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No sooner did the weather begin to break, and even before, than 

 the birds began to rush northwards to their breeding quarters. 



" On the 25th of February, quantities of Skylarks flew over- 

 head in small parties in a northerly direction, the wind being 

 S.E. This species stopped here on the 5th of March, and have 

 now taken the place of the Crested Larks, most of which have 

 left. 



" On March 12th, I saw a Grey Wagtail ; and a Hawfinch 

 arrived and stayed here for a few days, and then departed. 



" On the 16th, a large flock of Carrion Crows, Jackdaws, and 

 Eooks (the Books have been very rare during the winter) flew 

 over towards the N.E. ; the passing over lasted ten minutes. 

 On many other days later have I also seen small parties of 

 1 Corvidce ' hurrying N.E. 



" On March 18th, I saw a Black-Headed Bunting ; on the 

 19th, White and Pied Wagtails arrived. ISTow the Pied have 

 left, and quantities of the White remain and have begun to build. 



" On the 23d, an extraordinary migration of Cranes began, and 

 is going on at intervals now ; they are usually flying in a N. or 

 IST.E. direction, but yesterday I saw three flying S.E., which has 

 much confused me. On the 23d, a flock settled in the fields 

 near here for a short time. Soon after this flock had gone, no 

 less than nine flights, of from forty to one hundred birds in each 

 flock, flew over at intervals. 



" Curiously enough Eobins and Thrushes are only summer 

 migrants here ; they arrived on the 24th. 



" I heard the Chiffchaff on March 25th ; and on the same day 

 was another great migration of Cranes. 



" On October 15th was the great rush of migratory birds, 

 parties of various sorts continually passing the whole day to the 

 S.W." 



List of Wings sent in from Lighthouses and Light- vessels, 

 East Coast of England. 



Station. 

 Leman and Ovver l.v. . 



D 



Date. 



Species. 



1886. 





Jan. 23. 



Snow Bunting. 



April 25. 



Wheatear. 



May 13. 



"Whinehat. 



„ 23. 



Wheatear. 



