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  THE 
  ZOOLOGIST. 
  

  

  seasons 
  past, 
  but 
  were 
  quickly 
  driven 
  away 
  from 
  the 
  Humber 
  

   " 
  flats 
  " 
  by 
  the 
  fusilade 
  opened 
  upon 
  them 
  by 
  the 
  Cleethorpes 
  

   " 
  trippers 
  " 
  during 
  the 
  first 
  week 
  of 
  September. 
  

  

  The 
  County 
  Council 
  have 
  taken 
  a 
  most 
  unfortunate 
  and 
  ill- 
  

   advised 
  step 
  in 
  the 
  alteration 
  of 
  the 
  close-time 
  from 
  Aug. 
  31st 
  

   to 
  Aug. 
  15th, 
  a 
  change 
  which 
  will 
  allow 
  of 
  the 
  destruction 
  of 
  

   many 
  immature 
  Ducks, 
  particularly 
  Sheld-ducks, 
  a 
  species 
  which 
  

   had 
  increased 
  considerably 
  since 
  the 
  passing 
  of 
  the 
  Wild 
  Birds 
  

   Protection 
  Act. 
  

  

  In 
  conclusion, 
  I 
  must 
  thank 
  Mr. 
  H. 
  H. 
  Kew, 
  of 
  Louth, 
  and 
  

   Mr. 
  F. 
  Jeffreys, 
  of 
  Grimsby, 
  for 
  calling 
  my 
  attention 
  to 
  any 
  rare 
  

   birds 
  brought 
  to 
  their 
  shops 
  for 
  preservation. 
  

  

  Tardus 
  viscivorus 
  (Mistle-Thrush). 
  — 
  This 
  bird 
  was 
  very 
  abun- 
  

   dant 
  all 
  through 
  the 
  autumn, 
  large 
  flocks 
  assembling 
  in 
  the 
  fields 
  

   inland 
  as 
  early 
  as 
  July. 
  I 
  saw 
  a 
  large 
  flock 
  on 
  the 
  coast 
  on 
  Oct. 
  

   2nd, 
  which 
  was 
  probably 
  immigrant. 
  

  

  T. 
  musicus 
  (Song-Thrush). 
  — 
  The 
  passage 
  of 
  this 
  species 
  com- 
  

   menced 
  early, 
  and 
  I 
  noticed 
  several 
  on 
  the 
  coast 
  on 
  Aug. 
  27th, 
  

   and 
  Sept. 
  1st 
  and 
  2nd. 
  A 
  few 
  took 
  part 
  in 
  the 
  great 
  rush 
  of 
  

   small 
  birds 
  on 
  Sept. 
  21st, 
  but 
  the 
  principal 
  passage 
  took 
  place 
  in 
  

   October, 
  and 
  Thrushes 
  swarmed 
  on 
  the 
  coast 
  from 
  the 
  3rd 
  until 
  

   the 
  23rd 
  of 
  that 
  month. 
  

  

  T. 
  iliacus 
  (Eedwing). 
  — 
  I 
  saw 
  a 
  single 
  Eedwing 
  near 
  the 
  coast 
  

   at 
  North 
  Cotes 
  on 
  Sept. 
  18th, 
  but 
  the 
  main 
  immigration 
  took 
  

   place 
  on 
  Oct. 
  9th 
  and 
  13th, 
  particularly 
  on 
  the 
  latter 
  day. 
  

  

  T. 
  pilaris 
  (Fieldfare). 
  — 
  A 
  flock 
  of 
  thirteen 
  Fieldfares 
  passed 
  

   to 
  S.W. 
  over 
  Grainsby 
  on 
  Oct. 
  18th, 
  flying 
  at 
  a 
  great 
  height. 
  

   Very 
  large 
  flocks 
  arrived 
  on 
  Nov. 
  1st. 
  

  

  T. 
  merula 
  (Blackbird). 
  — 
  A 
  few 
  Blackbirds 
  took 
  part 
  in 
  the 
  

   great 
  bird-rush 
  of 
  mid-September. 
  The 
  most 
  important 
  move- 
  

   ment, 
  however, 
  took 
  place 
  between 
  Oct. 
  13th 
  and 
  23rd. 
  Through- 
  

   out 
  this 
  period 
  old 
  and 
  young 
  birds 
  of 
  both 
  sexes 
  travelled 
  

   together. 
  

  

  T. 
  torquatus 
  (Ring-Ouzel). 
  — 
  Dozens 
  of 
  Ring-Ouzels 
  appeared 
  

   on 
  Sept. 
  21st 
  with 
  the 
  great 
  rush 
  of 
  small 
  birds 
  on 
  that 
  date. 
  

   They 
  only 
  remained 
  a 
  short 
  time, 
  as 
  I 
  only 
  saw 
  some 
  half-dozen 
  

   on 
  22nd 
  and 
  23rd, 
  and 
  none 
  after 
  24th. 
  Two 
  or 
  three 
  appeared 
  

   again 
  on 
  Oct. 
  13th, 
  with 
  Blackbirds, 
  Thrushes, 
  and 
  Redwings. 
  

  

  