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with others. Autumn : Eedcar, June 19th, first heard passing 

 over; last on September 7th. Great Cotes, July 26th, first 

 heard. Tees l.v., August 30th, twenty ; October 30th, very large 

 flock of Curlew, Whimbrel, some Oystercatchers and Bed- 

 shanks; January 4th, 1887, large flocks both of Whimbrel and 

 Curlew. iV". arquata, Curlew. — Leman and Ower L.v., May 10th, 



1886, 3 a.m., five, one killed. Great Cotes, August 19th, first 

 young Curlew in marsh; 20th, hundreds of Curlew in the 

 marsh for a few hours. I was told by one observer he had 

 seen thousands. Eedcar, September 6th, at sea flock to W. 

 Yarmouth, September, early, very numerous; Eedcar, 19th, 

 flight, with others, overhead, 10 to 11 p.m., foggy and dark. 

 Tees L.v., October 30th, very large flight; Hasbro' L.v., 30th, 

 7 p.m. to midnight, many round light, none struck. Winterton, 

 October 27th, 8.30 p.m., flight to W. Tees L.v., January 4th, 



1887, large flocks. 



The migration of waders was observed inland by their 

 nocturnal cries. Great Cotes, August, night of 19th, Einged 

 Plover. Trent Lock, Notts, by Mr E. B. Whitlock, August 

 19th, Einged Plover; 21st, Sandpipers and others; 24th, Curlew. 

 At Grainsby, by Mr Haigh. August 29th, waders ; and by Pro- 

 fessor Newton, of Cambridge, July 21st to 22d and 26th to 27th, 

 about midnight. 



STEKNiNiE. — Sterna macrura, Arctic Tern. — Earn L.H., May 

 4th, 1886, 5 a.m., first appearance; September 2d, left breeding 

 haunts. Yarmouth, May 14th, some along coast. S. fluviatilis, 

 Common Tern. — Trent Lock, Notts, May 11th, one; 13th, three. 

 Tees L.v., July 25th, August 10th and 14th, great numbers of 

 Terns at sea. Eedcar, August 19th to end, great many at sea. 

 S. minuta, Little Tern. — Spurn, April 5th, first seen at breeding- 

 place. Yarmouth, April 28th, two seen with Black Tern; May 

 12th, two. Eye, Sussex, May 4th and 5th, first Lesser Tern. 

 S. cantiaca, Sandwich Tern. — Farn l.h., April 28th, 5 A.M., nine 

 seen — left nesting quarters on September 2d. Hydrochelidon 

 nigra, Black Tern. — Yarmouth, April 26th, 1886, flight from 

 S.W. to N.E., wind E. ; 27th and 28th, some to N.E. ; May 14th, 

 some. Another observer, April 28th, twenty in flock to N.E. 

 Cley, Norfolk, September 1st, young Black Tern to S. 



Lapjn^b, Larus minutus, Lesser Gull. — Eedcar, June 14th, 

 W., squally, four seen off pier; November, one. L. argentatus, 



