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Pipits may have come from the north of Denmark, and been 
part of the passage which was observed there, but in that case 
they were not flying with the wind. The first one+ was brought 
to Mr. Pashley’s house on the 12th (S.W. 4), and anothert 
during the high wind on the 14th (S. 6); these two were ascer- 
tained by Mr. Pashley to be male and female, and I should say 
one was in active moult, the other through it. On Nov. 15th, 
wind W. 2, another was identified in the same locality on or near 
the shore, and on the 21st another [on which day one was also 
taken in Co. Dublin (ante, p. 32), the first for Ireland]. Their 
loud call-note in the air sometimes betrays their presence, even 
when the bird itself is still far away, as Gatke remarks, and the 
same has been observed in England. In Heligoland fifty can 
be sometimes seen in a day (‘ Birds of Heligoland,’ p. 348). 
17th.—[Hagle at Sea.— Capt. Allenby informs me that a 
Spotted Hagle, apparently dazzled by the lights on board ship, 
alighted on the deck of one of the Cruiser Squadron in lat. 54° N. 
long. 3° K., the wind being 8., force 3, and being captured was 
subsequently forwarded to the Zoological Gardens, where its 
identity as Aquila maculata was ascertained. Capt. Allenby 
adds that a large number of other migratory birds were seen in 
the North Sea about that time, the distance from the coast of 
Norfolk being about one hundred and forty miles. It would 
have been interesting to have ascertained what they were. Up 
to 1895 the Spotted Eagle had been obtained in Heligoland twice 
(‘Birds of Heligoland,’ p. 179), but it has never paid us a visit 
nearer than Southwold.] 
19th.—Mr. Pashley hears that there are a number of Gannets 
off the coast, both young and old; no piebald ones have been 
noticed. Pomatorhine Skua brought in by a “‘lugger”’ (Patter- 
son). . 
22nd.— §.W. 3. A Richard’s Pipit taken by a birdcatcher 
on Yarmouth denes, being taken to Mr. Lowne, at once began 
to feed on mealworms offered to it. Mr. Lowne describes it as 
_ being not yet through its moult, stumps of feathers showing on 
the sides and head. 
23rd.—S.W. 1. Many strings of Gulls going west at Over- 
strand. ‘Two Velvet Scoters in Blakeney Estuary. 
24th. — Weighed a young Gannet at Mr. Pashley’s house 
