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Buzzard, Sept. 4th and 5th, some. Archibuteo lagopus, Bough- 

 legged Buzzard, Sept. 15th, one shot ; Nov. 10th, several small 

 flocks ; 14th, several. Haliaetus albicilla, White-tailed Eagle, 

 Sept. 15th, one, young, shot. Accipiter nisus, Sparrowhawk, 

 Aug. 15th, some, young ; 21st, more numerous ; Sept. 4th, 

 4 p.m., great many, young ; 5th and 6th, a few towards evening ; 

 10th and 11th, some ; 18th, numerous, young birds ; 21st, 

 some; Oct. 1st, 2nd, 5th, 6th, 14th, and 21st, some. Pernis 

 apivorus, Honey Buzzard, Sept. 18th, some, young. Falco 

 peregrinas, Peregrine Falcon, Oct. 1st to 15th, a few; 21st, 

 some. Falco cesalon, Merlin, Oct. 6th, 7th, and 14th, some. 

 Tinnunculus alaudarius, Kestrel, Aug. 17th, young ; Sept. 10th, 

 11th, and Oct. 6th, 7th, some. 



Sula bassana, Gannet. — Farn l.h., March 7th, several all day 

 to N.E. ; 10th, the same, and hundreds all day on 15th and 

 16th April. Longstone l.h., March 16th, some at 5 p.m., to 

 north, and daily to 26th all day, but no large flocks, and more 

 or less daily to April 15th. Autumn : Farn l.h., July 2nd, first 

 young seen. Kedcar, Sept. 24th to end of month, very numerous 

 at sea, mainly young. 



Ardea cinerea, Heron. — At many stations in the autumn, but 

 it is impossible to say whether immigrants or not. Herons have 

 been very common in the autumn and winter in all the low-lying 

 districts in North-east Lincolnshire. On the evening of February 

 3rd, 1885, fourteen, flying close together, passed over me within 

 half-gunshot, steering their course in the direction of the nearest 

 "beck." 



Botaurus stellaris, Bittern. — One shot in Gedney Marsh on 

 Nov. 14th ; one in Yorkshire, four or five in Lincolnshire, one in 

 Norfolk, and one in Suffolk, during the first week in December, 

 and one near Brigg, Lincolnshire, in January, 1885. Snow and 

 severe frosts on Continent from Nov. 28th to Dec. 2nd. It is 

 probable that the bulk of these visitors were shot within a week 

 of their arrival on our shores. 



Platalea leucorodia, Spoonbill. — Hollesley, Suffolk, four, early 

 in August, two of which were shot by a "fortunate" gunner. 

 [Zool., 1884, p. 471.] 



Anser, Geese. — Spring: Whitby, May 8th, eighteen wild 

 geese, from N. to S. Autumn : first recorded from Whitby l.h., 

 Sept. 8th, three large flocks to S., flying half a mile from shore. 



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