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14th, and Nov. 1st and 2nd; line of flight E. to W.* Heligo- 

 land, from Sept. 21st, E. by S., to Nov. 1st, in immense num- 

 bers ; great rush on Sept. 21st and 22nd, on which latter day 

 they passed in astounding numbers ; Oct. 13th, all day passing 

 on ; Nov. 7th to 29th, great many. 



Fringilla montif ring ilia, Brambling. — Longstone l.h., Sept. 

 21st, E., several. Cockle l.v., Oct. 11th, and Hasbro' l.h., 13th, 

 two killed (wings to J. H. G.). Heligoland, Oct. 7th, pretty 

 numerous ; 13th, all day with Chaffinches ; and numerous first 

 week in November. 



Linota cannahina, Linnet. Spring, Newarp l.v., April 13th, 

 all day to E. Autumn, Whitby l.h., Aug, 8th, great many to 

 south. t Heligoland, Sept. 30th to Nov. 11th ; rush on Oct. 

 13th. 



L, linaria, Mealy Kedpole. — Spurn, a few during the second 

 week in February, 1884, and one on 15th near Yarmouth. 



L. rufescens, Lesser Eedpole. — Yarmouth, Oct. 15th, several 

 about " denes." 



L, flavirostris, Twite. — Numerous flocks on Lincolnshire coast 

 in October. Heligoland, Oct. 22nd, hundreds together, and to 

 Nov. 15th ; rush, Oct. 26th to Nov. 7th. L. exilijyes, Nov. 11th, 

 one. 



Pyrrhula europ(sa, Bullfinch. — Newarp l.v., March 5th, one 

 on board. Outer Dowsing l.v.. May 9th, one came on board, and 

 tentoW.S.W. 



Loxia curvirostra. Crossbill. — Heligoland, during first week 

 in July, repeated flights from twenty to thirty. 



Emheriza melanoce'pliala, Black-headed Bunting. — Heligoland, 

 in May, male and female obtained. 



E. miliaria, Corn Bunting. — Heligoland, Oct. 13th, many; 

 Nov. 2nd, many ; 7th, many ; 23rd, some ; ** never seen here 

 except in very small flights." 



* Chaffinches are recorded as dying on board some of the light-vessels, 

 on which they arrive in an exhausted state. Mr. Patterson, of Yarmouth, 

 says, under date Oct. 13th, "Picked up some dead at high-water mark. I 

 have found numbers occasionally dead, drowned thus, every year. They fare 

 worse in this respect than most small immigrants." 



t Linnets, Twites, and Eedpoles work their way south along the coast ; 

 those flocks also which cross the North Sea, after striking land, follow the 

 same route to the south. They often collect in immense quantities in 

 favourite locaHties, feeding on the seeds of salt-loving plants along the coast. 



