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REPORT ON THE MIGRATION OF BIRDS. 



E. citrindlay Yellowhammer. — May 13th, Whitby l.h., great 

 many for several days. Heligoland, Nov. 2nd, many; 23rd, 

 some. E. cirlus, Cirl Bunting. — May, one, " completing with the 

 male obtained many years ago, the only pair." 



E. hortulana, Ortolan Bunting. Great Cotes, May 3rd, N.E., 

 very sharp and cold, one seen, apparently an adult female [see 

 Cordeaux, Zool., vol. 1883, p. 253.] Heligoland, Aug. 21st, 

 22nd, and 24th, "astounding numbers"; Sept. 9th and 12th, 

 great many ; 16th and 17th, first old birds. E. rustica, Eustic 

 Bunting, Sept. 24th, one shot by Ludwig Gatke. E. pusilla, 

 Little Bunting, Sept. 24th, one shot ; 30th, one. 



E. schceniclus, Reed Bunting. — Great Cotes, Nov. 16th, con- 

 siderable flight. Heligoland, Sept. 20th, pretty large numbers ; 

 Oct. 11th, great many; 13th, some ; and 31st, many. 



Calcarius lapponicuSf Lapland Bunting. — Heligoland, Sept. 

 30th, some. 



Plectrophanes nivalis, Snow Bunting. — Spring, Farn l.h., 

 March 7th, two. Cockle l.v., 14th, *' Snow-birds " to W. Lan- 

 guard L.H., July 8th, a pair on beach, 6.30 p.m., seen by Mr. 

 Owen Boyle ; certainly the earliest record for England of this 

 species. Autumn, first at Tees l.v., Sept. 18th and 19th, one 

 flock each day to S.W., and to Jan. 9th, 1884. Redcar, several 

 flights to W. ; a few recorded at stations between the Farn 

 Islands and Yarmouth in September, October, and November ; 

 and from Dec. 1st to 29th in great numbers. At Great Cotes, 

 on Dec. 4th, thousands upon thousands, the stubbles near the 

 Humber fairly covered with their enormous flocks ; young with a 

 sprinkling of old birds, one to forty. Heligoland, Nov. 6th, 

 early, very numerous passage ; 12th and 14th, great many. 



Stiirnus vulgaris, Common Starling. — With few exceptions are 

 recorded at all our east coast stations, and often in immense 

 numbers, the occurrences being far too numerous to chronicle. 

 The bulk crossed in September, October, and November ; less in 

 December; the line of flight and rushes corresponding with 

 those of the Lark, with which species they are very frequently 

 associated. Heligoland, from Oct. 1st to Nov. 12th ; on Oct. 

 6th in " astounding flights, thousands upon thousands " ; 12th, 

 ** considerable numbers of astounding flights, both overhead and 

 in distance"; 13th, "still passing, astounding numbers all 

 day " ; 26th, the same, very high ; 27th, " night, from 11 p.m., 



