26 REPORT ON THE MIGRATION OF BIRDS. 



Earliest, Sept. 12th, Lynn Well l.v. ; latest, Galloper l.v., July 

 8th, 1882. Great rush Sept. 20th, and again Oct. 17th, 18th, 

 19th, being then continuous all day at many stations between 

 Flamborough and Nore l.v., less each day to 25th ; frequently 

 associated with Starlings. At the most northerly stations the 

 direction of flight was south, from Spurn to the English Channel 

 E. to W. or S.E. to N.W. Many occurred round the lantern of 

 the Galloper l.v. on night of July 4th and 8th (seventy caught 

 alive on latter night) ; line of flight to S.W. 



Shore Lark, Otocorys alpestris (Linn.). — Oct. 17th to 26th, 

 great many almost daily, and Nov. 8th and 9th (see Snow Bunt- 

 ing). The only occurrence on the English coast is Oct. 26th, 

 Yarmouth, two on North Denes. 



Starling, Stiinius vulgaris, Linn. — Spring migration in 1881 

 observed at Dudgeon l.v. and Cromer l.h. from Feb. 25th to 

 April 14th. In the autumn at nearly all our mid and south-east 

 stations from August 30th to Dec. 11th. Heligoland, great rush 

 Oct. 18th and 19th. On the English coast, during last fortnight 

 in month, both night and day ; often associated with other 

 migrants. Line of migration to W., S.W., N.W., W.N.W. At 

 Teesmouth (Redcar), on Nov. 4th, an immense flock, estimated to 

 contain a million, "making a noise like thunder and darkening 

 the air," came from E. at 7 a.m. ; S.W. light, rainy to fair. Mr. 

 John Odgers (Whitby l.h.) writes : — " We have had immense 

 numbers of Starlings nesting in the cliffs up to this year ; none, 

 however, nested in 1881." 



Daw, Corvus monedula, Linn. — Oct. 25th to Nov. 14th, occa- 

 sionally with rooks at east-central stations. 



Hooded Crow, Corvus comix, Linn. — In the spring of 1881, at 

 the Outer Dowsing on March 28th, 11 a.m., about one hundred 

 from W.N.W. to S.E. ; and at the Dudgeon l.v., on April 8th, 

 7 a.m., about sixty to east. Twenty were seen at Spurn on June 

 26th, at 3 p.m., S.S.E., clear. In the autumn are recorded at 

 nearly all our stations from the Inner Fame to the Godwin's. 

 First at Teesmouth, Sept. 23rd, fourteen ; Sept. 30th, Suffolk 

 coast, and for some days after. - Last at South Sand Head l.v. 

 (Godwin), Dec. 12th. The great flight crossed Heligoland on the 

 17th and 18th of October, E. clear, fine but fresh. Mr. Gutke 

 remarks this migration " differed very markedly from usual habits 

 in passing overhead, E. to W., at least twice as high as usual ; 



