loss often than tlic Green. The AVood Sandjn'pcr shows least 
white wlicn it is Hying, and it is rather smaller than the Green ; 
but it is imi)ossiblo to say more than this. On Alay 11th there 
was one Little Stint, and on the 17th four, very tamo, and in full 
plumage. There were also Ibur Turnstones on the 11th, in the 
most perfect breeding-dress, a Grey Plover on the 7th, and two 
more on the 17th, apparently not much advanced; and a 
Sanderling on the 11th, the only one I observed; though, on the 
I'Jth, at liyo, twelve miles to the cast of St. Leonards, I saw 
eleven, most of which were in that pretty mealy plumage which 
comes before the full garb. The same day I saAv at Pyc four 
Kentish Idovers, which have long been known as regular summer 
migi-ants to that place. It has been said that they do not associate 
with Ping Dotterel, but these were all with Ping Dotterel, from 
Avhich they were very easy to distinguish with a good j.air of 
binoculars. The scarcity of the Curlew and Lapwing call for a 
word of remark. Iho ranks of the latter were visibly recruited 
the first week of Alay, but still considering the stretch of likely 
meadows, especially about Pevenscy, they are very scarce. It 
is, no doubt, due to the systematic taking of their eggs, which 
this year never fell below fourpence each at the poulterer’s.* 
I only saw one Curlew at St. Leonards and three at Pye, and 
in this part ol Sussex they are certainly less common than the 
Whimbrel. 
On the 13th of April there Avere a good many Scoter Ducks 
in-shore. They Averc the first I had noticed ; the next day they 
had all gone, but on the IGth and 17th they appeared again in 
considerable numbers, and after that it was seldom that a day 
passed Avithout seeing one or more flocks, or some single birds- 
Iheir tendency aa'ss certainly to go eastAvards, though single birds 
were as often flying in one dii-ection as another. Taking into 
consideration the lateness of the time of year, and the foct that 
these Scoters were nearly all drakes, the majority, I imagine, 
would not go for enough north to breed. The prepondemime of 
ilrakes is very inexplicable, but might, in a measure, be accounted 
for if they are polygamous, in which case a smaller number of 
Tlie earliest eggs ollereJ for sale in St. Leonards Avere on March 27tli 
I'licc eightpciice each. ’ 
