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coast arrivals : in Sussex ou the 3rd and lOtli, in the Isle of Wight on 

 the 5th/eth and 7th/8th, and in Kent on the i2th/13th, the numbers 

 on the last two nights being considerable ; while an observer on H.M.S. 

 ' Dido ' recorded a flock of 50 or 60 flying N.W. at 5.30 a.m. of the 11th, 

 to the south of Land's End, lat. 49° 47' N., long. 5° 35' W. The only 

 record on the west coast included a few birds seen at Lundy Island N. Lt. 

 on the 6th/7th. 



April 1st. 



THE JACKDAW {Corviis monedula). 

 N. Hayling Island (Hants), many passing. 



"CROWS" (Corws sp.). 



March 8th. Kentish Knock Lt.-v. (45 miles E. by N. from the 

 mouth of the Thames), 10 flying E.N.E. at 10 a.m. 

 „ 31st. Galloper Lt.-v. (60 miles E. by N. from the mouth of 

 the Thames), 1 flying S.W. at 5 p.m. 



April 15th. Dudgeon Lt.-v. (iSTorfolk), 4 flying W. at noon. 



THE HOODED CROW (Cormscorniv] 



March 26th. S.E. Suffolk, last seen. 



„ 27th. N.E. & N.W. Suffolk, leaving. 

 April 3rd. N.W. Suffolk, all gone. 



THE ROOK {Corvus fru(/ilegus). 



S.E. Suffolk, a large flock arrived in the afternoon. 



S.E. Suff'olk, 50 flying S.E. at 2..30 p.m. 



North Sea, 54° 40' N., 1° E. (H.M.S. ' Dido '), 400 to 



500 seen flying S.E. at 2 p.m. and 70 to 80 more at 



2.10 P.M. 

 Pontefract (Yorkshii-e), local residents arrived at 



breeding-quarters. 

 „ 20th to 24th. Fakenham (Suffolk), many flying E., large numbers on 



the 24th. 

 April 3rd. Fakenham (Suffolk), winter residents and migrants all 



passed on. 



Feb. 22nd. 



March 1st. 



6th. 



14th. 



THE SKY-LARK (Almida arvensis). 



The movements of this species during January and February were 

 exactly the same as those of the Starling already detailed, with the 

 difference that the Spurn Llead Lt. records extended from February 

 the 3rd/4th to the 7th/8th ; the numbers at St. Catherine's Lt. on the 



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