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Little Stint and two Curlew- Sandpipers, amongst the pots. 

 L. E. Dennys and I put them up, and one dark bird stayed 

 behind. This he subsequently shot, and it proved to be a 

 Pectoral Sandpiper (Tringa maculata). I have now seen this 

 bird three times at least in England, the first time being at 

 Aldeburgh on Sept. 13th, 1900, and the last at Cley several 

 times during September, 1908. In addition, I rather think one 

 passed me in January, 1907, at Pegwell Bay, and Dennys feels 

 sure he saw one at Budleigh Salterton, in August, 1908. I 

 believe it is commoner than is generally supposed, but it is over- 

 looked owing to its silent habits. Its note is a very low " chup," 

 seldom uttered. It is distinctly larger and darker than a Dunlin, 

 and, though it consorts with these latter on the sands, it gener- 

 ally separates when it rises. Through glasses it looks more like 

 a Green Sandpiper with a dark piece on the upper breast. The 

 Aldeburgh bird flew very like a Snipe. 



Nov. 1st. — Watched a Short-eared Owl (Asio accipitrinus) 

 hawking over the lagoons. 



22nd. — Saw what I fancy was the strange Bunting of Novem- 

 ber, 1905. It was with some Larks, and attracted me by its very 

 yellow rump. 



1908. 



Jan. 7th. — Visited the Crumbles in the midst of a south-west 

 rain-squall, and got an immature Tufted Duck (Fuligula cristata). 



Sept. 19th. — Put a Nightjar (CaprimuJgus europceus) off the 

 shingle. 



23rd. — A man got a Hoopoe (Upupa epops) near a field of 

 swedes amidst the shingle. 



26th. — Got a Wood- Sandpiper (Totanus glareola), which when 

 I first saw it was standing on some mud near the pots. It was 

 very tame, quite unlike a Green in this respect, and attracted 

 me by its conspicuous light eye-stripe. 



Oct. 7th. — Was pursuing a dubious Pipit when a bird put its 

 head out of a tamarisk-bush. Its strange appearance caused 

 me to divert my aim, and I picked up an Aquatic Warbler {Acro- 

 cephalus aquaticus), a bird for which I have been searching for 

 fifteen years. Its eye-stripe was most pronounced, more so 

 almost than the stripe down the crown, and its tail-feathers were 

 very pointed. The feet were very light, and it had a more fragile 



