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27th, first recorded. Hunstanton l.h., May 6th. Spurn l.h., 

 7th ; and Whitby l.h., 8th, wind W.S.W., a progression north- 

 ward at the rate of forty miles a day. Farn l.h., May 23rd, 

 calm S.E., heard calling overhead at midnight. Autumn : 

 Thanet, July 15th, first on autumn passage. Tees l.v., 29th, 

 one caught on board. Farn l.h., August 3rd, young Cuckoo on 

 rock. Spurn, young plentiful during third week ; last seen on 

 25th. Last seen at Thanet, Sept. 12th. Heligoland, early in 

 July, some old ; 15th to 20th, daily young birds ; Aug. 1st to 

 3rd, daily young ; 17th same ; 22nd, each day. 



Strigid^e, Owls. — Long-eared Owl, Asio otus, Thanet, Dec. 

 16th, two, evidently fresh arrivals. Short-eared Owl, A. br achy otus. 

 Spring: Tees l.v., March 15th, one to E. Coquet l.h., April 

 21st, W.N.W., one. Longstone, l.h., April 28th, one. Autumn : 

 Languard l.h., Aug. 20th, 6 a.m., one. Eedcar, 21st, E., two. 

 From Sept. 17th to 23rd, at four stations. In October, some at 

 Spurn and Eedcar. Thanet, Dec. 3rd, one. Coquet l.h., 9th, 

 one. Farn l.h., Jan. 23rd, one, a very large example, caught in 

 a trap, baited with a Kedshank it had killed. Rush, first week in 

 October and 11th. Tengmalm's Owl, Nyctala tengmalmi, Oct. 

 18th, one shot at Holmpton, Holderness ['Naturalist,' 1884, 

 p. 110]. Heligoland, A. brachyotus, Sept. 21st, first; Oct. 3rd, 

 11th, 14th, some; very few compared with other years. 

 N. tengmalmi, Oct. 3rd, one shot; 7th, one. 



Falconil\2e, Buteo. — First fortnight in September, a few 

 " large Hawks " along coast, some of which would probably be 

 Buzzards. Goshawk, Astur palumbarius, Sept. %9th, one seen on 

 the wing by me, when driving between Easington and Skenling, 

 Holderness. Sparrowhawk, A. nisus, Spring: Newarp l.v., 

 April 23rd, two, to E. Autumn : Dudgeon l.v,, Aug. 12th, one, 

 died on board ; at various stations, several, during the first 

 fortnight in September. Peregrine Falcon, Falco peregrinus, 

 Spurn, Sept. 9th, one, in pursuit of a Tern ; Oct. 2nd, 8 p.m., 

 one, an adult male, captured on mast-head of fishing-smack 

 1 Surprise,' of Grimsby, between the Outer Dowsing l.v. and 

 Cromer. Kestrel, Tinnunculus alaudarius, Spurn, Sept. 4th to 

 10th, many ; on 8th, seven seen, and on 10th, ten in one field, 

 by the Rev. H. H. Slater. Very common in North-east Lincoln- 

 shire in September. Thanet, Sept. 12th to 17th, evidently a 

 considerable passage of Hawks. Heligoland, Buteo vulgaris, 



