_Mareca penelope_, L., Widgeon.--Spring: Allonby, two flocks of fifty
or sixty on February 11th (evening, flying due E.). Ravenglass, last
seen on April 23d. Flights of this and other fowl began to pass over
Rockliffe in an E. or N.E. direction on April 21st, but the movement
became accentuated on April 27th, on which evening large flocks began
to pass up the Eden at 9 P.M. The movement continued in full swing up
to 10.45, there generally being five minutes, and never more than ten,
between parties; after 11th they continued to pass, but the movement
had become less marked.
Autumn: Numbers at Monkhill on September 13th.
_Clangula glaucion_ (L.), Golden-eye.--Spring: April 26th, last seen at
Monkhill, Cumberland.
Autumn: October 21st and 24th, Allonby, Cumberland.
_Œdemia fusca_ (L.), Velvet Scoter.--December 23d, a fine adult male
shot on Eden.
_Mergus serrator_, L., Red-breasted Merganser.--April 13th, N.W.
Merioneth, a flock of about a dozen, the last seen.
_Turtur communis_, Selby, Turtle Dove.--Autumn: September 11th,
Minehead, Somerset, one. October 3d, Wolf Rock, a "Turtle Dove" at 11
A.M.
_Coturnix communis_, Bonnat., Quail--Autumn: September 3d, one in the
morning. October 5th, Eddystone, two caught at 2 A.M.
_Crex pratensis_, Bechst., Corn-Crake.--Spring: April 26th and 27th,
Carlisle and District. May 9th, Holyhead Breakwater, one at 2 P.M.
Autumn: October 9th, Skerries, one killed between 2 and 4 A.M.; 20th,
Smalls, one killed.
_Gallinula chloropus_ (L.), Moorhen.--Autumn: August 2d, *Nash, one
killed at midnight. September 3d, Dee L.V., one killed.
_Charadrius pluvialis_, L., Golden Plover.--Autumn: August 25th,
Burnham, one killed.
_Squatarola helvetica_ (L.), Grey Plover.--Spring: May 7th, Allonby,
Cumberland, six.
_Eudromias morinellus_ (L.), Dotterel.--May 6th, Allonby, four seen,
and again on the 8th.
_Vanellus vulgaris_, Bechst., Lapwing.--Spring: March 27th, Carnarvon
Bay, ten at 11 A.M.
Autumn: September 24th, Skerries, about twenty. October 25th, Nash,
flocks passing S. from 7 to 10 A.M. 26th, Nash, a large flock at
lantern at 1 A.M. November 23d, Nash, two killed at 11.30 P.M. 24th,
Eddystone, many at night; 26th and 27th, at Selker L.V., Carnarvon Bay
L.V., and Eddystone.
_Hæmatopus ostralegus_, L., Oyster-Catcher.--Spring: April 23d,
Chickens Rock, one.
Autumn: August 3d, Menai, two; 22d, Langness, seven; 27th, Eddystone,
flocks.
_Phalaropus fulicarius_ (L.), Grey Phalarope.--October 10th (about),
near Winchester, one shot.
_Scolopax rusticula_, L., Woodcock.--Spring: March 24th, Dee L.V., one
killed; 29th, Selker L.V., one caught.
Autumn: September 21st, Eddystone, one killed. October 18th and 23d,
Nash, one killed each night; 26th, Nash, two killed.
_Gallinago major_, Gm., Great Snipe.--Autumn: September 9th,
Cardiganshire, an adult male shot on Llanddewihip Mountain; 25th,
Baytor Mere, Devon, one shot. October 22d, North Devon, a bird of the
year shot; 30th, Carlisle, one shot.
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