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11 a.m., one; Earn L.H., August 13th, 6 p.m., one on rocks. 

 Whitby l.h., September 21st, N.E. (6), one young. 



Striges. — Asio otus, Long-eared Owl. — Longstone L.H., April 

 15th, N.E., light, one. A. accipitrinus, Short-eared Owl. — 

 Languard l.h., September 16th, noon, E., one. Tetney "fitties," 

 October 6th, two. Earn L.H., 7th, 1 a.m., one; and another at 

 6 a.m. Coquet l.h., 9th, one. Eedcar, 16th, one; Spurn, 19th 

 and 22d, several. Coquet, 24th, two. Seaton Snook, Durham, 

 27th, one shot coming in from sea. Earn l.h., 29th, one. Tees 

 L.v., November 6th, 9 a.m., E., one. Owls generally. — Llyn Wells 

 L.v., September 24th, " Owl " on mast-head, came from E., going 

 S.W. Cromer l.h., October 28th, " Common Owl," at 3 A.M., 

 flying around lantern. Nyctea scandiaca, Snowy Owl. — Mr 

 Owen Boyle, of the Languard L.H., under date of February 9th, 

 wind E., reports this species as shot by a visitor near the light- 

 house. Subsequently, Mr Boyle writes, in reply to my letter, 

 that he is sure the bird was a Snowy Owl. [Further informa- 

 tion from the person who shot it, or the present possessor, 

 would be very desirable.] 



Falconid^. — Longstone l.h., August 23d, S.E., one Sparrow 

 Hawk (Accipiter nisus). Eedcar, September 10th, immature 

 Peregrine shot at Saltburn ; early in November a second. 

 Llyn Wells L.V., 21st, "large Hawk" on mast, and then 

 to S.W. Tees L.v., 28th, "large Hawk." Norfolk coast, 

 Goshawk (Astur palumbarms) , caught at sea, and brought in 

 alive to Yarmouth ; date uncertain. Swin Middle L.v., October 

 7th, two young Hawks caught on deck. Donna Nook, Lincoln- 

 shire coast, October 9th, 10th, and 11th, two Kites (Milvus 

 ictinus) seen over and about the rabbit warrens and sea banks. 

 Cromer l.h., October 25th, very many Hawks seen about during 

 the day. Spurn, 30th, Rough-legged Buzzard (Archibutro lago- 

 pus), to S. ; also several Merlin (Falco cesalon). 



Phalacrocorax Carbo, Cormorant. — Dudgeon L.v., April 

 28th, thirty, N.W. to S.E. Tees L.v., May 16th, one hundred 

 Cormorants passed; largest number ever seen here. — [H. H.] 



Sula Bassana, Gannet. — Longstone l.h., March 21st to 

 31st, S. and W. winds, many daily to N., and to April 20th in 

 less numbers. 21st, ceased altogether. Migration occupied a 

 month, and was very persistent and continuous. Outer Dowsing 

 L.v., October 2d, large numbers about, fishing for several days. 



