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had so many Ring-Ouzels and Shore-Larks. The passage of 

 Rooks was very strong, and particularly in the neighbourhood of 

 Wells did these birds predominate during the latter part of 

 October. For convenience' sake the returns sent in are tabulated ; 

 they show the direction of the flight to have been west, and as 

 usual the Rooks were in most cases going against the wind (see 

 opposite page). 



Mr. E. Kay Robinson, who is well situated to observe the 

 incoming rush of migrants, in an article in the ' Daily Graphic ' 

 of Nov. 1st, referring to the vicinity of Warham and Wells, 

 writes, under the heading of "A Deluge of Rooks": — "The 

 commoner winter migrants have come to North Norfolk in 

 enormous numbers this week. Every day and all day without 

 cessation flocks of Rooks and Jackdaws drifted across the sky, 

 following the coast-line westwards ; and if a similar invasion of 

 Rooks has prevailed all down the east coast, England will see 

 rather too much of the ' farmer's friend ' this year." It would 

 be interesting if it could be ascertained how far south the move- 

 ment extended ; it certainly reached Suffolk, for they were noticed 

 at Aldeburgh by Mr. Charles Clarke, but beyond there I have no 

 correspondents. 



From there to the mouth of the Humber, if not further, a 

 broad front must have extended, but in North Lincolnshire 

 Mr. Caton Haigh considers that a considerable number of the 

 sable travellers were not Rooks, but Carrion-Crows. We always 

 have an immigration of Gorvidce in autumn, when Rooks, Jack- 

 daws, Carrion-Crows, Grey Crows, and perhaps an occasional 

 Raven, mingled together, cross the sea; and it is wonderful how 

 these bands are true to arrive in the third or fourth week in 

 October, but this year the movement was unusually marked. 



With regard to the Shore-Larks, they seem to have arrived 

 during the first week in October, and either because they were 

 unmolested, or because they had reached their intended destina- 

 tion, they apparently stayed the winter. Not so the Ring-Ouzels ; 

 they are birds of double passage, which neither breed nor winter 

 in East Anglia, save in very exceptional cases. 



The Norfolk rarities for the year 1902 are a Scops Owl in 

 April ; a Roseate Tern in May and June ; a Caspian Tern in 

 July ; a Roller, an Aquatic Warbler, and a Barred Warbler in 



