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but sjDaringly to November ; * and the whole of this latter month 

 along with Fieldfares almost every night pouring overhead ; 

 during daytime rarely any. On the English coast, from the 

 Inner Fame l.h., Sept. 27th, to the Galloper l.v., Dec. 20th, 

 twenty from 8 to 9 p.m., two struck and killed ; and at the former 

 station they continued to j)ass through December, and from 

 Jan. 8rd to 15th in 1883, along with Fieldfares and Blackbirds. 

 The great rush was on the nights of 12th and 13th October, very 

 great numbers being observed at stations from the Longstone 

 L.H. to Galloper l.v., easterly winds, fog and drizzling rain over 

 North Sea. 



Eedwing, T.iliacus, Linn. — Spring, 1882 : Great Cotes, second 

 week in March, returning to coast. Autumn : First, South Sand 

 Head l.v. (Goodwin), Sept. 28th, forty to fifty to N.W. Long- 

 stone L.H., Oct. 8th ; Spurn, 13th and 25th, adult males ; "rush " 

 Oct. 13th. Heligoland, Oct. 18th, S.E., great many; 19th, mul- 

 titudes passing overhead, and at intervals to Nov. 7th. 



Fieldfare, T. pilaris, Linn. — Spring, 1882 : Heligoland, Jan. 

 17th and 18th, W., hazy, great many to E. ; Feb. 20th and 21st, 

 small flights, twenty to thirty ; March 2nd, great flights overhead. 

 Great Cotes, April 10th, flock, 120 to 150. Autumn : Heligoland, 

 Sept. 13th, S. — S.W., thunderstorm with heavy rain, a very great 

 flight ; all through November at night with Thrushes. On 

 English coast. Fame Inner l.h., Sept. 27th, one, and subse- 

 quently at intervals to end of the year. Whitby l.h., Oct. 12th, 

 all night ; 13th, less. Kush from 11th to 14th December between 

 Fame Islands and Teesmouth, and again 13th to 15th January, 

 1883, but are not recorded anywhere south of Humber. 



Blackbird, T. merida, Linn. — Spring, 1882 : Dudgeon l.v., 

 Feb. 8th, 6 p.m., with Larks. Heligoland, Feb. 21st, N.N.W. to 

 N., "some in garden"; 25th, S.S.W., some; March 13th and 

 14th, a few. Cromer l.h., March 17th, 11 p.m., one struck. 

 Autumn : Heligoland, last week in October to end of November. 

 English coast, first, Hanois l.h. (Guernsey), Sept. 19th, 10 p.m., 

 to Jan. 15th, at Inner Fame l.h. Great "rush," nights of 

 Oct. 10th and 13th; second "rush" Nov. 11th, Spurn l.v., 

 Hanois l.h., 11th, midnight, and 13th all night; third "rush," 

 Fame Inner l.h., Dec. 13th, 14th and 15th, and at same station 



* Mr. Giitke's notes are not continued beyond Nov. 30th. 



