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Turdus pilaris Linn. Fieldfare. Oct. 27th and 28th. Strong 
N.E. wind. A great immigration of Fieldfare on the Holderness 
and Lincolnshire coast. On the 29th, Mr. Haigh saw hundreds 
resting under the lee of the seabank all the way between Grain- 
thorpe and Saltfleet Havens. Near Spurn, on the 28th and 
29th, the numbers are reported as immense. On the 28th, I saw 
large flocks near Thoresby and Clumber Parks, in Notts. All 
agree that the migration of these at Spurn, on the 27th, 28th, 
and 29th of October was without parallel in the district, flock 
succeeding flock in quick succession, and passing along the coast 
from north to south. Millions also of Larks and Starlings 
during the week. A great many Hedge Sparrows and Blue Tits 
were also observed in the hedges at Easington. 
Cygnus sp.? Swan. Oct. 26th. Six, all adults, passed over 
Thoresby parish, in North Lincolnshire. 
Alauda arborea Linn. Woodlark. Oct. 27th. One shot near 
the Spurn. The Woodlark must be considered a rare migrant 
in the district. 
Linota linaria (Linn.)? Mealy Redpole. Oct. 30th. A flock 
on the Humber side on Easington fitties; one was shot, and 
another also on the 28th. On the 8th of November I saw 
some on the fittieland near the Spurn with Linnets, and on 
heads of Aster tripolium, four on a rail fence, others on Kilnsea 
Warren, near the pond. In flight some show a very white rump, 
and this is as distinctive a feature as in the Curlew Sandpiper. 
They are very wild and most difficult to observe, even with a 
glass, rising and going off on the least alarm. Subsequently I had 
an opportunity of examining the skins of two at Mr. Loten’s 
house, at Easington, one, a most beautiful male, with rose- 
coloured breast and rump, the latter without any dusky streaks ; 
the second had a white rump, also without streaks. These are 
a slightly larger bird than those obtained at Spurn in 1881 
three skins of which are now before me), and the tail is more 
deeply forked. I have also an Heligoland example of an adult 
male, equally as brilliant as the one in Mr. Loten’s possession, 
but having the rump streaked throughout with brown —as is the 
case with the examples obtained at Spurn in 1881. I am inclined 
to think these Easington birds of this autumn have come from 
high northern latitudes, and that they are mostly referable to the 
Linota exilipes of Coues, a race, or i se sub-species, closely 
allied to Z. Aornemanni found in Greenlan 
Otocorys alpestris (Linn.). Shorelark. Oct. 3oth. First 
___ occurrence this season on the coast. On November 7th, a flock 
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