42 THE ZOOLOGIST. 
enter. I will, however, go so far as to say that, from the character 
of the migration each year, when the data are sufficiently numerous 
and reliable, a tolerably correct forecast may be made as to the 
probable character of the coming winter, whether it is to be open 
or severe. This autumn the indications were all in favour of a 
winter of unusual severity. 
Independently of my own notes, observations have been received 
from Spurn Point, Flamborough Head, the Whitby-lights, the 
Tees-mouth, as well as other localities on the north-east coast ; 
also some very interesting notes from Mr. Giitke from his outpost 
on that old red crag in the North Sea. I will take this opportunity 
of thanking my correspondents in the various lighthouses and 
lightships for the kind assistance they have given me in these 
enquiries, and for the careful manner in which the papers sent 
them in the early autumn have been filled up. I am also 
greatly indebted to Mr. C. Donald Thompson, of Seaton Carew, 
who has spared no pains to obtain information on the Durham 
coast. 
In the papers sent out in the autumn information was requested 
under the following heads:—(1) Date; (2) Number of birds and 
species; (3) Time when seen, or hour of striking the lantern; 
(4) Wind, direction and force; (5) Weather, fine or rain, clear 
or fog; (6) Other remarks, how many killed against glass. 
Commencing with the larger Raptores, few, compared with 
what is often the case, have been noted. A pair of Kites seen by 
myself beating across the Humber marshes late in August. Two 
or three Buzzards in October, an immature Osprey, shot at 
Tathwell, near Louth, on October 11th, and a Honey Buzzard 
shot near Market Weighton, in Yorkshire, exhaust the list. 
Short-eared Owls have likewise been very scarce. One at 
Spurn lighthouse, October 17th. Another seen near the Whitby 
light on the 20th. One passed the Tees buoy-light on the 14th, 
and two at Seaton on the following day, with some few others on 
the Lincolnshire coast. They appear to have arrived generally 
during the third week in October. Wind S.W. and calm. 
A male Great Grey Shrike was shot at Beswick, near Beverley, 
on November 4th, and this is the only example I have heard of 
as procured anywhere on the east coast. 
The immigration of the Twrdide has been incessant during 
October, November, and the first ten days of December; immense 
