_Calidris arenaria_, Sanderling.--Flamborough, Aug. 3rd, old male in
summer plumage (W. E. C.). Yarmouth, 11th, Knots and Sanderlings on
beach. Spurn, Oct. 23rd, a few.
_Totanus glareola_, Wood Sandpiper.--Bridlington, middle of August,
a young bird was shot on South Sands (W. E. C.). Spurn, middle of
September, three, all immature, taken to Mr. P. Lawton, of Easington.
_T. calidris_, Redshank.--Outer Dowsing L.V., May 9th, one "Red-legged
Sandpiper" on deck, then to W. Wells, Norfolk, Aug. 28th, numerous; one
hundred or more in a flock. Tees L.V., Sept. 23rd, large flock. Farn
L.V., Nov. 28th, very large flocks with Purple Sandpiper and Turnstone
on rocks. _T. fuscus_, Spotted Redshank, Breydon, Oct. 20th, one shot.
_T. canescens_, Greenshank.--Wells, Norfolk, Aug. 27th, "comparatively
numerous." Yarmouth, Aug. 9th, four shot, all immature. Sept. 2nd, two.
_Limosa lapponica_, Bar-tailed Godwit.--Redcar, July 28th, and forward
to Aug. 27th, in some numbers.
_Numenius phæopus_, Whimbrel.--Redcar, July 18th, N.E. light, first
passing over, very high. Yarmouth, Aug. 1st, all day. Redcar, 8th,
S.W. strong, two large flocks of fifty; 23rd and 24th, rush, and at
intervals to Sept. 10th.
_N. arquata_, Curlew.--Farn L.H., March 11th, 5 to 6 p.m., four to five
hundred to island from mainland in flocks from five to thirty. Whitby
L.H., June 20th, great many night and day. Winterton L.H., Sept. 10th,
12.30 a.m., one caught beating against lantern, great many during
night to W. Farn L.H., Nov. 17th, large flock to E. Hasbro' L.V., Jan.
3rd, 1884, one killed. Heligoland, Oct. 30th and 31st, great many with
_Tringa_ and _Scolopax_, _Limosa_ and _Vanellus_; and night of 31st,
great rush.
Sterninæ, Terns.--Spurn, May 4th, all day to north. At the Farne Islands
the Arctic Terns, _Sterna macrura_, returned to their nesting quarters
on May 20th, and left again on Aug. 3rd, only a few being seen after
that date. Yarmouth, Aug. 7th to 10th, Black, Common, and Arctic Terns
along shore, and through the month to 31st; in shore only when wind is
westerly, in flocks of ten to fifty, nine-tenths being young; it is the
westerly winds which bring in the herring "syle," on which the Terns
feed. The Sandwich Tern, _Sterna cantiaca_, arrived at the Farn Islands
between April 15th and 23rd, leaving again on Aug. 3rd. At Languard
Point, Mr. Owen Boyle saw on June 1st, 4.45 a.m., a pair of Roseate
Terns; 7th, four Sandwich Terns; 15th, four Lesser Terns; and on 23rd,
four Common Terns. At Redcar, on Sept. 5th, 6th, 7th, and 10th, many
flights were heard passing over in dark.
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