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latter night 'Marge flocks," and at other stations, too numerous 

 to detail, in large numbers. General direction E. to W., and 

 E.S.E. to W.N.W., winds easterly over North Sea nights of 7th 

 and 12th, with fogs and drizzling rain on latter night. These 

 small wanderers reached the land in a very exhausted state, and 

 great numbers are supposed to have perished in mid-passage. 



It is curious that the Fire-crested Wren, R. if/nicapilliis (C. L. 

 Brehm), has not been observed at Heligoland during the autumn, 

 although generally it is tolerably numerous. 



At the Newarp l.v., in March and April, 1883, an immense mi- 

 gration of various birds was observed almost day b}^ day ; amongst 

 those on April 14th three Golden-crested Wrens going eastward. 



Phylloscopin^. — Spring : East Yorkshire, Chiffchaff, Phyl- 

 loscopus collyhita (VieilL), March 13th. Willow Wren, P. trochilus 

 (Linn.), Heligoland, April 22nd and 23rd, some. Autumn: Spurn 

 and East Lincolnshire, first week in September, many; latest. 

 Spurn, Oct. 25th. Chiffchaff also at Spurn on 29th. Heligoland, 

 Willow Wren, Aug. 15th, some, and forward in great numbers to 

 Oct. 19th. Chiffchaff, Sept. 21st, and a great number at intervals 

 to Oct. 27th. Wood Wren, P. sihilatrix (Bechst.), Oct. 27th, one. 

 Yellow-browed Warbler, P.superciliosm (Gm.), Oct. 23rd, W., one ; 

 27th, S.W., one seen. 



Acrocephalin^. — Spring : Spurn, May 29th, 11 p.m., misty, 

 two Keed Warblers, Acroce2:)halus streperus (Yieill.), killed against 

 lantern ; Spurn, Aug. 20th, midnight, three old males killed ; 

 Great Cotes, Sept. 2nd, in bean-fields. On Sept. 12th, 1881, two 

 Grasshopper Warblers, Lociistella ncevia (Bodd.), were killed in the 

 night against the lantern of Spurn lighthouse (omitted in report 

 for 1881). Heligoland, Sept. 19th, one Grasshopper Warbler. 



Hedgesparrow, Accentor modularis (himi.). — Spring: Heligo- 

 land, March 12th, some ; 13th and 14th, some ; 20th to April 12th, 

 daily some. Autumn : At Spurn and in East Lincolnshire great 

 numbers were observed during the first fortnight in September. 

 Spurn, Oct. 8th, most abundant, and on the Lincolnshire side, 

 same date, extraordinary numbers ; in some localities, as stack- 

 yards and marsh hedgerows, swarming. Heligoland, Sept. 20th, 

 S.E., beginning to arrive; 22nd, great many; on Oct. 6th and 

 7th, marvellous numbers ; also on 8th, and continuing to arrive 

 and pass forward in very great numbers up to the 29th. It will 

 be seen that their extraordinary abundance at Spurn and in 



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