328 TBE ZOOLOGIST. 



MIGEATION AND OTHEK ORNITHOLOGICAL NOTES 

 FEOM LOWESTOFT. (1914.) 



By F. C. Cook. 



When walking in the fields near the church on June 9th my 

 attention was drawn to the curious movements of a Common 

 Whitethroat, which was fluttering and running along the 

 ground as if wounded. Thinking this to be a ruse to attract 

 me from the spot, I peered into the hedge from whence she had 

 first flown, and discovered four young Whitethroats scarce 

 able to fly, and from whom, by her movements, the bird had 

 evidently intended to allure me. 



June 12th. — Several Common Terns, with their young (which 

 they were feeding), on the shore. 



14th. — A flock of twenty to thirty Wild Geese were seen 

 flying over the town to the north. 



15th. — A large movement of Starlings was witnessed ; all 

 were going south in flocks containing from twelve to twenty 

 birds ; these flocks appeared to me to have been composed 

 chiefly of young birds of the year. 



18th. — A greater number of Lesser Terns appear to have 

 nested at Benacre this year. Our search for the Common Tern 

 nesting here was fruitless, although many of them stayed in 

 the vicinity all the summer ; they were evidently non-breeding 

 birds. Young Lesser Terns and Ringed Plovers were seen at 

 Benacre. 



19th. — Many flocks of Starlings were making southward, 

 as they were also on the 20th, 21st, and 22nd. On the 23rd, 

 besides many flocks of Starlings going south, one flock was 

 noted going north, flying at a great altitude. A Spotted Fly- 

 catcher was seen on the Denes, and a Chiffchaff heard at 

 Corton. 



25th. — Starlings were again moving south, and several 

 Ringed Plovers and Pied Wagtails were seen near the shore. 



July 3rd. — I had the good fortune to observe a Spoonbill on 



