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drilling barley. Mr. F. C. Cook noted a great mustering of 

 Books, Jackdaws, and Starlings near Lowestoft (Zool. p. 331) ; 

 be also remarked that a flock of Starlings was coasting north, 

 and that Books were flying at sea. 



Barometer, Wind and Weather on March 10th. 



Wind. — Direction is shown by arrows flying with the wind. 

 Weather.— O Clear sky. (*j) Overcast. • Kain. 



11th. — West, 2, at Yarmouth. Great Migration of Starlings. — 

 At Great Yarmouth, which lies some six miles north of Lowestoft, 

 no movement developed until the 11th, when an extraordinary 

 flight of Starlings was seen as early as 6.45 a.m. in the morning. 

 "It extended/' writes Mr. William Hardy, of Gorleston, "for 

 perhaps one and a half miles in length, and was of sufficient 

 breadth to cause approximate darkness, very similar to that 

 experienced here on Tuesday afternoon during a snowstorm." 



