EAST COAST OF ENGLAND. 2S 



Hampton Court Palace Gardens stragglers noticed as late as 

 Nov. 27th, 



Goldfinch, Carduelis elegans, Steph. — On Oct. 19th, Hanois 

 L.H., 10 a.m., some flocks ; blue sky and cloudy. A few at Spurn, 

 Oct. 27th. Mouth of Deben (Suffolk), Oct. 10th, very great 

 numbers. 



Siskin, Chrysomitris spinus (Linn.). — First at Spurn, Oct. 3rd, 

 subsequently during the month very numerous ; flocks up to 

 twenty ; more generally two or three together clinging to tops of 

 ragwort and Astei' Tripolium ; a few old males, the bulk females 

 and young of the year. They crossed Heligoland in considerable 

 numbers : first on Oct. 18th ; last, Nov. 30th. 



Greenfinch, Ligurinus Moris (Linn.). — On Sept. 12th, 10 a.m., 

 N.N.W. (7), o.m., at Hunstanton l.h., large fiocks came in. At 

 Spurn, Oct. 25, 26th and 27th, small flocks, female and immature. 

 Heligoland, Oct. 18th, some. Immense numbers congregated in 

 the marsh district of North-east Lincolnshire, late in October and 

 early in November ; females and young of the year, old males 

 about one in a thousand. The aggregated flocks, numbering 

 many thousands, frequenting the stubble fields for some weeks, 

 where they, found an inexhaustible supply of food in the corn 

 threshed out by the great gale in harvest time, on Aug. 22nd. 



Sparrow, Passer domesticus (Linn.). — At the Outer Dowsing 

 L.V., fifty-three miles S.S.E. of Spurn, on April 15th, ten common 

 Sparrows on board, travelling from S.E. to W. In the autumn 

 occurred at several stations from the East Godwin l.v., on Sept. 

 9th and 10th, to Gorton l.v., Dec. 19th, none occurring at 

 stations north of the Outer Dowsing; line of flight E. to W., or 

 S.E. to N.W. Sometimes remaining all day on board the light- 

 vessels, or spending the night there. 



Tree Sparrow, Passer montanus (Linn.). — None north of 

 Spurn, but south of this at several stations, as far as the 

 Godwin l.v.'s, in October and early in November. In North-east 

 Lincolnshire large flocks of both species came in with the Green- 

 finches, feeding with them in the same localities. 



Chaffinch, Fringilla ccelehs, Linn. — First at Spurn, Oct. 9th, 

 females and young ; last at Gull l.v., Nov. 13th, 8 a.m. to noon ; 

 continuous to W. with Linnets. None recorded north of Spurn. 

 Large numbers crossed Heligoland, Oct. 3 8th or 24th, with 

 Bramblings. 



