62 REPORT ON THE MIGRATION OF BIRDS. 



Procellariid^. — At Coquet l.h., July 22nd, 11 p.m., misty, 

 one Petrel caught against glass of lantern, examined and set at 

 liberty. At Redcar, Oct. 28th, two Stormy and one Fulmar 

 Petrels picked up during great gale. At Flamborough, first week 

 in October, Stormy Petrel. At Spui'n, Oct. 28th, Stormy Petrels 

 after great gale. At Galloper l.v., Nov. 6th, 2 to 4 p.m., twelve 

 Stormy Petrels about ship. At Gull l.v., Oct. 9th, 2 a.m., N., 

 several struck glass, none killed. 



Independent of these very numerous notes on known species, 

 the schedules contain many notices of birds the species of which 

 were either not known or not recognised. At the Hasborough 

 L.H., Oct. 26th, 10 p.m., E., o.m., a great many various small 

 birds ; eight killed were Larks and Thrushes. At Swin Middle 

 L.V., Sept. 9th and 12th, flocks of small birds passed all night to 

 N.W. At Hanois l.h., Sept. 8th and 27th, fog and rain, evening 

 to 9 p.m., great rush of small birds of many sorts. 



General Remarks. 



The report for 1880 compared with that of the previous year 

 shows very similar results, as in 1879 a considerable proportion 

 of the immigrants crossed at the more southern stations, or 

 at the narrowest portion of the North Sea. If we divide the east 

 coast into three divisions, one north-easterly from the Fame 

 Islands to the Humber, mid-east from the Humber to Yarmouth, 

 and south-eastern forward to the South Foreland, we find that in 

 1879 the main body of migrants passed in the south-eastern 

 division ; in 1880 they have been tolerably equally distributed 

 over the mid and south-eastern. During the principal month of 

 migration, October, the wind blew persistently day by day and 

 week by week from northerly and easterly quarters, and to this 

 cause we may fairly attribute the deflection of migrants to the 

 south. In support of this I may quote the letter of Mr. Thos. 0. 

 Hall of the Longstone Lighthouse, who, writing under date Feb. 

 15th, 1881, says : — " The chief flight undoubtedly took place on 

 the 15th and 16th of October, at which time I was on shore. I 

 have been resident on the Fame Islands thirteen years, and 

 dm'ing that time never remember seeing so few birds as we have 

 had this autumn. I have remarked that when the flight takes 



