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Sept. 2nd. On Sept. 4th their numbers had increased to hundreds 

 everywhere near the coast, and the species continued very abun- 

 dant until the 20th. 



A. obscurus (Lath.). Rock-Pipit. — Two or three Rock-Pipits 

 appeared on the foreshore at North Cotes on Sept. 22nd. A 

 considerable immigration on Oct. 4th, and a still greater one 

 on 17th. 



Muscicapa atricapilla, Linn. Pied Flycatcher. — Three Pied 

 Flycatchers came in with the " rush " of small birds on Oct. 4th 

 — the only ones seen during the autumn. 



M. grisola, Linn. Spotted Flycatcher. — The majority of 

 these birds left about the second week of September, but I saw 

 half a dozen in the garden at Grainsby on the 24th. 



Hirundo rustica, Linn. Swallow. — Thousands roosting in 

 the reed-beds on Madams Crike on Sept. 4th. Swallows became 

 scarce about Oct. 9th, but I saw three or four flying over the 

 village of Tetney on the 18th. 



Chelidon urbica (Linn.). House-Martin. — A House-Martin 

 flying about the house at Grainsby on Nov. 5th. 



Ligurinus Moris (Linn.). Greenfinch. — A good many near 

 the coast on Oct. 13th, and very abundant from the 17th to 

 the 30th. 



Carduelis elegans, Steph. Goldfinch. — Very scarce ; one on 

 the sea-bank on Nov. 10th. 



Passer domesticus (Linn.). House-Sparrow. — Very large 

 flocks in the hedges near the coast on Oct. 5th, and again 

 on 21st. 



Fringilla ccelebs, Linn. Chaffinch. — A large flock at Grainsby 

 on Oct. 15th. On 17th many — apparently all males — about the 

 sea-bank and neighbouring hedges. 



F. montifringilla, Linn. Brambling. — One (a female) on a 

 hedge near the sea on Oct. 4th. Two, both females, at Grainsby 

 on Oct. 11th. A considerable number in a mixed flock of Lin- 

 nets, Greenfinches, and Twites on Dec. 20th. 



Linota cannabina (Linn.). Linnet. — Many on grass-land 

 near the coast on Sept. 15th. Large mixed flocks of Lin- 

 nets and Twites on the North Cotes foreshore on Oct. 9th 

 and 18th. 



L.flavirostris (Linn.). Twite.— Many small flocks along the 



