NATURAL HISTORY OF SELBORNE. 
Migrations of Birds from England. — In September and 
October the greater portion of our summer visitants are nearly 
all gone or going. Among these we may mention the nightin- 
gale, redstart, wryneck, cuckoo (tlie old cuckoos are gone, but a 
few young are still left), flycatchers, warblers, turtle-doves, goat- 
suckers, tree-pipits, shrikes, grasshopper larks. A few of the 
following still remain : — Blackcap, chiff-chaff, meadow pipit, 
White's wagtail, Bay's wagtail, willow-wren, wheatear, large and 
lesser whitethroat, &c. These are soft billed or soft meat birds, 
which leave England in the autumn, About the same time that 
these birds leave us, others arrive, such as goldfinches, w^oodlarks, 
skylarks, linnets, redpoles, twites, siskins, and snowbuntings. 
About the second week in September, the flights of these com- 
mence and last for three weeks or a month. The autumn arrivals 
are seed-eating birds. The London bird-catchers at this " flight 
time," go down to the south coast for their harvest, and take 
large quantities of the arriving birds, many tliousands are sent 
up weekly to London for cage birds, and to be kept for their 
song. At tlie end of March the birds which left us in Septem- 
ber and October begin to return to this country. 
Birds seen at Kimberley, Norfolk. — The Kev. E. 0. Morris 
thus writes in Land and Water : — "I received the following list 
of birds seen at or near Kimberley (Norfolk), from the Earl of 
Kimberley, about a fortnight ago, and I have his permission to 
send it to you for publication : — 
1. The Golden Eagle twice seen 
here. 
2. Osprey several times ; remains 
here sometimes fishing for several 
days. 
3. Buzzard occasionally, now- 
rare. 
4. Kite I have seen once. 
5. Peregrine Falcon I have seen 
once. 
6. Hobby, latterly none seen. 
7. Kestrel, common. 
8. Sparrowhawk, common. 
9. Long-eared Owl, not uncom- 
mon. 
10. Tawny Owl, formerly common, 
now rare. 
11. White Owl numerous, since I 
have prevented the gamekeepers from 
destroying them. 
12. Grey Shrike, seen occasionally, 
but rare. 
13. Red-backed Shrike, seen occa- 
sionally, but rare : I saw a pair this 
September. 
14. Great Tit, common. 
15. Cole Tit, common. 
16. Blue Tit, common, 
17. Marsh Tit, common, 
18. Long-tailed Tit, common. 
19. Spotted Flycatcher, common. 
20. Kingfisher frecpient; particu- 
larly abundant this year, owdng, no 
doubt, to recent mild winters. In 
long severe frosts we have found 
many dead. 
21. Ravens used to breed (one 
pair) here every year, now seldom 
seen ; I saw a pair two years ago. 
22. Crow, not many. 
23. Hooded Crow, numerous in 
winter. 
24. Rook, very numerous. 
25. Jackdaw, verv numerous. 
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