Starlings and Greenfinches, the latter feeding on the pinkish seeds of persicaria. A small lot of Ringed Plovers are still about, some of them apparently birds of the year, and a few Green Sandpipers, and Redshanks. I was very close to three of these last birds for some time this afternoon.—R.B. Lodge (Enfield).
Broad-billed Sandpiper in Kent.—An immature female of the Broad-billed Sandpiper (Limicola platyrhyncha) was procured on Aug. 31st last near Littlestone-on-Sea, Kent. The specimen has been preserved by Mr. G. Bristow, of St. Leonards. This is the second Kentish example of this species that I have examined in the flesh. The first, also an immature female, was obtained at the same place on Sept. 6th, 1896, and was recorded by Mr. Boyd Alexander (Zool. 1896, p. 411).—L.A. Curtis Edwards (31, Magdalen Road, St. Leonard's-on-Sea).
Occurrence of the Broad-billed Sandpiper in Sussex.—An immature male of Limicola platyrhyncha was shot on the shore near Bexhill by my friend Mr. A.C. Wendell Price, on Sept. 14th last. Early in the morning of that day he fired a "right and left" at a party of three birds (the only waders observed during the morning) flying strongly westward, and killed the specimen in question, together with a Dunlin. On viewing these birds the next day, I had the pleasure of identifying the Sandpiper, which is very similar to the recent Kentish specimen recorded by Mr. Edwards, supra.—W. Ruskin Butterfield (4, Stanhope Place, St. Leonards-on-Sea).
Wood-Sandpiper in Co. Dublin.—On Aug. 19th I flushed and obtained a Wood-Sandpiper (Totanus glareola), in immature plumage, near Sutton, Co. Dublin. This, I believe, is the first occurrence of this bird in Co. Dublin, three having been shot at various times in the adjoining county of Wicklow, and one in Co. Waterford, this specimen being the sixth recorded from Ireland.—W.J. Williams (19, Garville Road, Dublin).
Sandwich Tern on the Norfolk Coast.—An adult male Sandwich Tern (Sterna cantiaca) was shot by my son on Sept. 14th from a rowing-boat within half a mile of Hunstanton Pier. Mr. Clarke, of Snettisham, who set it up for us, told me that only one or two others had passed through his hands. I have seen several other Sandwich Terns about, probably passing along the Wash on migration from their breeding-places on the Scotch and Northumbrian coasts. It is quite possible (vide Zool. 1894, pp. 88, 89) that this species does occasionally breed on the Norfolk shore.—Julian G. Tuck (Tostock Rectory, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk).
