128 THE ZOOLOGIST. 



October 1st. — East wind, strong; flocks of twenty Golden 

 Plover flying east (H. V. Charlton). 



3rd. — Flock of sixty or seventy Geese passed over here at 

 2 p.m. They came from north-west, and passed south, Heads 

 Nook, near Carlisle (G. B. Boutledge). Geese heard passing 

 from east to west over Stanwix about 8 p.m. ; a clear frosty 

 night. A House-Martin seen at Etterby Scaur (D. Losh 

 Thorpe). Flock of twenty or thirty Geese passed over, going 

 due west, at 3 a.m., calling, near Brampton (H. V. Charlton). 



7th. — Flock of one hundred Fieldfares passing south, near 

 Brampton (H. V. Charlton). 



9th. — Bedwings have arrived near Brampton (J. M. Charlton). 



16th. — Small flock of Swallows and House-Martins seen near 

 Stanwix, Carlisle (D. Losh Thorpe). 



17th. — Wild Geese flying over Carlisle about 10 p.m. (D. Losh 

 Thorpe). 



18th. — Flock of about two hundred Wild Geese flying west 

 over Cumrew, Cumberland (T. Maughan). 



21st. — A single House-Martin seen at Stanwix (D. Losh 

 Thorpe). 



November 18th. — A Peregrine Falcon seen to stoop at a 

 Kingfisher on the Eden near Salkeld. It missed, but returned 

 again to look for the prospective tit-bit. Jack-Snipe are very 

 numerous here this season, Eden Valley, near Salkeld, Cumber- 

 land (H. Britten). 



