty, light N.E. breeze, flocks of 

 Peewits, with Plovers, passed overland S.W. ; and on 11th, at 

 10 a.m., misty and calm, flocks, with Starlings, passed N.W. At 

 Scilly, same day, 4 p.m., Lapwings and Plovers were seen. At 

 Sevenstones, Jan. 11th, two large flocks passed W. ; a light 

 W.N.W. breeze, hazy. At Godrevy, Jan. 14th, we first hear of a 



