34 REPORT ON THE MIGRATION OF BIRDS. 



Autumn : Hanois l.h., September loth, 16th, and 17th, rush 

 to S. about mid-day, and on 20th at sunset ; and 21st during 

 morning, to S.W. and S., as many as twenty-five together. 

 Swin Middle L.v., October 2d and 3d, 7.30 to noon, at intervals 

 to S.E. ; and at Hunstanton on October 1st, 3d, and 4th. Nab 

 L.v. (Channel), October 1st, at intervals daylight till dusk, 

 twenty together, to S., wind S. to S.E. (4). Languard L.H., 

 October 3d. — Mr Owen Boyle writes : " Thousands of Swallows 

 congregated here at 6.45 a.m., pitched on the lantern top and 

 gallery rails ; every available spot was covered with them. 

 Thousands also were on the wing all round the lighthouse. 

 The birds pitched were all quite silent. At 8.10 a.m. they all 

 rose in a mass, and went to the S.W. ; not one was to be seen 

 at noon." Trent Lock, October 3d, hundreds congregating on 

 telegraph wires. Kentish Knock l.v., October 1st, several to 

 S. Hanois l.h., October 6th, great many ; last seen, Spurn, 

 November 1st, one. Lewes, Sussex, 8th, some to W. From 

 September 30th to October 7th pressure system cyclonic ; type 

 first south-westerly and afterwards south-easterly. 



Chelidon Urbica, Martin. — Cromer L.H., May 15th, first. 

 Autumn: South Sand Head L.v., September 24th, twenty to 

 thirty Martins ; 29th, twenty Martins to N.W. Farn L.H., 

 October 5th, one Hying round tower. Great Cotes, November 

 15th, last seen, one. Cotile riparia, Sand Martin. — On the 8th 

 of August I saw between six and seven hundred perched to- 

 gether on the telegraph wires by the turnpike side near Tam- 

 worth. 



LiGURiNUS Chloris, Greenfinch. — Swin Middle l.v., October 

 18th, during day, with others at intervals to the W. Farn L.H., 

 January 3d to 8th, seven. Carduelis elegans, Goldfinch. — 

 Hanois l.h., September 24th, N.E., 9 a.m., large flock to S.E. 



Passer Domesticus, Common Sparrow. — Is recorded at 

 eleven stations, but at none north of Spurn. Leman and 

 Ower L.v., August 30th, great many on board. There was a 

 great rush between the 3d and 7th of October observed at Spurn 

 L.v. ; 6th and 7th, forty to fifty on deck — remained about one 

 and a half hours. Inner Dowsing L.v., 6th, one hundred on 

 board, ten killed ; flew at 5 p.m. to N.W. ; 8th, fifty, E.S.E. to 

 W.N.W. Hasbro' L.v., 6th, forty ; some died on board. Large 

 numbers also between the same dates at the Goodwin, Gull, and 



