124 THE ZOOLOGIST. 



March. 



7th. — Mr. G. Jary reports nearly two hundred Wigeon on 

 Breydon Broad; migrants no doubt, probably travelling north. 



11th. — N.E., 3. Books and Grey Crows migrating to the 

 north, i. e. against the wind, at Catfield (M. C. Bird). 



18th. — S., 3. From 7.30 a.m. to 11 o'clock Grey Crows were 

 passing Northrepps, which is one mile from the sea, flying 

 towards the south-east and against the wind. This movement 

 seaward takes place every year as regularly as March comes 

 round. The same observer saw them again on the 23rd and 

 25th, aud on April 1st, mingled as usual with Books and Jack- 

 daws. We know far less about the spring migration than we do 

 about the autumn immigration of birds, but about the Corvidce 

 we do know something at this period. 



19th. — S.S.E., 3. Sky three parts clouded, passing showers. 



20th. — S.S.W., overcast and misty. A great number of 

 Sky-Larks and Starlings at Cromer Lighthouse, attracted in the 

 usual way by the light shining through the fog, in the rays of 

 which they fluttered around. Mr. Pender, the principal, tells 

 me that one hundred and forty -four Larks and four hundred 

 Starlings were taken at the lantern by his men, and that the 

 four stays of the flagstaff, which stands some twenty feet away 

 from the lighthouse, were simply packed with birds. So many 

 of them were there that the Starlings were sitting one upon 

 another on the stays, while a bunch on the top of the flagstaff 

 gave it the appearance of being surmounted by a large bowl. 

 There were also Plovers and Curlews flying round, but none of 

 these came in contact with the glass. A heap of the slain are 

 shown in the photograph (Plate I.). I believe the men make 

 them into pies. 



21st. — W., overcast. Last night, as well as the night before, 

 Happisburgh Lighthouse, which is eleven miles from Cromer, 

 presented a similar spectacle, namely, a congregation of birds 

 which had lost their way in the fog. I learn from Mr. Gentry, 

 who is in charge, that the gallery around the lantern, as well as 

 the rails, was packed with Starlings, but no mention is made of 

 Larks. Lapwings and Curlews were also seen. All these birds 

 were probably on their way out to sea, and about to leave this 

 country for the summer. 



