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One of the last schedules received, at the time of going to 

 press, from the Cockle l.v., off the Norfolk coast, records 

 immense flights of Crows (probably Books), passing in a south- 

 easterly direction to the Continent early in March, 1885, 

 commencing on the 2nd at 7 a.m., in large numbers on the 6th 

 at 6 a.m., and continuous from 6 a.m. to 8 a.m. on the 8th ; 

 large numbers again on the 9th at 5.30 a.m. 



The notes under the head of separate species in the East 

 Coast report for 1884, indicate several movements of special 

 interest. Blackbirds, as has been already stated, have crossed 

 the North Sea in extraordinary numbers, commencing on 

 September 12th and throughout October, and immense numbers 

 in November ; on the 11th, 12th and 13th the rush appears to 

 have been continuous, night, and day, over the whole coast line ; 

 after this intermittent to the end of the third week in 

 January, 1885. 



Another very interesting feature is the occurrence of the 

 Arctic Bluethroat in considerable numbers between September 

 8th and 16th; eighty to one hundred were observed in one 

 locality on the Norfolk coast on the 12th. 



The migration of the Gold-crested Wren was very pronounced. 

 The first are recorded on August 28th, and after this at various 

 stations in large numbers up to November 22nd. Eighty-seven 

 days against ninety-two in 1882, and eighty-two in 1883. The 

 visible migration of this little wanderer across Heligoland has 

 been considerably below the average of other years. 



Pied Flycatchers arrived in large numbers from August 10th 

 to September 17th. Across Heligoland also there was a great 

 migration between August 10th and September 30th. 



Immense numbers of Bing Doves are shown to have crossed 

 from the Continent between the 21st of October and the end of 

 November. This immigration appears to have covered the coast 

 between Berwick and Yarmouth. On our northern coasts 

 for nine days, between November the 20th and 28th, the rush 

 was continuous. Large numbers of Stock Doves also crossed 

 during the same period. 



The main body of the Woodcocks generally arrive in two 

 flights, known to East-coast sportsmen as the " first flight," and 

 after this the "great flight." In the autumn of 1884 the 

 immigration of this species was most prolonged, commencing on 



