MIGRATION AND OTHER ORNITHOLOGICAL NOTES. 619 
WOODCOCK ( Scolopax rusticula). — One at Yarmouth on 
October 3rd, another off Gorleston Pier on 19th; one under 
telegraph wires here on November 26th. 
Dunlin ( T ringa alpinaY — Some young and adultson passage 
on August 6th; others on October 1st, 6th, 16th and November 
24th. Large numbers on the shore here and passing along to 
the south on January 16th, and this movement was also noted 
at Aldeburgh ; the majority left w'hen the weather broke up. 
On several days during the cold snap, single birds w r ere taken 
on boats 50 miles E.S.E. of the town. 
Knot (T. canutus). — One taken on the North Sea on January 
16th ; some passing over on the night of March 25th. 
SANDERLING ( Calidris arenaria). — One on the flooded 
Denes on October 1st ; two on the shore after the cold snap on 
February 7th. 
Common Sandpiper {Tot anus hypoleucus). — Single birds 
on passage on August 1st and 13th. 
Green Sandpiper (7\ ochropits). — Two or three at Thorpe 
Mere on September 3rd and April 7th. 
Common Redshank (T. calidris). — Some passing on the 
night of October 15th. Local birds had left the nesting-haunt 
by August 6th. 
BAR-TAILED Godwit ( Limosa lapponica). — Two on passage 
April 30th. 
Curlew ( Numenius arquata). — Passing migrants heard on 
the nights of July 29th, October 15th, November 22nd, 23rd 
and 25th. The nights when these and other waders are heard 
passing are nearly always dark and drizzling. Some passing 
on the night of March 14th, and some on passage on April 30th. 
Whimbrel {N . pheopus). — Single birds on passage on July 
30th, August 1st and 26th. One passing over to S.W. on Sep- 
tember 3rd. Some passing on the nights of April 28th and 
May 9th. 
COMMON Tern {Sterna fluviatilis). — The first passing 
flocks seen on August 3rd, and during the month and up to 
September 2nd, flocks were noted on many days resting on our 
beach or passing along to the south. First seen May 2nd. 
