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During the early part of March flocks of Linnets were observed on 

 passage at Spurn Head (Yorkshire), Lowestoft (Suffolk) and at Cam- 

 bridgeshire ; towards the end of the month movements were again noticed 

 at Aldringham (Suffolk), Spurn Head and Lowestoft, whilst on the 81st 

 small parties were passing the Caskets from dawn till noon. On the 6th 

 of April at Wells (Somerset) it was noted that the large flocks had 

 broken up into pairs. From the 2nd to the 16th a migratory move- 

 ment took place at intervals on many parts of the east coast, more 

 particularly at Lowestoft on the 22nd (forty-seven small lots seen in 

 fifty minutes), and on the 23rd (fifty-three lots in forty minutes). On 

 the 23rd there seems to have been an influx at Rostherne (Cheshire) ; 

 on the 25th large numbers again visited the Caskets and stragglers were 

 observed at the same light on April 30th/May 1st, and on the 7th, 10th 

 and 13th of May. 



THE LESSER REDPOLL (Linota rufescens). 



Feb. 2nd. Felsted (Essex), a pair. 



,, 16th. Felsted, increase. 



,, 18th. Cambridge, one flying N. 



„ 23rd. Canford (Dorset), three seen. 



Mar. 1st & 2nd. Canford, considerable numbers. 



,, 8th. Cambridge, a few. 



„ 9th. Felsted, a small flock. 



,, 10th. Sutton Coklfield (Warwick), about forty passing. 



„ 10th to 21st. Cheltenham (Gloucester), a few seen at intervals. 



April 6th. Woodford (Essex), a few with Siskins. 



May 12th. Battle (Sussex), a pair. 



THE STARLING (Sturnus vulgaris). 



Almost all the records of the movements of this species came from the 

 light-stations, and when the nights were clear there was a great paucity 

 of records. 



The reports received in January from the east coast were scanty. A 

 few birds were observed from time to time at Cromer Light (Norfolk) and 

 the Outer Dowsing Light-vessel (Lincolnshire) dining the month ; there 

 was a considerable passage at Spurn Head Light (Yorkshire) on the 

 12th/13th, and numbers were seen at Cromer during the daytime on the 

 25th. During February only irregular movements of small parties were 

 reported at intervals from Whitby Light (Yorkshire), Winterton and 

 Cromer Lights (Norfolk), and the Kentish Knock Light-vessel (Essex). 

 On the 7th a few birds were observed from a boat going N.W. over the 

 North Sea, and there was a passage on a large scale past Spurn Head 

 Light on the 24th/25th and 26th/27th. With the advent of March 

 migration became more active, but the only movement of any size in the 



