24 REPORT ON THE MIGRATION OF BIRDS. 



island. (W., 3.) Spurn L.H., large flock Swifts to S. (S.S.K, 4) 

 Yarmouth, Common Sandpiper, 7 A.M. (N.E. ; fine) ; shot. 

 Thanet, Eeclstart first seen. 



April 19th. — Cromer L.H., Swallow, 10.15 a.m., to W.N.W. 

 Thanet, Chiffchaff, first. (Blackcap on 18th.) Varne L.V., about 

 a thousand Black Ducks, 9 a.m., W. to E. 



April 20th. — Spurn l.h., three Snow Buntings, 10 a.m. 

 April 21st. — Farn l.h., Wheatears all day on island. Yar- 

 mouth, Swallow, 3 p.m. (W. ; light.) Shipivash L.V., Swallow, 

 S.E. to KW. (E. by N., F.) One Flycatcher on board. 

 Hanois l.h., Swallows passing, 11 p.m. (W., 3 ; B. c.) 



April 22d. — Whitby l.h., one Swallow, 2 p.m., to K Thanet, 

 White throat, first seen. 



April 23d. — Tees l.v., one Golden-Crested Wren came on 

 board, 5 A.M. 



April 24th. — Longstone l.h., Large Tern (S. cantiaca), first 

 heard. Hunstanton L.H., one Swallow to S. Thanet, Ring Ouzel, 

 first; Willow Wren and Cuckoo. 



April 25th. — Whitby l.h., Ring Ouzel, 7 p.m. (W., 3.) Thanet, 

 Swallow, first. 



April 26th. — Cromer l.h., large flock Chaffinches to W. 

 (N.E., 3 ; clear.) Thanet, Whinchat, one. 



April 28th— Tees l.v., one Swallow, 8 a.m., to N.W. [W.] 

 JRedcar, about a dozen Gannets to E. Cromer l.h., a few 

 Wheatears. Shipwash L.v., Chaffinch on board ; several round 

 lantern all night. Thanet, Yellow Wagtail, first. 



April 29th. — Outer Dowsing l.v, one Redwing. Hunstanton 

 l.h., Cuckoo. Several Flycatchers and Whitethroats, 1 a.m. 

 (Wind E., 2 ; o. R.) Shipwash L.v., Flycatchers, several flocks, 

 6 to 8 a.m., S. to K (E.KE. to N.) Sivin Middle l.v., hundreds 

 of Flycatchers, midnight to 4 A.M. ; several killed. (E.N.E.) 

 Thanet, Ring Ouzel, three together. [A pair nested in a holly, 

 but the nest, with four eggs, was destroyed May 6th, the old 

 birds remaining to 16th, and then left.] Forty or fifty Red- 

 starts; Whitethroats, twenty to thirty; Lesser Whitethroats, 

 two ; Chiffchaff, about three hundred flitting about on pasture 

 land ; Wood Wren, two ; Cuckoo, six. 



April 30th. — Farn l.h., Sandwich and Arctic Tern, 5 A.M. 

 (N.E., 3), seen and heard flying over nesting places. 



