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MIGRATION AND OTHER ORNITHOLOGICAL NOTES. 
Curlew (N. arqua(a). — Many passing on nights of Septem- 
ber 5th, 6th, 7th, and November 24th and 25th. Large 
flock went to the eastward at Yarmouth, March 3rd (Quinton). 
Many passing over on the night of June 23rd-24th, 1911. 
Bartailed Godwit ( Limosa lapponica). — Flock on passage, 
May 21st. 
Black-tailed Godwit (Z. belgica). — One, May 21st. 
Common Tern ( Sterna fluviatilis). — One or two pairs bred 
a few miles from Lowestoft. Several passing south, August 
30th and 31st. A specimen of the phase known as “ S. 
portlandica” seen at Orfordness, June 4th, 1911. 
Lesser Tern (A. minuta ). — About 50 pairs nested a few 
miles from Lowestoft. Several passing south, August 30th. 
Some on passage at Woodbridge, May 11th. 
Blackheaded Gull ( Lams ridibundus). — Increasing num- 
bers arrived during August, after being absent during the 
summer, and many passed along to the south. On Novem- 
ber 29th one was picked up under the telegraph wires near 
Lowestoft which had been “ ringed ” at the bird observatory 
in Rossiten, E. Prussia, on July 16th, 1908, vide Brit. Birds, 
Vol. IV., p. 241. A Gull, probably a young Herring Gull, 
was killed by spiking itself on the spike on top of the mizzen 
of a smack coming into the harbour, the tops of masts being 
favourite perches for gulls. 
On June 11th, I saw several Blackheaded Gulls on Breydon 
water, and noted that of the immature birds (of last year), 
some had brown heads, some partially brown, and some no 
brown at all on the head. 
Storm Petrel ( Procellaria pelagica ). — One caught oft 
Lowestoft, November 29th. 
Fulmar Petrel ( Fulmarus glacialis). — Picked up the 
remains of one on Kessingland Beach, on September 15th. 
Little Auk ( Mergulus alle). — On November 20th, a strong 
N.-W. wind and at night a small fall of snow, the next morn- 
