. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club. . Plate 4. As Plate 3 (side view). Plate 3. Left, i. morinella from Medway Estuary. Right, A. i. interpres. Both males (upperside). The spring and summer of 1971 were remarkable for the number of North American Arctic species recorded in the British Isles; see Gooders (1971: In Kent, a Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor (Vieillot), was seen on nth May, a Snow Goose Anser caerulescens (Linnaeus) on 18th May, and a Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularia (Linnaeus) on 28th May. Elsewhere single Wilson's Phalaropes (possibly the same bird)
. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club. . Plate 4. As Plate 3 (side view). Plate 3. Left, i. morinella from Medway Estuary. Right, A. i. interpres. Both males (upperside). The spring and summer of 1971 were remarkable for the number of North American Arctic species recorded in the British Isles; see Gooders (1971: In Kent, a Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor (Vieillot), was seen on nth May, a Snow Goose Anser caerulescens (Linnaeus) on 18th May, and a Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularia (Linnaeus) on 28th May. Elsewhere single Wilson's Phalaropes (possibly the same bird) were recorded from Teesmouth, Co. Durham, on 5th June; Minsmere, Suffolk, on 10th to 16th June, and subsequently on Hickling Broad, Norfolk. A Lesser Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica (Miiller) was identified in County Kerry, Eire, on 28 th May, a drake Blue-winged Teal Anas discors Linnaeus was present in Yorkshire from 31st May into July and finally, a drake Surf-Scoter Melanitta perspicillata (Linnaeus) was found near Aberdeen at the end of June. Acknowledgements: These two specimens were collected under a research licence issued by the Nature Conservancy. We are most grateful for this facility and for the permission of Messrs. W. & H. Mouland on whose land the birds were collected. 170. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original British Ornithologists' Club. London : British Ornithologists' Club
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