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on our east coast, though in greatly decreased quantities, while the returns 

 from the west-coast and Channel lights were proportionately larger than 

 those from the east, though migration at these stations was not nearly 

 so large in amount as during the first ten days. 



During the first ten days of December a few immigrants were noted 

 at the east coast-lights, especially on the 5th/6th, and there were records 

 of a few at Bardsey and the Skerries Lights on the same night. At the 

 Skerries flocks were noted going S.W. by day on the 27th of November 

 and the 4th and 7th of December. 



THE HOODED CROW (Corms comix). 



A single bird appeared at the Isle of May (Fife) on the 5th of July 

 and one at Corsemalzie (Wigtown) on the 26th. One was taken at 

 Spurn Head Light (Yorkshire) on the 3rd/4th of August, The first 

 influx, however, was recorded from the Isle of May on the 28th of 

 September, but this flock passed on at once ; on the following day many 

 were seen at the Bass Bock (Forth), where they remained for several 

 days ; on the 30th, with half a gale from the east, six visited Holy 

 Island ( Northumberland) but did not stay. 



Two birds were seen on the Suffolk coast on the 20th of September 

 and several on the 27th. 



On the 1st of October one was seen coming from the sea at Scar- 

 borough (Yorkshire), where the numbers soon increased, and some 

 were recorded from Spurn Head moving inland from the coast on that 

 day and on the three following mornings, while two were coasting south 

 on the 3rd. On the 5th and 6th small numbers arrived on the Suffolk 

 coast followed by further lots on the 8th, 9th and 10th. Single birds 

 were noted on the 7th in Staffordshire, on the 8th in Oxfordshire, on the 

 11th in Essex, and inland in Suffolk on the 12th. On the 11th a further 

 small arrival was recorded at Holy Island. From the 19th to the 25th 

 the number of immigrants greatly increased on the Suffolk coast, where 

 they were seen to arrive from the east, and on the 29th a single bird was 

 noted at Cambridgeshire. On the 3rd of November two were recorded 

 in Warwickshire, on the 7th a great many were noticed coasting south 

 past Hunstanton (Norfolk), and on the 24th a flock was seen coming in 

 over the sea at Cullercoats (Northumberland). 



In Scotland small arrivals were recorded at frequent intervals through- 

 out October at many stations, and at the Flannan Isles (Outer Hebrides), 

 the Bass Bock and the Isle of May a few arrivals were noted from the 

 4th to the 21st of November. 



From light-stations on our east coast from the Humber to the 

 Thames " Crows " and " Books" were noted coming in from the same 

 easterly direction nearly every day from the 9th of October to the end 



