94 THE ZOOLOGIST. 



Eedcar ; and a Great Snipe, a young bird, was shot in a clover- 

 field near Stokesley. 



On the 17th September a Short-eared Owl was seen by one of 

 the fishermen at sea, and a Kestrel was seen at the Tees Break- 

 water. On the 19th a Short-eared Owl passed one of the fishing- 

 cobles at sea, and almost alighted on the mast. I saw a Kestrel 

 at the Tees-mouth on the 20th. On the 21st Dunlins were 

 plentiful at Tees, evidently new arrivals, for they were in very 

 poor condition and easily approached. An easterly gale, with 

 heavy rain, on the 22nd, brought a flight of migrants. Between 

 8 a.m. and 3 p.m. several flocks of ducks passed, also a few Oyster- 

 catchers and Godwits, and Knots in large numbers. Herring and 

 Lesser Black-backed Gulls, immature birds chiefly, passed during 

 most of the day. A few small parties of Blackbirds and Larks 

 crossed from seaward. Three Sandwich Terns flew south in the 

 morning, and a large flock in the afternoon. Two Short-eared 

 Owls came in from seaward, at 5.30 p.m., and dropped on the 

 sand-hills ; and numbers of Redstarts were observed in the 

 gardens, about the town, and on the Breakwater at the Tees- 

 mouth : one flew into a fisherman's cottage and was captured 

 alive. On the 23rd, wind strong from S.E., with drizzling rain, 

 I saw ten Geese pass overhead, going N.W., and one at the Tees, 

 going S.W. ; fifteen others were seen at the Tees on the same 

 day, and three Short-eared Owls were seen to come in from sea- 

 ward. Redstarts, Chiffchaffs, Black-headed Buntings and Lesser 

 Whitethroats were fairly abundant in the gardens behind the 

 sand-hills. 



On September 24th I saw twenty Geese at the Tees, flying 

 S.W. ; they were apparently very tired, but kept at a good height, 

 well out of shot. On the 26th, wind strong from W., several 

 flocks of Larks and one flock of Peewits crossed ; and I saw eight 

 Shieldrakes pass from E., also a hawk and a Short-eared Owl. 

 On the 28th seven Geese came from eastward and flew behind 

 the town on to the neighbouring marshes. On the 29th a good 

 many Richardson's, Pomatorhine, and a few Buffon's Skuas were 

 seen on the fishing-grounds ; four Pomatorhines flew past Salt 

 Scar to the west ; one bird was of the black mature variety. On 

 the 30th I saw a Short- eared Owl sitting on Salt Scar, evidently 

 tired with its long journey; on being disturbed it flew slowly 

 away westward. 



