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21st a few coming in, and travelling north-west singly, or two or 

 three together. 



C. frugilegus, Linn. Rook. — A few coming in with Grey 

 Crows, and going north-west on Oct. 17th. Oct. 21st, small 

 parties coming in until about four o'clock. The morning was 

 foggy, and the Rooks were only visible through occasional breaks 

 in the mist ; but the flocks appeared to be going south-west. In 

 the afternoon the fog cleared, and all the Rooks went to north- 

 west. On 30th a few coming in and going west. On Nov. 1st 

 hundreds passing over Grainsby to west all day until dusk, and 

 on 7th a few coming in until 2.30 p.m. 



Alauda arvensis, Linn. Sky-Lark. — A very slight visible 

 immigration. A few small flocks coming in on Oct. 9th, and 

 going south-west until two o'clock. Again on 17th small parties 

 coming in, some going north-west, others south-west. On 21st 

 Larks were very abundant on the stubbles both inland and near 

 the coast, and small flocks were going north-west, and about the 

 same number on Nov. 7th. On Dec. 24th, 25th, and 27th 

 straggling flocks were passing north-west over Grainsby in the 

 morning, but on the last-named day a few of the flocks went 

 south. 



Cypselus apus (Linn.). Swift. — Several near the coast on 

 Sept. 4th. 



A Icedo ispida, Linn. Kingfisher. — Unusually numerous on 

 the drains and sluices near the coast, particularly on Sept. 8th, 

 14th, and Oct. 18th. The first one was seen on Aug. 28th. 



Cuculus canorus. Linn. Cuckoo. — Very few appeared on the 

 coast, and all young birds. I saw one on Sept. 1st, two on 4th, 

 and one on 6th. One of those seen on the 4th belonged to the 

 red form. 



Strix flammea, Linn. Barn-Owl. — On the evening of Oct. 

 1st I saw an example of this very unusual migrant near the coast 

 at Tetney. 



Asio otus (Linn.). Long-eared Owl.— I saw a Long-eared 

 Owl perched in a low bush near the lifeboat-house at Donna 

 Nook on Oct. 13th. 



A. accipitrinus (Pall.). Short-eared Owl. — About the last 

 week of August I saw, at a birdstuffer's shop in Grimsby, a 

 freshly-skinned Owl of this species, which had been caught on 



