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during night; between these dates 135 of these species killed 

 against lantern. At the Kentish Knock, Oct. 23rd, N.W., hazy, 

 Larks and Chaffinches through niglit, "in clouds," sixt}^ picked up 

 on deck, and probably double this number falling overboard ; 

 Dec. 1st, from noon to 2.30 p.m., thick snow falling, Larks, Curlews, 

 Starlings, Ducks, Chaffinches and Linnets, too numerous to men- 

 tion ; they came in clouds from N.E. to W.S.W. At the Nore, 

 Aug. 4th to Dec. 6th and 7th, on forty-four days ; on Dec. Gth and 

 7th, by hundreds all day, often mixed with Starlings, Linnets and 

 Sparrows. At the North Foreland, on Sept. I7th, a few ; Oct. 16th, 

 midnight, misty, fourteen Larks and ten Starlings ; I7th, between 

 3 and 4 a.m., ten Larks and nine Starlings struck. At the Goodwin, 

 Sept. I7th to Dec. 7th, on nineteen days, going W. or N.W. or 

 W.N.W. ; Oct. 13th and 15th, in shoals throughout night ; 13th to 

 22nd, "great rush." At the Gull-stream, Oct. 16th to 22nd, "great 

 rush," flocks two hundred yards apart, passing westward. At 

 the East-side, Oct. 9th to Dec. 12th, on seven daj^s, E. to W. ; on 

 Sept. 23rd, going N. to S., with a N.E. wind blowing. At the South- 

 sand Head, Oct. 12th, 3 a.m., dense fog, " great rush," thousands of 

 Larks and other birds, many killed ; Dec. 1st, 3 p.m., dense fog 

 and snow, "final rush," Larks, Starlings, and fift}^ Curlews; twelve 

 Starlings caught on board, but no Larks. Mr. J. H. Gurney, jun., 

 writing from Lowestoft, says, " On Wednesday (Oct. 22nd), the 

 arrival of Larks here was regular throughout the day." On 

 Oct. 29th, at Spurn Point, Mr. W. Eagle Clarke, of Leeds, says, 

 *' Sky Larks arriving and passing south in thousands the whole 

 day." Innnense numbers also arrived on the Lincolnshire aoast 

 in the last fortnight of October. (At Heligoland, Oct. 29th, S.E., 

 and E., " Alauda arhoreus, many.") 



Snow Bunting, PlectropJianes nivalis. — None at stations south 

 of the Humber. At the Longstone, Sept. 5th, 8.30 a.m., wind S., one 

 was seen on the rocks ; my correspondent remarks, "Earliest date 

 I have ever seen a Snow Bunting on these islands (Earn Isles)." 

 At the Earn Islands, Oct. 3rd, 11.30 a.m., three Snow Buntings 

 flying N.W. ; Oct. 25th, afternoon, in flocks flying W. At Tees- 

 mouth, Nov. 7th to Dec. 20th, several flocks between these dates 

 flying N.W. At Spurn, Snow Buntings were first seen on the 28th. 

 October; and large flocks of from 400 to 500 in the Lincolnshire 

 marshes during the first week in November. At Heligoland on 

 Oct. 30th, N.N.E., " Emheriza nivalis^ a great many," and on 



