REt>OilT ON THE MIGRATION OF BIRDS. l8l 



at the Leman and Ower — eighty-six claj^s ; migration E. to W. The 

 Starling, like the Lark, appears to have a particular facilit}^ for 

 immolating itself against the lanterns. At the Leman and Ower 

 large nmnbers of Starlings, along with Larks and Chaffinches, were 

 taken in October; at the Galloper (see Sky Lark); also at the 

 North Foreland, and many other instances too numerous to 

 mention. At Heligoland this year there hnve been no j'oun'g 

 Starlings during July; Mr. Gatke says he may perhaps have seen 

 a hundred, and this is all. 



Hooded Crow, Corvus comix; Rook, C . frugilegus ; Daw, 

 C. monedula. — The migration of Rooks is not noted on the 

 English coast north of the Humber ; south of this they were 

 noticed at nearly every station as either Rooks or " Black Crows," 

 to distinguish them from the Hoodie or Grey Crow. Immense 

 numbers of both Rooks and Gre}' Crows crossed on Oct. 16th from 

 dajdight to dark, travelling from E. to W. Noticeably at the Inner 

 Dowsing, on Oct. 16tb, large number of Crowds, from N.E. to W.; 

 at Hunstanton, on the 17th, Hooded Crowds and Rooks all day; at 

 the Newarp, on the 16th ; at the Cockle, the same da}^ " height of 

 rush," Crows and Rooks, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., going W., and again on 

 the 22nd, 23rd and 24th, large numbers of Crows, Rooks, Starlings 

 and Larks, from daylight to dark, passing W. ; again on Nov. 8th, 

 large flocks of Crows. At the Corton, on Oct. 16th and 22nd, con- 

 tinuous flocks of Crows, Daws and Larks all day, E. to W., also 

 Nov. 8th and 11th and Dec. 27th. At the Shipwash, Oct. 15th and 

 16th, constant on 15th, till 12 a.m. ; on 16th, 9 a.m. to 3.20 p.m., 

 from S.S.E. to N.N.W. At the Goodwin, Oct. 15th to 21st, Crows 

 "in shoals." At the South-sand Head, Oct. 16th, Rooks, 9.30 a.m., 

 going W.I^.W. and N.W. ; and seven other stations. In the 

 returns it is impossible in man}' cases, under the general entry of 

 "Crows," to separate the Hooded Crow from the Rook. It 

 appears, however, that immense numbers of the Corviclce crossed 

 the North Sea ; Rooks at stations south of the Humber, and 

 Hooded Crows at both northern and southern stations from 

 Oct. 15th to Nov. 19th. Both Rooks and Hooded Crows appear 

 to have started simultaneousl}^ on Oct. 15th, and passed across 

 the North Sea from E. to W. in almost continuous flocks on the 

 16th and 17th; and after these dates in more scattered detach- 

 ments, less and less to Nov. 19th. And again during the latter, 

 part of December ; the last entry is on Dec. 27th at the Corton, 



