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young ; 8th, one, young, in garden ; lOtli, some ; lltli, a few ; 

 19th, some ; 25th, a few ; and through November and December 

 in small parties of ten to twelve; have not been seen on the 

 island for ever so many years. At Spurn, some were seen last 

 week in November ; and during the last fortnight in the same 

 month, many in North-east Lincolnshire. Mr. J. H. Gurney, 

 writing from Eeigate, Jan. 4th, 1881, says, " There are more 

 Bullfinches in this part of Surrey than I think I ever saw." 

 Extraordinary numbers were seen in Mayo and Sligo, Ireland, in 

 the last autumn and w^inter (See * Zoologist,' 1881, p. 133). 



Crossbill, Loxia curvirostra. — At Heligoland, Oct. 7th, one 

 young bird. 



Starling, Sturnus vulgaris. — Next to the Lark, this species 

 undoubtedly takes the second rank numerically amongst the 

 migrants. The young birds crossed Heligoland in large numbers 

 from June 15th to July 5th. The old birds beginning to move 

 about Sept. 11th, and from that time to Oct. 27th, enormous 

 numbers passed. On the English coast they are recorded at 

 twenty-five stations, from the Longstone to the Hanois l.h., 

 Guernsey. At Longstone l.h., Nov. 19th, large flocks to W. 

 At Fame Inner l.h., Sept. 30th, to Nov. 13th (Oct. 15th, rush), 

 when they passed all day westward. At Coquet l.h., Oct. 1st 

 and 11th. At Teesmouth 5 Buoy l.v., Nov. 27th, large flocks 

 from S.E. to N.W. At Whitby l.h., July 23rd, one hundred 

 young birds to S. At Flamborough l.h., great numbers in 

 November. At Spurn l.h., Oct. 14th to Nov. 27th, Oct. 23rd and 

 24th, and Nov. 27th to 30th, all day from N. to S. At Spurn l.v., 

 Oct. 17th, thirty came on board; 27th, Starlings and Larks; two 

 dozen caught going S. At Inner Dow^sing l.v., Jan. 4th, one 

 •dead on deck at sunrise. At Hunstanton" l.h., Oct. 8th, 4 a.m., 

 o. m., rain, E., hundreds with Larks round light, fifteen killed. 

 At Cromer l.h., Jan. 3rd, 1881, 3 a.m., one killed. At Leman 

 and Ower l.v., Sept. 28th and 29th, and Oct. 19th, during night; 

 At Hasboro' l.h., Sept. 13th and 14th, 11 p.m. to midnight, with 

 Larks, twenty stunned, young. birds ; 27th, midnight, four killed, 

 young ; Dec. 27th, midnight, with Larks and Blackbirds. At 

 Newarp l.v., Oct. 13th to 25th, on three days to W. At Cdrton 

 L.V., Sept. 27th, Oct. 4th, and Nov. 17th, E. to W. At Gallope) 

 L.V., Oct. 13th to Nov. 11th, nearly every day large flocks goinf 

 N.W., day and night, sometimes alone, at others with Larks anc 



