THE ZOOLOGIST 







No. 879.— September 15th, 1914. 



MIGRATORY AND OTHER ORNITHOLOGICAL NOTES 

 FROM LOWESTOFT. 



By F. C. Cook. 



The following observations were made in the neighbourhood 

 of Lowestoft from June, 1913, to June, 1914 : — 



June 1st. — A Swan was seen flying southwards uttering 

 harsh cries, to which it was keeping time with its wings. 



5th. — Swifts were passing southwards almost continuously 

 during the afternoon. A Curlew was seen making southwards, 

 and a Ringed Plover had arrived on the Denes. Large numbers 

 of Swifts were again seen passing southward on the 7th. 



8th. — Three Ringed Plovers flying south along the shore. 



14th. — I visited the nesting-places of the Terns between 

 Kessingland and Southwold. There about twenty-five to thirty 

 pairs of Lesser Terns nesting, but I could not find the Common 

 Tern actually nesting, although several were seen. At Benacre 

 we flushed a Nightjar off her two eggs, which were laid on the 

 bare sand in the midst of a number of yellow-horned poppies. 

 Several pairs of Ringed Plovers were seen which had evidently 

 got young ones. A Grey Wagtail (Motacilla melanope) seen 

 busily feeding at the tide-mark. Nesting in the sand-cliffs were 

 a large number of Sand-Martins ; and below, under the nest- 

 holes, we found some dozens of the young birds lying dead in 

 all stages of plumage. Query — Had these young birds perished 

 in the nest and been ejected by their parents, or had they by 

 their own endeavours got to the entrance of the hole and 

 fallen out ? 



Zool. 4th ser. vol. XVIII.. September, 1914. 2 c 



