ri-:j)1!Rkast. 87 



1SS2. October 6th to 25th. Between the Longstone L. li. (Fame Islands) 

 and the East (ioodwin L.V. in great numbers (p. 31). 



1883. September loth to October 14th. Occurred the 'main migration 



covering the entire [east of England] coast line ; rushes on Septem- 

 ber 2ist and 30th, October 6th and 7th (p. 38). 



1884. Autumn. At stations between the P'arnes and the mouth of the 



Thames; first at the Shipwash L.V. [Essex] on the 14th August, in 

 large numbers at noon ; lastly at the Hasborough L.V., November 

 I2th, ' one at night on deck ' (p. 44). 



1885. Autumn. Considerable immigration between the Fame Islands and 



Guernsey, from September 8th to November 12th ; rush on October 

 i6th observed at Spurn L. H., Lincolnshire coast (very large 

 numbers) and other stations to south (p. 41). 



1886. Autumn. First at Whitby L.H., August 1 6th a heavy 



rush is indicated between the 3rd and 7th of October at Tees 

 Mouth and Spurn; again on the i6th at Tees Mouth and l8th and 

 19th at Spurn (p. 31). 



1887. March 26th. Whitby L.H., Robins, 10 a.m. 

 April 5th. Spurn L. H., four Redbreasts, 9 a.m. 

 September i6th. Spurn, several Redbreasts, 9 a.m. 

 September 29th. Spurn L. H., great migration of Redbreasts. 

 November 6th. Spurn L. H., Redbreasts, 9 a.m. (pp. 22 — 50). 



I have for many years known the Robin as a regular 

 autumn migrant between September and November to the Tees 

 mouth district; at Redcar I noted a considerable number in 

 mid-October and again in mid-November, 1887, in company 

 with a constant stream of other migrants. In the ' NaturaHst' for 

 1893, Mr. John Cordeaux, in his notes from the Humber, writes 

 'Robin, October 14, 15, 16. An immense arrival in the Spurn 

 district. Thousands in the hedges and gardens. I counted up 

 to fifty in one part of the Warren House garden. Many dropped 

 in the long sea-grass on the sand hills, and some caution was 

 necessary to avoid stepping on them, so reluctant were they to 

 move. The movement extended also to Lincolnshire and 

 Norfolk. The arrivals on the Holderness coast had all of them 

 very pale coloured breasts. From Heligoland Herr Gatke also 

 reported a great migration.' Mr. Cordeaux further writes (MS.): 

 'at Spurn Point I have watched them coming in direct from the 



