EAST COAST OF ENGLAND. 



55 



December 31st. — Farn l.h., small flocks of Long-Tailed 

 Ducks to K 



List of Wings sent from Lighthouses and Light- vessels, 

 East Coast of England. 



Station. 



Spurn L. h. 



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Cromer l.h. . 



Happisburgh l.v. 



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3) 

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Leman and Ower l 





Date. 



Species. 





1887. 





Oct. 



3, 4 A.M. 



Wren. 



Nov. 



4, 3 A.M. 



Tree Sparrow. 



■> i 



18. 



Tufted Duck (male) 



Sept. 



17, 3 A.M. 



Osprey. 1 



5) 



3. 



Arctic Tern. 



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15. 



Whitethroat, two. 



Nov. 



7. 



Great Tit, two. 



>> 



18. 



Jacksnipe. 



Aug. 



5. 



Skylark. 



Sept. 



26. 



Jacksnipe. 



Oct. 



7. 



Linnet. 



j> 



8. 



Greenfinch. 



?> 



26. 



Greenfinch. 2 



Nov. 



11. 



Water- rail. 



Oct. 



10. 



Thrush. 



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> j 



Chaffinch. 



M 



5> 



Tree Sparrow. 



J J 



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Greenfinch. 3 



» 5 



9. 



Brambling, six. 



Sept. 



20. 



Wryneck. 



Oct. 



6. 



Pied Wagtail, two. 



Nore l.v. 



Kentish Knock l.v. 



Goodwin l.v. 



Hanois l.h., Guernsey 



Summary and General Eemarks. 



In January depressions of very considerable size passed by our 

 north-western and northern shores after the 2d, with very sudden 

 changes of temperature of an unusual character and great 

 magnitude; showers of cold rain, sleet, and hail from day- to 

 day, and very severe frosts at night. There are very clear in- 

 dications in the diary of Migration, that the atmospheric dis- 

 turbances were concurrent with a great rush of birds going south 

 along the coast. Those chiefly noted being Fieldfares, Black- 

 birds, Thrushes, Redwings, Larks, Chaffinches, Linnets, Starlings, 

 and some Crows. 



1 " Shot from flagstaff, as seen when ray of light came round and illuminated 

 it." 



2 "Great numbers on board in afternoon, and died from exhaustion. The 

 survivors took off along with some Crows, coming from E. and going N.W. 

 (4, b. c.)" 



3 Mr Thomas Littlewood says — " These four species on deck at sunrise too weak 

 to fly." 



