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Oil October the 16th several Hooded Crows were recorded as arriving 

 on the Northumberland coast ; in North Lincolnshire both Carrion- and 

 Hooded Crows were observed coming- in from the east on October the 

 2oth, and Rooks on the 22nd and 24th ; in Yorkshire Hooded Crow3 

 arrived on October the 23rd. 



In Suffolk Rooks were observed landing on the coast from the east on 

 the 15th, and again in company with Jackdaws on the 16th ; while 

 Hooded Crows were noted arriving from the east on the 18th, 19th, 

 and 20th. 



In Thanet, Kent, a large flock of Rooks and Jackdaws was noted on 

 migration on October the 26th, coming from the south-east and going 

 north-west. The same line of flight was recorded at the Varne Lt.-v. 

 Hooded Crows were also noted as arriving and emigrating from the 

 south-east to the north-west on the same day. 



It would seem, therefore, that these species came from the east and 

 landed on the east coast from Lincolnshire southwards, while those 

 which entered Kent arrived from the south-east. 



THE SKY-LARK {Alauda arvensis). 



Very few records were received from the land-observers. 

 Migratory flocks were noted on Lundy Island at the end of August 

 and in the beginning of September. 



At the same time it was noted in Kent that the resident birds had 

 mostly departed, and that during the last week of September there had 

 been a gradual increase due to the arrival of immigrant flocks. During 

 the third week in that month migratory flocks were also noticed in 

 Shropshire. 



On September the 27th/28th a few were recorded at the Eddystone 

 Lt. (Cornwall), and on the two following nights at St. Catherine's Lt. 

 (Isle of Wight), in each case associated with emigratory summer visitors, 

 which formed the bulk of the enormous flights noticed on those nights. 

 A few were again recorded at the latter light, also associated with 

 emigratory birds, on the nights of October the 8rd/4th and 4th/oth. 



On October the 1st the first immigrants were noted as having arrived 

 on the Suffolk coast, and birds were observed at the Inner Dowsing 

 Lt.-v. (Lincolnshire) and at the Leman and Ower Lt.-v. (Norfolk). 



On the 4th noclss were reported as having arrived on the Norfolk 

 coast, on the following night a few were observed at the Leman and 

 Ower Lt.-v., and on the 6th a further increase was noted on the 

 Suffolk coast ; these, however, were merely early arrivals, and it was 

 not till the second and third weeks that Sky-Larks appeared in large 

 numbers. 



