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however, not sufficiently persistent to permit any deductions ; 

 , juany doubtless were flocks changing their feeding-grounds. 

 ^ CoLUMBiD^. — Spurn, May 24th, two Turtle Doves, Turtur 

 communis, Selh J. Gull l.v., July 9th, 7.30 p.m., twenty Wood 

 Pigeons, C. palumhus, Linn., to N.W. Spurn, Sept. 7th, Turtle 

 Dove, young. Fame Inner l.h., Dec. 20th, 10 a.m., two 

 Wood Pigeons to E.N.E. 



Kallid^. — Inner Fame l.h., Sept. 12th, Landrail, Crex 

 pratensis, Bechst., killed against lantern during night. Spurn, 

 18th, one shot. 



Crane, Grus communis^ Bechst. — Heligoland, April 12th, one, 

 not captured. 



Little Bustard, Otis tetrax, Linn. — Heligoland, one shot, first 

 occasion. 



Charadriid^. — Spurn, May 30th, Turnstone, Strepsilas 

 interpres (Linn.), small flock in full summer plumage. Spurn, 

 first week in June, Dotterel, E. morinellus, four seen. The 

 Golden Plover, C. plitvialis, Linn., was first seen at Fame Inner 

 L.H., Aug. 17th ; small flocks on island ; on the same day also, in 

 Great Cotes marshes, in summer plumage. Yarmouth, Sept. 

 10th, four, partially in summer dress. Grey Plover, S. helvetica 

 (Linn.), first at Teesmouth, Aug. 10th, two. Spurn, Sept. 7th, 

 first seen ; on 16th, three large flocks, many members of each in 

 full summer plumage. 5 Buoy Tees l.v., Oct. 15th and 16th, 

 Grey Plover with Curlew, two to three hundred in flock. Whitby 

 L.H., Nov. 14th, one hundred or more. Immense flocks of Lap- 

 wings, Vanellus vulgaris, Bechst., at Fame Islands, Sept. 25th 

 and 26th, and subsequently at many other stations during the 

 winter. Kentish Plover, jE, cantiana (Lath.), was obtained near 

 Blakeney about Sept. 26th. Heligoland, young Golden Plover 

 commenced passing, Aug. 9th ; during July and up to the end of 

 the month, every night, great numbers of Numenius, Totanus, 

 Tringa, and C. hiaticula, <fec., crossed ; on Aug. 25th, great 

 numbers of Golden Plovers; on the 22nd, S.W., great many 

 Dotterel, C. morinellus (Linn.) ; again Sept. 4th, great many 

 Dotterel, 11 p.m., passing overhead E. to W., one flight taking 

 ten minutes to pass. 



ScoLOPACiD^. — Eed-necked Phalarope, Phalaropus hyperhoreus 

 (Linn.), Breydon, Norfolk, Sept. 4th, one shot, two seen. 

 Common Snipe, Gallinago ccelestis (Frenzel), end of second week 



