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Nov. 6th/7tli. Spurn Head Lt. (Yorkshire), one or two " Crows " at 

 midnight. 



„ 7th. N. Goodwin Lt.-v. (Kent), a flock of " Rooks" flying 



W.N.W. at noon. 



„ 9th. N. Goodwin Lt.-v., thirty " Crows " flying W.N.W. at 



10 A.M. ; Kentish Knock Lt.-v., twenty " Crows " 

 flying W.IS.W. at 11 a.m.; Shipwash Lt.-v., a few 

 " Rooks" fl.^dng N.W. from 9.30 a.m. to 1.10 p.m. 



„ 16th. N. Goodwin Lt.-v., twenty " Crows " fljing W. by N. 

 at noon. 



„ 22nd. N. Goodwin Lt.-v., one "Crow" flying W. at 11.15 



A.M. 



N.B. — Since the Lightkeepers' identifications in the above records are 

 doubtful they cannot be assigned to any definite species ; it is probable, 

 however, that many of them apply to both Hooded and Carrion-Crows 

 as well as to Rooks. A comparison of the dates and localities with the 

 corresponding records imder these species may, however, suggest which 

 is the more likely in each case. 



THE CARRION-CROW (Corvtts corone). 

 Sept. 26th. Isle of May (Fife), one arrived. 



THE HOODED CROW {Corvus cormy). 



The earliest records of this species came from mid-Suflolk on the 19th 

 of September : the first arrival was noted on the south coast of Yorkshire 

 on the 26th and was followed by a few more on the following day. On 

 the 30th twelve were seen to arrive at that station and to pass inland, 

 and the first arrivals were reported from two localities in Norfolk. On the 

 6th of October six were seen flying west on the south coast of Yorkshire, 

 on the 7th, 8th and 9th several arrived on the S.E. coast of Suffolk, on 

 the 8th, 9th and 10th others were observed passing inland over Thanet 

 (E. Kent), while on the 12th a small arrival took place on the N.E. 

 coast of Lincolnshire. On the 18th, 21st and 24th single birds were seen 

 passing south from the S. coast of Y^orkshire, and these were followed 

 by a small flock on the 27th, on which date large numbers were 

 arriving in S.E. Suffolk ; smaller numbers arrived in N.W. Suffolk 

 on the 30th. 



On the 5th of November Hooded Crows were observed arriving in a 

 continuous stream from over the sea on the N.E. coast of Norfolk from 

 6.50 to 8.15 A.M. ; on the 12th they were first recorded from the West 

 Riding of Yorkshire, where they were seen daily after the 20th. The 

 fir.st recoid from the Hampshire coast was on the 25th of November. 



