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in March, 1882, N. E. Lincolnshire, returning in some numbers. 

 Heligoland, March 2nd, one ; April 12th, S.S.W., a few. 

 Autumn: Fame Inner l.h., Sept. 14th, Snipe to W. Orford- 

 ness, Oct. 13th, 8 p.m., one killed. Flamborough l.h., Nov. 

 16th, two struck and killed, strong S.E. gale. Gull l.v., Nov. 

 3rd, about one hundred to W. Jack Snipe, G, gallinula (Linn.), 

 Longstone l.h., Sept. 21st, E.N.E. to N.E., one killed against 

 S.E. side lantern. Fame Inner l.h., Oct. 12th, two. Wood- 

 cock, Scoloj)ax rusticulay Linn., Spurn, Sept. 18th, first Woodcock ; 

 the great flight took place on the night of Oct. 12th, wind E., 

 strong, fog and drizzling rain; on the morning of 13th at Fame 

 Inner, 5 Buoy Tees l.v.,* Teesmouth, Coquet, Whitby, Flam- 

 borough, Spurn, Yarmouth, and Orfordness, in some numbers ; 

 specially so at Fame Inner, Teesmouth, Flamborough, and 

 Spurn. Second flight, Teesmouth, Nov. 13th ; and at Whitby, 

 11th ; Fame, Dec. 14th ; and Coquet, 14th. Woodcocks occurred 

 at Heligoland on Oct. 26th, a few ; 29th, twenty to thirty shot ; 

 Nov. 11th, some; and 21st and 30th, some. Dunlin, Tringa 

 alpina, Linn., Great Cotes, Aug. 16th, night warm, close, 

 thunder-storm, very dark, heavy rain from S.E., flocks of waders 

 passing over. Dunlin and Kinged Plover. Curlew Sandpiper, 

 T. siiharqiiata (Giild.), Spurn, Sept. 14th, a few. Ruff, Machetes 

 pugnaxy Linn., Seaton Carew, Nov. 2nd, two Ruffs and a Reeve. 

 Knot, T. canutus, Linn., Teesmouth, Aug. 11th, one ; 15th, 

 three. Great Cotes, 27th, flock of about two hundred. Spurn, 

 Sept. 6th, several ; plentiful by middle of month. Spurn l.h., 

 Nov. 15th, 3 a.m., many round lantern. Hasbro' l.v., 16th, 

 11 a.m., large flocks very high E. to W.S.W. Sanderling, 

 Calidris arenaria (Linn.)., Spurn, May 31st, flocks, some in 

 summer and others in transition plumage. Lincolnshire coast, 

 Aug. 10th, flocks, thirty to forty, old and young together, 

 near Somercotes. Green Sandpiper, Totanus ochropus (Linn.), 

 Breydon, Aug. 15th, plentiful. Common Redshank, T. calidris 

 (Linn.), scarce. Spotted Redshank, T. fuscus (Linn.), Brey- 

 don, Aug. 15th, one, immature, shot. Greenshank, T. 

 cancescens (Gmel.), Breydon, Aug. 15th, plentiful. Red- 

 breasted Snipe, Macrorhamphus griseus (Gmel.), Aug. 15th, 

 one shot at Cleethorpes, near Grimsby, a mature bird in moult 



* At this light-vessel a single bird passed, going west, at daybreak. 



