_Gallinago cœlestis_ (Frenzel), Common Snipe.--Autumn: October 21st,
Carnarvon Bay L.V., one killed; 22d, Langness, one at 10 A.M.; 26th,
Nash, four passing to S.E. at 9.30 A.M., four killed at 10.30 P.M.
November 27th, Breaksea L.V., one killed.
_Limnocrytes gallinula_ (L.), Jack Snipe.--Autumn: October 31st,
Bardsey, one "Jack Snipe" killed.
_Tringa alpina_, L., Dunlin.--Spring: April 25th, N.W. Merioneth.
Autumn: August 4th, Langness, a large number at 5 A.M.
_Tringa striata_, L., Purple Sandpiper.--October 20th, Solway, one shot.
_Tringa canutus_, L, Knot.--Autumn: August 18th, Dee L.V., thirty at
lantern from 9 P.M. to midnight.
_Calidris arenaria_ (L.), Sanderling.--May 20th, observed on Solway.
_Totanus hypoleucos_ (L.), Common Sandpiper.--Spring: April 16th,
Carlisle; 17th, N.W. Merioneth.
Autumn: August 15th, Ilfracombe, passing E.; 19th, Barnstaple.
_Totanus canescens_ (L.), Greenshank.--March 26th, Solway, last seen;
returned August 16th.
_Numenius phæopus_ (L.), Whimbrel.--Spring: April 2d, N.W. Merioneth,
one, and on 28th a small flock. May 16th, Langness, several at 10 A.M.
20th, Allonby, Cumberland, a few; 25th, Allonby, eight.
Autumn: July 27th, Allonby, two. August 10th, Langness, two. September
4th, N.W. Merioneth.
_Numenius arquata_ (L.), Curlew.--Spring: March 22d, Selker L.V., one
at 8 A.M. April 9th, N.W. Merioneth, many passing overhead during the
night.
Autumn: August 22d, Eddystone, ten at 1 P.M. September 4th, Chickens
Rock, a few in the evening, also at the Skerries, November 27th, Selker
L.V., at lantern all night.
_Sterna ------ ?_ "Sea Swallow."--Spring: Skerries Rock.
Mr Rees says,--"The Sea Swallow always comes to this island true to the
morning of the 6th of May; then they leave for one week, and return
again for the laying season."
Autumn: September 9th and 28th, Wolf Rock. October 2d, 4th, 7th, 13th,
and 19th, a few observed at the Wolf Rock each day.
_Sterna fluviatilis_, Naum., Common Tern.--Spring: April 22d, N.W.
Merioneth, a small flock; 25th, several large flocks. May 13th and
14th, a very large number; the weather rough and wet, with much snow on
the mountains.
Autumn: October 16th, Minehead, Somerset, three.
_Sterna macrura_, Naum., Arctic Tern.--Spring: April 25th, N.W.
Merioneth, a few with Common Terns.
_Sterna cantiaca_, Gm., Sandwich Tern.--Spring: April 2d, Ravenglass;
16th, Allonby (both in Cumberland).
_Sterna minuta_, L., Little Tern.--April 29th, Ravenglass.
_Hydrochelidon nigra_ (L.), Black Tern.--Spring: May 13th, N.W.
Merioneth, three in adult plumage.
_Procellaria pelagica_, L., Storm Petrel.--Spring: May 21st, South
Bishop, six at lantern all night.
Autumn: October 16th, Nash, one killed. November 21st, Eddystone,
twenty-one captured between 6 and 12 P.M. 22d, Eddystone, in numbers
all night; 24th, 25th, 26th, and 27th, Eddystone, in numbers, many
caught.
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