EAST COAST OF ENGLAND. 



47 



April 



Stevns Fyk, Zealand, Denmabk, 1882. 



1 4th . Turdus musicus 2 . 



,, Saxicola cenanthe 2 males. 



May 



Sept. 



Oct. 



15th. 

 19th. 



24th. 



29th. 



9th. 



11th. 



12tli. 

 18th. 



21st. 



10th. 



2l8t. 



Sylvia ruhecula 



Emheriza miliaria . . . 

 Numenius arquatus . . . 



Turdus 7nusicus 



Saxicola cenanthe 



Turdus iliacus 



Eynheriza passerina ... 



Turdus musicus 



Sylvia schmnobanus ... 

 Luscinia philomela . . . 

 Emheriza hortulana ... 

 Muscicapa atricapilla 



Sylvia cinerea 



S. phragmitis 



S. rufa 



S. trochilus 



Tm'dus torquatus 



Sylvia ruhecula 



S. curruca 



Ruticilla phcenicwus . . . 



Sylvia ruhecula 



Turdus iliacus 2 



A lauda arvensis 4 



Regulus cristatus 2 



Emheriza schceniclus ... 1 



male. 



males and 3 females, 

 caught alive. 



alive, f 



Mr. Gatke sends the following notes of an extraordinary 

 migration of the Silver Gamma Moth, Plusia gamma^ across 

 Heligoland in August, 1882 : — 



On Aug. 13th, at 1 a.m. till 4, thousands on thousands 

 passed the Heligoland lighthouse, travelling E. to W. From 11 

 p.m. on the 15th, till 3 a.m. on 16th, millions, like a snow-storm, 

 all belonging to the same species, passed forward in the same 

 direction. Again, on the 18th, from 11 p.m. till 3 a.m. on the 

 19th, thousands on thousands were observed under the same 

 circumstances. Some scores caught for identification were all 

 in most perfect plumage ; no fading or abrasion. 



* Is often seen swarming around the lighthouse at the time of its 

 migration — six or seven on this night flew against the panes without being 

 killed, and two others were caught alive. About forty Kedbreasts and 

 Wheatears were caught on the same night, but set at liberty again in the 

 morning. On clear moonlight nights nothing at all is caught or found. 



f According to Mr. Antander were not sent to museum. 



