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Spurn, some. Kedcar, Oct. 24th to 26th, a few. Long- 

 stone l.h., Nov. 12th, rush. Migration considerably under 

 average. Heligoland, Sept. 16th, some; 17th, sprinkling; 

 19th, pretty numerous; Oct. 11th, first old birds; last observed, 

 Nov. 22nd. 



Saxicola cenanthe, Wheatear. — Spring, 1884 : March 19th, 

 Farn l.h., first. Hanois l.h., Guernsey, 28th and 30th, mid- 

 night, "many round lantern ; April 7th, many during morning in 

 two's and three's, to W. ; 18th and 21st, the same. Farn Islands 

 and Teesmouth, May 3rd to 17th, many going S.E. to N.W. 

 Autumn : Farn l.h., between August 6th first, to Kedcar, Oct. 

 26th last, great migration along the coast between these dates, from 

 north to south, both of home birds and others which had crossed 

 the North Sea. Spurn, Sept. 13th, " rush," many all day ; last 

 Wheatear seen in Great Cotes marshes, near the Humber, on 

 November 7th. Heligoland, August 1st and 3rd, a few ; 5th, 

 twenty or so, and then a considerable migration to the 22nd, 

 when the movement for the time ceased, commencing again on 

 the 27th, and was continued through September to the 19th ; 

 the first old birds on October 3rd, and again some young on the 

 12th, when the passage appears to have ceased. Immense 

 numbers covered the island on the 12th of Sept. and three 

 following days, wind E.S.E., clear and fine. 



S. stapazina, Black-throated Wheatear. — Heligoland, Oct. 

 2nd, one, probable, not obtained. 



Pratincola rubetra, Whinchat. — No English notes. Heligo- 

 land, August 15th, some on cliff; 17th, great numbers; 18th 

 and 19th, the same, and on to the end of the month, through 

 September to the 18th, when the migration ceased ; astounding 

 numbers with others on the 14th and 15th Sept. 



P. rubicola, Stonechat. — Spurn, August 29th, considerable 

 immigration of young birds ; Sept. 26th, many old. In 

 North-east Lincolnshire we have had a sprinkling of old 

 birds about the sheep-folds in turnip fields all through the 

 winter. 



Ruticilla phoeiiicurus, Eedstart. — Spring : Farn Islands, 

 April 7th, one ; 29th, S.E., many. Malmo, Sweden, May 5th, 

 two or three in garden. Autumn : Spurn, Aug. 25th, first, to 

 Thanet, Oct. 5th, last on passage up coast ; rushes on Sept. 4th, 

 11th, 12th, and 17th. Heligoland, August 11th, first, young 



