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  THE 
  ZOOLOGIST. 
  

  

  I 
  was 
  unable 
  to 
  identify. 
  It 
  is 
  not 
  easy 
  to 
  identify 
  in 
  the 
  thick 
  

   bushes, 
  but 
  I 
  certainly 
  saw 
  an 
  Icterine 
  Warbler." 
  

  

  In 
  Lincolnshire 
  the 
  rush 
  of 
  migrants 
  was 
  as 
  great 
  or 
  greater 
  

   south 
  of 
  the 
  Humber 
  mouth, 
  where 
  it 
  blew 
  hard 
  from 
  E. 
  with 
  

   fog 
  (Caton 
  Haigh) 
  ; 
  while 
  northwards 
  the 
  wave 
  extended 
  as 
  

   far 
  as 
  Scarborough 
  (' 
  Zoologist,' 
  p. 
  394), 
  reaching 
  to 
  Durham 
  

   ('Naturalist,' 
  1903, 
  p. 
  459), 
  and 
  even 
  slightly 
  to 
  the 
  Northum- 
  

   brian 
  coast 
  (G. 
  Bolam). 
  

  

  At 
  Teesmouth, 
  Mr. 
  T. 
  H. 
  Nelson 
  tells 
  me, 
  there 
  was 
  also 
  an 
  

   extraordinary 
  migration, 
  consisting 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  species 
  as 
  in 
  

   Norfolk, 
  with 
  the 
  addition 
  of 
  Eock 
  Pipits 
  and 
  a 
  sprinkling 
  of 
  

   Stonechats. 
  The 
  "slag" 
  walls 
  at 
  the 
  south 
  breakwater, 
  he 
  

   says, 
  were 
  alive 
  with 
  birds, 
  and 
  two 
  Bluethroats 
  were 
  shot. 
  

   Mr. 
  Nelson 
  ascertained 
  that 
  they 
  were 
  in 
  abundance 
  at 
  Flam- 
  

   borough 
  Head, 
  and 
  at 
  Spurn 
  Point 
  also, 
  where 
  the 
  travellers 
  

   were 
  seen 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Loten 
  and 
  the 
  lighthouse-keeper. 
  

  

  Southwards 
  the 
  invasion 
  reached 
  in 
  a 
  less 
  degree 
  to 
  Harwich 
  

   and 
  the 
  mouth 
  of 
  the 
  Stour 
  (F. 
  Kerry), 
  and 
  to 
  Essex 
  (Eagle 
  

   Clarke), 
  but 
  here 
  its 
  strength 
  had 
  evidently 
  spent 
  itself. 
  I 
  have 
  

   been 
  at 
  some 
  pains 
  to 
  ascertain 
  how 
  far 
  this 
  great 
  line 
  really 
  

   reached, 
  and 
  only 
  wish 
  there 
  were 
  any 
  means 
  of 
  correctly 
  con- 
  

   jecturing 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  the 
  birds 
  which 
  passed 
  in 
  those 
  forty- 
  

   eight 
  hours. 
  As 
  the 
  wind 
  was 
  from 
  the 
  east, 
  it 
  is 
  likely 
  that 
  

   many 
  of 
  them 
  came 
  from 
  the 
  southern 
  shores 
  of 
  the 
  Baltic, 
  

   crossing 
  from 
  the 
  neighbourhood 
  of 
  Lubeck 
  Bay 
  to 
  the 
  mouth 
  

   of 
  the 
  Elbe. 
  The 
  maps 
  show 
  the 
  English 
  coast 
  affected 
  — 
  in 
  

   extent 
  more 
  than 
  two 
  hundred 
  miles 
  — 
  and 
  the 
  direction 
  of 
  the 
  

   wind 
  on 
  both 
  sides 
  of 
  the 
  North 
  Sea. 
  

  

  Here 
  I 
  would 
  say 
  a 
  word 
  on 
  the 
  increase 
  of 
  the 
  Ptedstart. 
  

   Besides 
  the 
  hundreds 
  of 
  Kedstarts 
  which 
  every 
  September 
  pass 
  

   along 
  the 
  coast 
  of 
  Norfolk, 
  we 
  have 
  a 
  considerable 
  influx 
  in 
  the 
  

   spring, 
  and 
  undoubtedly 
  many 
  more 
  breeders 
  than 
  was 
  the 
  case 
  

   twenty 
  years 
  ago, 
  so 
  that 
  this 
  species 
  must 
  be 
  regarded 
  as 
  

   having 
  considerably 
  increased. 
  All 
  our 
  small 
  birds 
  benefit 
  by 
  

   the 
  systematic 
  destruction 
  of 
  Stoats, 
  Hawks, 
  and 
  Owls, 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  

   by 
  the 
  enforced 
  quiet 
  of 
  the 
  game 
  preserve, 
  and 
  to 
  this 
  circum- 
  

   stance 
  the 
  increase 
  of 
  the 
  Bedstart 
  may 
  be 
  due. 
  

  

  21st. 
  — 
  E., 
  6. 
  By 
  to-day 
  the 
  bulk 
  of 
  the 
  migrants 
  had 
  passed 
  

   on, 
  but 
  Mr. 
  Haigh 
  notified 
  another 
  reinforcement 
  in 
  North 
  

   Lincolnshire. 
  

  

  