112 REPORT ON THE MIGRATION OF BIRDS. 



Anas streperus, L., Gadwall. — Spring : March 11th, two seen 

 at Bowness. 



Autumn : August, Breconshire, a female shot (Philips, Zool, 

 1886, p. 417). October (last week of), Solway, a bird of the 

 year shot. 



Mareca penelope, L., Widgeon. — Spring: Allonby, two flocks 

 of fifty or sixty on February 11th (evening, flying due E.). 

 Ravenglass, last seen on April 23d. Flights of this and other 

 fowl began to pass over Rockliffe in an E. or N.E. direction on 

 April 21st, but the movement became accentuated on April 

 27 th, on which evening large flocks began to pass up the Eden 

 at 9 P.M. The movement continued in full swing up to 10.45, 

 there generally being five minutes, and never more than ten, 

 between parties ; after 11th they continued to pass, but the 

 movement had become less marked. 



Autumn : Numbers at Monkhill on September 13th. 



Clangula glaucion (L.), Golden-eye. — Spring : April 26th, last 

 seen at Monkhill, Cumberland. 



Autumn : October 21st and 24th, Allonby, Cumberland. 



(Edemia fusca (L.), Velvet Scoter. — December 23d, a fine 

 adult male shot on Eden. 



Mergus serrator, L., Red-breasted Merganser. — April 13th, 

 N.W. Merioneth, a flock of about a dozen, the last seen. 



Turtur communis, Selby, Turtle Dove. — Autumn : September 

 11th, Minehead, Somerset, one. October 3d, Wolf Rock, a 

 "Turtle Dove" at 11 a.m. 



Coturnix communis, Bonnat, Quail— Autumn : September 

 3d, one in the morning. October 5th, Eddystone, two caught 

 at 2 a.m. 



Crex pratensis, Bechst., Corn-Crake. — Spring : April 26th and 

 27th, Carlisle and District. May 9th, Holyhead Breakwater, 

 one at 2 p.m. 



Autumn : October 9th, Skerries, one killed between 2 and 4 

 a.m. ; 20th, Smalls, one killed. 



Gallinula chloropus (L.), Moorhen. — Autumn : August 2d, 

 *Nash, one killed at midnight. September 3d, Dee L.V., one 

 killed. 



Charadrius pluvialis, L., Golden Plover. — Autumn : August 

 25th, Burnham, one killed. 



Squatarola helvetica (L.), Grey Plover. — Spring: May 7th, 

 Allonby, Cumberland, six. 



