52 REPORT ON THE MIGRATION OF BIRDS. 



Swifts passing on overhead, N.\Y., clear, little wind, warm. At 

 Outer Dowsing l.v., Sept. 21st, sunset, two flying round lantern. 

 At mouth of Deben, Nov. 1st, many Martins and Sand Martins 

 seen. At South-sand Head l.v., Sept. 1st, twelve to S. One 

 was seen at Henley-on Thames on Dec. 18tli (ZooL, 1881, p. 62). 



Swift, Ci/pscUis apus. — At Heligoland, June 1st, some 

 passing ; Sept. 1st, passing on overhead ; 16th, great many. 

 At Whitby l.h., Sept. 16th, 4 p.m., flock to S. At Spurn l.h., Aug. 

 27th, 6.30 a.m., great number to S. ; Sept. 6th, again migrating ; 

 on June 7th, at 7 p.m., fifty were seen perched on gallery of 

 lighthouse. At Cockle l.v., July 11th, two to N.W. Very few 

 have been observed in comparison with the enormous flight 

 which passed up the coast in the autumn of 1879. 



Nightjar, Capriimdgus europceus. — At Hasborough l.v., Sept. 

 24th, 10 p.m., one killed against lantern. Occurs every year at 

 Spm*n in the autumn as a migrant. 



Cuckoo, Cuculus canonis. — At Heligoland, June 3rd, one old 

 bird. At Whitby l.h., July 4th, one caught, a young bird. At 

 Spurn, Sept. 7th, one seen, young. At Cromer l.h., July 28th, 

 midnight, stunned. 



Wryneck, Jynx torquilla. — At Heligoland, Aug. 13th, one 

 young bird. 



Hoopoe, Upupa epops.—OnQ recorded in the 'Field' of Nov. 

 6th as shot at Eedcar, middle of September. At Bridlington, 

 Sept. 15th, one. At Holt, Norfolk, Sept. 22nd, one, a male, in a 

 turnip-field. At Woodham Mortimer, Essex, one shot Sept. 20th. 

 At Crofton, near Wakefield, Oct. 29th, one shot and another seen. 



Bee-eater, Merops apiaster. — At Tetney Haven, seven miles 

 S. of Grimsby, one on Aug. 16th (ZooL, 1880, p. 511). 



Great Spotted Woodpecker, Picus major. — At Spurn, Oct. 

 27th, one shot, a few red feathers on the crown of the head, and 

 in an advanced state of moult. At Great Cotes, Dec. 8th, one. 



King Dove or Wood Pigeon, Columha palumhus. — At 

 Heligoland, Sept. 25th, twenty to thirty. At Tongue l.v., Dec. 

 30th, 2.30 p.m., nine ''Pigeons" going N. At Casquets l.h., 

 Oct. 13th to 17th, midnight, "Wood Pigeons from French to 

 English coast going N.W. 



Turtle Dove, Turtur communis. — At Flamborough, first week 

 in October, one. At Great Cotes, Oct. 8{h, N.E. gale and rain, one 

 seen. At Casquets, Sept. 7th, 10 i^.m. to 3 a.m., fifteen striking. 



