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during night; between these dates 135 of these species killed 
against lantern. At the Kentish Knock, Oct. 23rd, N.W., hazy, 
Larks and Chaffinches through night, ‘‘in clouds,” sixty picked up 
on deck, and probably double this number falling overboard ; 
Dee. Ist, from noon to 2.30 p.m., thick snow falling, Larks, Curlews, 
Starlings, Ducks, Chaffinches and Linnets, too numerous to men- 
tion; they came in clouds from N.E. to W.S.W. At the Nore, 
Aug. 4th to Dee. 6th and 7th, on forty-four days; on Dee. 6th and 
7th, by hundreds all day, often mixed with Starlings, Linnets and 
Sparrows. At the North Foreland, on Sept. 17th, afew; Oct. 16th, 
midnight, misty, fourteen Larks and ten Starlings; 17th, between 
3and4a.m., ten Larks and nine Starlings struck. At the Goodwin, 
Sept. 17th to Dec. 7th, on nineteen days, going W. or N.W. or 
W.N.W.; Oct. 13th and 15th, in shoals throughout night; 13th to 
22nd, “great rush.” At the Gull-stream, Oct. 16th to 22nd, “great 
rush,” flocks two hundred yards apart, passing westward. At 
the East-side, Oct. 9th to Dec. 12th, on seven days, E. to W.; on 
Sept. 23rd, going N. to S., with a N.E. wind blowing. At the South- 
sand Head, Oct. 12th, 3 a.m., dense fog, “ great rush,” thousands of 
Larks and other birds, many killed; Dec. 1st, 3 p.m., dense fog 
and snow, “final rush,” Larks, Starlings, and fifty Curlews; twelve 
Starlings caught on board, but no Larks. Mr. J. H. Gurney, jun., 
writing from Lowestoft, says, ‘‘On Wednesday (Oct. 22nd), the 
arrival of Larks here was regular throughout the day.” On 
Oct. 29th, at Spurn Point, Mr. W. Eagle Clarke, of Leeds, says, 
‘Sky Larks arriving and passing south in thousands the whole 
day.” Immense numbers also arrived on the Lincolnshire coast 
in the last fortnight of October. (At Heligoland, Oct. 29th, S.E., 
and E., “‘ Alauda arboreus, many.’’) 
Snow Buntine, Plectrophanes nivalis.—None at stations south 
of the Humber. At the Longstone, Sept. 5th, 8.30 a.m., wind S., one 
was seen on the rocks; my correspondent remarks, “ Earliest date 
I have eyer seen a Snow Bunting on these islands (Farn Isles).” 
At the Fain Islands, Oct. 38rd, 11.30 a.m., three Snow Buntings 
flying N.W.; Oct. 25th, afternoon, in flocks flymg W. At Tees- 
mouth, Nov. 7th to Dec. 20th, several flocks between these dates 
flying N.W. At Spurn, Snow Buntings were first seen on the 28th 
October; and large flocks of from 400 to 500 in the Lincolnshire 
marshes during the first week in November. At Heligoland on 
Oct. 30th, N.N.E., “ Emberiza nivalis, a great many,” and on 
