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to 14th, very great numbers ; particularly on the 12th, 13th, and 

 14th, enormous numbers passing, then in less numbers to the 

 end of the month ; Oct. 1st and 2nd, still a few. 



A. campcstris, Tawny Pipit. — Heligoland, Sept. 4th, E.S.E., 

 strong, one, came with the great rush of A.pratensis and trivialis. 



A. ricliardi, Richard's Pipit. — Heligoland, Sept. 3rd, 4th, 5th, 

 and 25th, Oct. 3rd and 6th, one each day ; Oct. 12th, two. 



A, obscurus, Rock Pipit. — Spurn, Sept. 27th, in pairs, passing 

 southward. Cley, Norfolk, October, 3rd week, about 400 seen by 

 Mr. Gurney. Yarmouth, November, last week, great many, 

 eighteen caught alive in clap-nets. The main body pass south 

 up the coast during the last fortnight in October. Heligoland, 

 A. rupestris (Nilsson), Sept. 9th, a few; Oct. 9th to 14th, and 

 last on 19th ; greatest numbers on Oct. 11th, 12th, and 19th. 



Lanius excubitor, Great Grey Shrike. — Spurn, Oct. 8th and 

 Nov. 30th, one each day. Near Brigg, Lincolnshire, Oct. 18th, 

 one. Thanet, Nov. 20th, 3.30 p.m., N.W., wet and windy, one. 

 Heligoland, Oct. 6th, one ; 15th, three ; 22nd, one. Cromer, 

 March 23rd, 1885, one shot, close by was a hedgesparrow it had 

 suspended (J. H. G.). 



L. major, Pallas's Great Grey Shrike. — Heligoland, Sept. 

 17th, one ; 30th, two ; Oct. 11th, one ; 12th, one ; 16th, one, very 

 fine example ; 22nd, ten or twelve, six caught ; Nov. 4th, one. 



L. collurio, Red-backed Shrike. — Heligoland, Aug. 23rd, a 

 few young birds ; one, an immature bird, shot in Holderness on 

 Aug. 19th. 



Mascicapa grisola, Spotted Flycatcher. — Numerous entries in 

 the schedules of " Flycatchers," a general name for all the small 

 insect-feeders ; it is impossible to pick out those which refer to 

 this species exclusively. Heligoland, Aug. 21st, some, the first, 

 and sparingly in September to the 17th. 



M . atrkapilla, Pied Flycatcher. — Spring : Malmo, Sweden, 

 May 6th, two. Autumn : Thanet, Aug. 10th, first ; Sept. 10th, 

 swarmed; 30th, last seen. Spurn, Sept. 4th, first. Cley, 

 Norfolk, the same date, one shot, another seen. Great Cotes, 

 Sept. 13th E., first seen. Spurn, 17th, great many. Heligoland, 

 Aug. 10th, some, the first ; 11th, 12th, 13th, and 17th, pretty 

 numerous ; and an enormous rush, 18th to 21st ; again, from 

 the 10th to the 15th of September, in marvellous -numbers ; less 

 to 18th, when migration ceased. 



