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Bunting, a Golden Plover, Pied Flycatchers, Willow- Wrens, 

 Whitethroats, Tree-Pipits, and Meadow-Pipits. 



4th. — A great increase of Wheatears and Eedstarts. A 

 Wryneck, two Whinchats, a Common Whitethroat, a Tree-Pipit, 

 and a Pied Flycatcher had also appeared. Six Kestrels 

 were observed hovering within a few yards of each other ; 

 a flock of fourteen Whimbrel seen flying south. Several 

 Sand-Martins, Swallows, and House-Martins seen. 



A Honey-Buzzard was taken at sea, and came into the 

 possession of Dr. Ticehurst. 



5th. — I had a splendid view of a Bluethroat (Cyanecula 

 suecica) that was skulking in the paths of a garden which over- 

 looks the sea, and on one occasion it alighted on a tree within a 

 yard or so of where I was standing. Wheatears, Whinchats, 

 and Swallows were observed in about the same numbers as the 

 4th, while an increase was noted in Redstarts, Pied Flycatchers, 

 Common Whitethroats, and Lesser Whitethroats. Two Kestrels 

 and a Sparrow-Hawk seen. 



6th. — Three Bluethroats were observed on the North Denes ; 

 they were exceedingly shy, and were it not for the fact that I 

 was watching closely for this species they undoubtedly would 

 have escaped detection, for practically the only view one can get 

 of them is the flash of the red rump as they disappear round a 

 bend of one of the paths that form a network among the furze 

 covering parts of the Denes, though on one occasion I came 

 upon one so suddenly that it stood facing me for several seconds, 

 being evidently too frightened to move, thereby giving me a 

 most satisfactory view of itself. 



A Golden Plover and a Common Sandpiper were brought to 

 me from a fishing-boat, having been taken at sea. A local 

 taxidermist has had nine Kestrels brought in from sea recently ; 

 Dr. Ticehurst has also had three. 



7th. — Two Bluethroats seen ; the number of Pied Flycatchers, 

 Eedstarts, and Whitethroats had considerably decreased. 



A number of migrants having been observed by our fisher- 

 men at sea, I decided to spend a week out with one of the fishing- 

 smacks, but was most unfortunate in not seeing a single migrant 

 during the whole week, the weather having become too fine for 

 them to come on board. A few notes on the fishes, &c, that I 



