348 THE ZOOLOGIST. 
Mr. Thomas O. Hall sends the pga notes from Flam- 
borough Lighthouse :— 
‘* We had a very straggling migration.of Rooks and Jackdaws ; 
they commenced on Oct. 21st, and, as we had a continuance of 
winds from §.8.E. to 8.S.W. for seventeen or eighteen days, so 
the migration continued to Nov. 7th. We had then a great rush 
of Fieldfares, with scarcely any other birds. It was.the greatest 
rush of Fieldfares I have seen for at least twenty years during the 
autumn migration. 'They commenced about 11 p.m. on the night 
of Nov. 24th, and continued to daylight on the 25th. I once saw 
as large a rush of Fieldfares four years ago, in January, coming 
from the north and flying south; this was after a heavy fall of 
snow in Scotland. 
“On Feb. 13th, at midnight, there was a slight migration of 
Fieldfares and Golden Plovers; they appeared to come from the 
eastward, at least they were travelling westward. 
“On Feb. 9th, at 9.30 a.m., I was up in the lantern, and, 
hearing a great cawing, I looked out, and saw a flock of about two 
hundred Rooks coming from the eastward; they flew over the top 
of the lantern and settled in the field beyond, feeding for an hour, 
and then going west. There has been a great migration, but no 
sorts of birds in any quantity except the Fieldfare. I think this 
light has never been a good one for birds; they get in the red rays 
of light and fly away, but in the white ray they get dazzled, and fly 
to the lantern-windows.”’ 
