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174 THE ZOOLOGIST. 



Owl occurs only at Teesmouth ; on Sept. 29th one i3assed at day- 

 break, one on Oct. 1st at 7 a.m., and another on the 16th at 3 p.m. 



I saw the first Short-eared Owl on the Lincolnshire coast on 

 Oct. 30th. Twelve were seen at Spurn the same morning. It 

 thus appears that the migration of this species has extended just 

 over a month, from Sept. 29th to Oct. 30th. 



Flycatcher, Muscicapa grisola. — At the Galloper on Sept. 

 13th, from 10 p.m. to 4 a.m., hazy, 200 to 300 birds, mostly Fly- 

 catchers ; twenty killed against glass of lantern. At the Kentish 

 Knock on Sept. 18th two dozen Flycatchers through night around 

 lantern, rain, going S.W. at daylight; none killed. At the Nore, 

 Aug. 22nd, at sunrise, mixed with Larks, and again on Sept. 7th, 

 same hour, without Larks. At the Gull-stream, on Sept. I7th, at 

 3.20 a.m., E., thick rain, large quantities of Flycatchers; lantern 

 surrounded by birds. On Oct. 11th- 12th, 11 p.m. to 5 a.m., N.N.E., 

 rain, large numbers of Larks, Starlings and Flycatchers in vicinity 

 of light ; many struck and went overboard. Time of migration 

 extending over fifty-two days.f 



Song Thrush, Redwing, Fieldfare, Blackbird, and King 

 Ouzel. — With the exception of the last, which is reported from 

 Heligoland, the Turdidce are noticed at fourteen stations extending 

 over the w^hole coast-line. At the Longstone, on Sept. 11th, four 

 Redwings killed at 3 a.m., gloomy and thick ; on Oct. 30th and 31st 

 Thrushes, Blackbirds and Redwings passed, wind E. and N. At 

 the Farn Islands, Oct. 14th, Redwings, 9 a.m. ; 15th, Thrushes and 

 Blackbirds, N.N.E. half a gale ; 22nd, several Blackbirds ; 30th, 

 same, and flocks of Redwings all day, E. ; Nov. 20th, Fieldfares 

 all day, E. strong; 22nd, same; Dec. 5th, 3 p.m., snow. Black- 

 birds and Thrushes. At Teesmouth on Dec. 1st, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., 

 snow. Redwings, Thrushes and Fieldfares, going from N. to S.W.- 

 Dec. 2nd, a few Redw^in gs. A t Tooomoutk lighthouse on Oct. 1st, 



at daylight, forty to fifty Thrushes, and twenty to thirty at 9 a.m. 

 on the 7th ; on Dec. 4th, at G a.m., one Blackbird struck the glass 

 and was killed. At Spurn on Dec. 2nd, 9 a.m., large numbers of 

 Thrushes. At the Outer Dowsing, Sept. 24th, four Blackbirds; on 

 the 29th, 10 a.m. to 1 p m., six Thrushes. At the Leman and Ow^er 

 on Dec. IGtli, Thrushes in comj^any wdth Larks and Starlings all 



+ I find tlie following reference to this species in my note-book: — " Did not 

 observe any Flycatchers, old or young, in this neighbourhood after tlie end of 

 August : up to this time they were exceptionally numerous." — J. C. 



