44 REPORT ON THE MIGRATION OF BIRDS. 



snipe. — Longstone l.h., April 25th, 10.30 A.M., one. 1 Autumn : 

 At the Earn Island stations and Lincolnshire coast from Oc- 

 tober 2d to 6th, wind generally south-easterly. Tringa alpina, 

 Dunlin. — Spring, 1886 : Yarmouth, April 29th, enormous 

 numbers on north beach, some Einged Plover amongst them. 

 Trent Lock, May 9th, 11 a.m., twenty to thirty Black-breasted 

 Dunlin ; Great Cotes, 18th, great numbers in summer plumage. 

 T. subarquata, Pigmy Curlew. — Yarmouth, July 31st, one 

 in full summer plumage. T. striata, Purple Sandpiper. — 

 Tarn l.h., September 22d, some on rocks ; October 31st, flock 

 of twenty. Yarmouth, November 17th, two shot. T. canutus, 

 Knot. — Spring, 1886 : Yarmouth, April 13th, Knot and Dunlin 

 on Breydon in semi-summer dress. Longstone l.h., July 16th, 

 S.E., fine, one. Eedcar, August 19th to end of month, a few 

 seen at sea. Tetney, February 24th, 1887, out of six shot 

 to-day, one had the lower parts mottled with faded brick red, 

 the summer plumage of the previous year having not been 

 altogether cast off. Calidris arenaria, Sanderling. — Yarmouth, 

 May 14th, considerable arrival with others; some seen on 

 the 9th. Totanus ochropus, Green Sandpiper. — Longstone L.H., 

 July 29th, one seen (very rare here). Grainsby, Lincolnshire 

 (Waithe-beck), July 27th, first; August 23d, large arrival; end 

 of March, all have left. T. glareola, Wood Sandpiper. — Cley, 

 Norfolk, August 13th. T. calidris, Eedshank. — Longstone L.H., 

 July 29th. Farn l.h., September 4th and 9th, many. Tees L. v., 

 October 30th, twenty; always common on the Lincolnshire 

 coast and at Spurn in the autumn. T. fuscus, Spotted Eed- 

 shank. — Breydon, Norfolk, August 15th, one. T. canescens, 

 Greenshank. — Yarmouth, April 28th, 1886, two ; May 14th, some ; 

 and on return, November 27th. Limosa lapponica, Bar- tailed 

 Godwit. — Yarmouth, April 12th, 1886, first; 14th, some; May 

 14th, great arrival. Autumn: September 22d, first. Eedcar, 

 July 19th, 12.30 p.m., seven or eight to E. L. cegocephala, 

 Black-tailed Godwit. — September 12th, one at Breydon, Nor- 

 folk. Numenius phazopus, Whimbrel. — Spring : April 26th, 

 Breydon, Yarmouth, in small number. May 14th, large arrival 



1 Mr Thomas 0. Hall, of the Longstone l.h., speaks of the great scarcity of 

 birds this season, and thinks they must have crossed further south, the prevailing 

 winds having been E.N. E. and N.E., crushing down the migration, and giving 

 it a southerly direction. 



