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eo: rubecula (L.). Robin. Great numbers both in 
Ea orkshire and Lincolnshire at the same times as the 
nti i and scarcely second to these were the 
Hedge Sparrows, Accentor modularis (L.). 
Sylvia atricapilla (L.). Blackcap. 6th October. An adult 
male was got at North Cotes by Mr. Haigh. The Black- 
cap, although not common on migration, occurs later in 
the year than any other of the warblers. 
Turdinz. With the single exception of the Ring-Ouzel, all the 
Thrushes have been largely represented—the hedges, 
copses, and turnip fields swarming with Mistletoe Thrushes, 
the Song Thrush, and Blackbird, but the Thrushes much in 
excess. Later came Redwing and Fieldfare. The Mistletoe 
Thrushes arrived from early in September; Blackbirds and 
Thrushes from the middle of the month; Redwings early 
in October; and Fieldfares from the 14th. On 3rd 
December, from 2.30 to 3.30 p.m., large flights of the latter 
were crossing this parish (Great Cotes) from N. to S., flying 
at a great height, but readily identified by their constantly 
repeated calls of yack-chuck-chuck. Comparatively few 
Ring-Ouzels have been observed either in East Yorkshire or 
Lincolnshire. ‘ 
Dendrocopus major (L.)._ Great Spotted Woodpecker. 12th 
ober. A boy brought to Mr. Haigh a young bird of 
this species which he had found dead on the seabank. 
Corvus cornix L. Hooded Crow. 7th October one, on roth 
and 12th a few—has been scarcer in October, but increasing 
in November to the end of the month, when the main body 
arrived. Amongst these last arrivals were a few of those 
very light-coloured birds, in which the smoke-grey is 
inclined to white. [See ‘ Naturalist,’ 1896, p. 7 
Rooks, Starlings, and Larks. 14th to 24th October. A large 
daily immigration from E. to W. On the 14th Mr. Haigh 
has a note from North Cotes: ‘ Starlings in, clouds.” On 
the 18th, when driving in the Humber marshes, I saw an 
enormous flock, probably just come in. They spread across 
the road in a black mass, sitting very closely, and extending 
right and left. for some distance into the adjoining fields. 
On rising, the noise of their wings was as the roar of many 
waters, and so dense was the throng that, although I tried _ 
my best, I could see nothing through or beyond them, The — .. 
whole of the vast assembly took off to ap: north-west. 
ears 1899: 
