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at the Leman and Ower—eighty-six days; migration E.to W. The 
Starling, like the Lark, appears to have a particular facility for 
immolating itself against the lanterns. At the Leman and Ower 
large numbers of Starlings, along with Larks and Chaffinches, were 
taken in October; at the Galloper (see Sky Lark); also at the 
North Foreland, and many other instances too numerous to 
mention. At Heligoland this year there have been no young 
Starlings during July; Mr. Giitke says he may perhaps have seen 
a hundred, and this is all. 
Hoopep Crow, Corvus corniz; Rooxr, C. frugilegus; Daw, 
C. monedula.— The migration of Rooks is not noted on the 
English coast north of the Humber; south of this they were 
noticed at nearly every station as either Rooks or ‘‘ Black Crows,” 
to distinguish them from the Hoodie or Grey Crow. Immense 
numbers of both Rooks and Grey Crows crossed on Oct. 16th from 
daylight to dark, travelling from E. to W. Noticeably at the Inner 
Dowsing, on Oct. 16th, large number of Crows, from N.E. to W.; 
at Hunstanton, on the 17th, Hooded Grows and Rooks all day; at 
the Newarp, on the 16th; at the Cockle, the same day, “ height of 
rush,’ Crows and Rooks, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., going W., and again on 
the 22nd, 23rd and 24th, large numbers of Crows, Rooks, Starlings 
and Larks, from daylight to dark, passing W.; again on Nov. 8th, 
large flocks of Crows. At the Corton, on Oct. 16th and 22nd, con- 
tinuous flocks of Crows, Daws and Larks all day, E. to W., also 
Nov. 8th and 11th and Dee. 27th. At the Shipwash, Oct. 15th and 
16th, constant on 15th, till 12 a.m.; on 16th, 9 a.m. to 3.20 p.m., 
from §8.8S.E.to N.N.W. At the Goodwin, Oct. 15th to 21st, Crows 
“in shoals.” At the South-sand Head, Oct. 16th, Rooks, 9.30 a.m., 
going W.N.W. and N.W.; and seven other stations. In the 
returns it is impossible in many cases, under the general entry of 
“Crows,” to separate the Hooded Crow from the Rook. It 
appears, however, that immense numbers of the Corvide crossed 
the North Sea; Rooks at stations south of the Humber, and 
Hooded Crows at both northern and southern stations from 
Oct. 15th to Nov. 19th. Both Rooks and Hooded Crows appear 
to have started simultaneously on Oct. 15th, and passed across 
the North Sea from E. to W. in almost continuous flocks on the 
16th and 17th; and after these dates in more scattered detach- 
ments, less and less to Nov. 19th. And again during the latter 
part of December; the last entry is on Dec. 27th at the Corton, 
