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abundant near the coast, and a few remained until the 23rd. On 

 Oct. 2nd I shot an example of a large form which often appears 

 in October, and on the 3rd and 4th I saw single birds, probably 

 of the same form. 



Pratincola rubetra (Linn.). Whinchat. — Very scarce. I only 

 saw three single birds all the autumn, on Sept. 5th, 6th, and 30th. 



Ruticilla phcenicurus (Linn.). Kedstart. — Many Redstarts 

 appeared in the coast hedges on Sept. 5th, with various other 

 small birds. On the following day they were less numerous, and 

 then entirely disappeared until the 23rd, when a considerable 

 immigration took place. On 25th the Redstarts had left again, 

 and I only saw about half a dozen, and from this date until 30th 

 I saw two or three each day. 



Erithacus rubecula (Linn.). Redbreast. — Robins appeared on 

 the coast on Sept. 20th, and were present in varying, though 

 never in great, numbers until the end of the month. There was 

 no visible migration throughout October, but they were again 

 present in small numbers on the 5th, 9th, and 20th of November. 



Sylvia cinerea (Bechst.). Whitethroat. — Considerable num- 

 bers of Whitethroats appeared in the coast hedges as early as 

 Aug. 23rd. They were again abundant on the 3rd and 5th of 

 September', and still more so on the 14th, but on 20th only a 

 single individual remained. On the 24th I noticed a few in 

 turnip-fields inland at Grainsby and Fenby, and, lastly, two on 

 the coast at North Cotes on the 28th. 



S. curruca (Linn.). Lesser Whitethroat. — Only occurred 

 twice on the coast at North Cotes — the first on Sept. 5thj and 

 the second on 28th. 



S. atricapilla (Linn.). Blackcap. — I shot a single old cock 

 Blackcap in a hedge at North Cotes on Sept. 28th. 



S. hortensis (Bechst.). Garden- Warbler. — Among the many 

 small birds which came in on Sept. 25th were two Garden 

 Warblers, and on the following day I met with a single bird. 



Regulus cristatus, K. L. Koch. Goldcrest. — As in last autumn, 

 the Goldcrest was almost entirely absent on the coast. A single 

 bird appeared on Sept. 27th, a second on Oct. 2nd, and a third 

 on Nov. 5th. 



R. ignicapillus (Brehm). Firecrest. — I shot an example of 

 this pretty species at North Cotes on Nov. 9 th. It was in a tall 



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