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line, as elsewhere, during the latter clays of August. The Red- 

 starts departed from Spurn, to a bird, on September 3rd. A white 

 Martin, a true albino with pink eyes, was shot at Patrington on 

 September 6th. 



Some of the autumn immigrants put in an early appearance 

 on our coast. Goldcrests were seen on September 13th, and a 

 Short-eared Owl was shot on the 29th. Probably these very 

 early arrivals are not from the Continent, but British-bred birds 

 following the coast-line south along with our summer visitors. 



On October 5th, the weather cloud}' with passing showers, 

 a considerable immigration of Goldcrests and Redwings took 

 place on the Holderness coast. A male Great Grey Shrike was 

 shot on the 6th, and sent to me in the flesh : the crop was 

 filled with coleopterous remains, chiefly belonging to the genera 

 Geotrupcs and Carabus. A few Woodcocks and a more con- 

 siderable immigration of Goldcrests occurred on the 9th, when 

 the gardens on the southern portion of our coast literally swarmed 

 with the latter species. The first Grey Crow was seen on the 10th. 

 On the night of the 16th a large flight of Hedge Accentors arrived, 

 the village of Easington being alive with them on the following 

 morning; a few Common Wrens accompanied them. On the 

 night of the 19th, when a keen frost prevailed, the first Field- 

 fares and Redwings put in an appearance, and were accompanied 

 by a few Snow Buntings and Siskins. The last few days of 

 October I spent with Mr. Cordeaux on the Holderness coast, when 

 we made the following observations : — On the 26th a few migra- 

 tory Goldfinches, old male Blackbirds, and a Short-eared Owl 

 seen. 27th, wind strong from the E, cloudy with rain, a solitary 

 Greater Spotted Woodpecker and a Long-eared Owl shot ; Carrion 

 Crows passing in great numbers from E. to W. at 2 p.m. On 

 the 28th, after a strong N.E. gale, I shot a female Blackcap at 

 Kilnsea ; a Willow Wren was obtained at Flamborough on the 

 same day ; a considerable immigration of Fieldfares, Redwings, 

 and Snow Buntings, and a few Siskins also occurred. Purple 

 Sandpipers — a species which seems to be somewhat erratic in its 

 visits to this portion of our coast — were not uncommon. Two 

 Hoopers appeared at Crofton, near Wakefield, on the 30th, one 

 of which was shot. 



On November 5th a large flight of Scaups passed up the 

 Humber. A solitary Swallow was seen at Spurn on the 17th. 



