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the 31st, S.E., calm, overcast, "Snow Buntings and Finches." 

 Leaving out the Farn Island date as exceptional,! we find the 

 regular migration of this species to have commenced on Oct. 25th 

 and finished Dec. 20th — fift}^- seven days. 



Chaffinch, Fringilla coelebs. — Has occurred at several stations, 

 and both north and south of the Humber. At the Longstone, 

 Sept. 28th and Oct. 1st, G a.m. till noon, S. strong, rain and mist, 

 flocks of Finches and other birds going W. At the Outer Dowsing, 

 Oct. 18th, at noon, going E. to W. ; Oct. 24th, 7 p.m., overcast, 

 rain, thirty round lantern, two killed. At the Leman and Owers, 

 Oct. 7th, N.N.E., gloomy, mixed flocks of Larks, Chaffinches and 

 Starlings during day and night. At the Newarp, Sept. 26th to 

 Oct. 23rd, on several days. At the Cockle, odd birds, on three days, 

 strike lantern or come on board. At the Kentish Knock, Oct. 23rd 

 and Dec. 1st (see Sky Lark). At the Goodwin, Sept. 17th, 9 to 

 1 1 p.m., overcast, hazy, flying round lantern. Migration extending 

 from Sept. 17th to Dec. 1st — seventy-six days. 



Linnet, Linota cannahina. — None registered north of the 

 Shipwash, off the Essex coast, where from Oct. 9th to 16th flocks 

 passed daily, all hours, going E. to W. At the Nore, Oct. 14th 

 to Nov. 12th, invariably mixed with Larks. At the Gull- stream, 

 Oct. 15th to 22nd, many flocks. 



Twite, Linota Jiavirostris. — One station only, the Kentish 

 Knock, Oct. 24th, misty with rain, "Mountain Linnets," Larks and 

 Starhngs through the night ; sixty picked up on deck, as many 

 more went overboard. Nov. 8th, one caught on deck. 



Tree Sparrow, Passer montanus. — Flocks of Sparrows | were 

 noticed at several stations south of the Humber. At the Outer 

 Dowsing, on Sept. 29th, at noon, and Oct. 13th, 2 p.m., travelling 

 from E. to W. At the Kentish Knock, Oct. 22nd to Nov. 8th, going 

 from S.E. to N.W. ; on Nov. 8th two came on board. At the 

 Nore, Oct. 27th and Nov. 15th, on latter day mixed with Larks. 

 At the Goodwin, Oct. 6th and 22nd, passing to W.N.W. At 



+ In a note to Yarrell's ' British Birds ' (vol. ii., p. 6, 4th ed.) , Prof. Newton cites, 

 on my authority, the occurrence of a Snow Bunting on the Lincolnshire coast on 

 Sept. 16th, 1875, as perhaps the earliest date for England. The Farn Island bird 

 must now take precedence by eleven days. — J. C. 



I It is not improbable that in some of the returns the entries may refer to the 

 Common Sparrow. We know, however, that Passer montanus is such a constant 

 and regular migrant to our east coast in the autumn that in the majority of cases 

 it will refer to this species. — J. C. 



