Leman and Ower L.V., 8th, many during night to W.; Inner Dowsing L.V.,
17th, one. Languard L.H., November 8th, hundreds at 2 P.M.; 26th, 3
A.M. till daylight, with many others. Great Cotes, December 13th, about
12,000 in one field twenty-four hours before the frost commencing on
the 14th; Whitby, 24th, all morning in small flocks, twenty to forty,
coming in from sea. Redcar, January 21st, 1887, S.W., strong; and 22d,
W.N.W, many with larks coming in from sea and going W. Strepsilas
interpres, Turnstone.--Yarmouth, May 14th, some; Great Cotes, 18th, a
dozen in various plumage. Yarmouth, September 8th, some. _Hæmatopus
ostralegus_, Oystercatcher.--Redcar, August 5th to end of month and to
September 7th, many. Leman and Ower L.V., June 18th, one killed.
Scolopacidæ, _Recurvirostra avocetta_, Avocet.--Redcar, August 5th,
12.10 P.M., one (I am sure of species.--T. H. N.). _Phalaropus
fulicarius_, Grey Phalarope.--October 14th, one picked up at
Bassingham, near Lincoln. _Scolopax rusticula_, Woodcock.--Spring:
Longstone L.H., April 3d, 1.30 P.M., S. by E., one Woodcock to E.
Autumn: Farn L.H., October 4th, one; Flambro', 5th, some. "First
flight" at Coquet Island, Whitby, Spurn, and Norfolk coast on 6th.
At Whitby L.H., one struck at 1.30 A.M., probably marking the time
of arrival of the flight on the East Coast; wind south-easterly,
overcast, misty. The second or "great flight," from October 16th to
25th, from the Farn Islands to the Norfolk coast, birds dropping
here and there in a desultory fashion, and nowhere plentiful, wind
E. and E.S.E.; on October 15th to 16th a gale from E.S.E. A few on
October 28th, 29th, and 30th, and scattered occurrences up to November
15th. The last recorded as coming in from the sea was at Tees L.V.,
December 18th, going W.; wind W.S.W. _Gallinago cœlestis_, Common
Snipe.--Longstone L.H., August 8th, one; 23d, one. Tetney, August 12th,
flight. Whitby L.H., October 4th, 4 A.M., one killed. Longstone L.H.,
October 4th, 1 A.M., one heard in flight. Yarmouth, October 30th,
flight; Coquet, November 18th, 8 A.M., S.S.E., four. _G. gallinula_,
Jacksnipe.--Longstone snipe.--Longstone L.H., April 25th, 10.30
A.M., one.[9] Autumn: At the Farn Island stations and Lincolnshire
coast from October 2d to 6th, wind generally south-easterly. _Tringa
alpina_, Dunlin.--Spring, 1886: Yarmouth, April 29th, enormous
numbers on north beach, some Ringed Plover amongst them. Trent Lock,
May 9th, 11 A.M., twenty to thirty Black-breasted Dunlin; Great
Cotes, 18th, great numbers in summer plumage. _T. subarquata_,
Pigmy Curlew.--Yarmouth, July 31st, one in full summer plumage. _T.
striata_, Purple Sandpiper.--Tarn L.H., September 22d, some on rocks;
October 31st, flock of twenty. Yarmouth, November 17th, two shot.
_T. canutus_, Knot.--Spring, 1886: Yarmouth, April 13th, Knot and
Dunlin on Breydon in semi-summer dress. Longstone L.H., July 16th,
S.E., fine, one. Redcar, August 19th to end of month, a few seen at
sea.
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