198 Mr. A. Newton on the Irruption oj 



36. Lingen, 7° 20' E. One killed against the telegraph-wires, 

 28th May. ' Neue Hannoversche Zeitung/ quoted by Dr. Carl 

 Bolle, J. f. O. pp. 244, 255 ; and ' Magdeburger Zeitung ' of 2nd 

 June, op. fit. p. 246. 



37. Norderney, 7° 10' E. A large flock in autumn. Herr von 

 Preen, J. f. 0. p. 394. 



38. Borkum, 6^ 40' E. Appeared on the 21st May in flocks 

 of from fifteen to a hundred, but paired {paariceise) . None seen 

 from 23rd June to 1st July, when large flocks returned. In 

 August, quite as if at home (ganz wie zuHause). Dr. Altum, 

 who records the above facts, saw them alive first on the 8th 

 August. He examined thirty-eight examples which had been 

 shot, ten. of which were in the flesh. He gives some minute 

 and valuable descriptions of the species, particularly as regards 

 its pterylology and structure in comparison with other birds, as 

 well as a detailed account of its habits, so as almost to justify the 

 use of poisoned grain, which he seems to have tried in order to 

 obtain specimens. From the 29th August to the 11th Sep- 

 tember, when he made a second visit to Borkum, the birds were 

 yet in moult. A fine old cock which he shot on the 9th Sep- 

 tember was entirely new-feathered, though the attenuated quills 

 had not yet grown to their full length. An old hen, shot the 

 same day, had still some of the worn plumage remaining. " The 

 summer and winter dress," he adds, " apart from the freshness 

 of coloration in the latter, are altogether identical," J. f. 0. 

 pp. 248-260 and pp. 321-326. 



39. Groningen, 6° 30' E. No particulars. Heer J. P. van 

 Wickevoort Crommelin, ' Nederlandsch Tijdschrift voor de Dier- 

 kunde/ p. 225. 



40. Weert, 5° 45' E. A male, shot out of a flock of six, 24th 

 September. M.de Selys-Longchamps, 'Bullet. Acad. Belg.^ 1864, 

 pp. 24, 25. 



41. Rocour, 5°35' E. x\ female netted, 12th October. M.de 

 Selys-Longchamps, B. A. B. 1864, p. 24. 



42. Pierre, 5° 20' E. Five observed, but no further particulars 



