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MIGRATION AND OTHER ORNITHOLOGICAL NOTES. 
first passing migrants were seen on the 19th when a fair 
number of flocks were coasting to the south, and then on to 
the 26th a few flocks almost daily were passing. On the 28th 
one was taken on a boat 40 miles E. of Lowestoft. On 
November 21st and on several days at the end of December 
migrant flocks appeared at Yarmouth, and again on January 
24th, coming from the north. This species was not detected 
on spring passage, but may have been overlooked as the 
majority of the finches on migration are only seen on the 
wing. 
Linnet ( Linota cannabina ). — This species is more numerous 
on the autumn migration than the Greenfinch is, and what 
I have written about the autumn movements of that bird 
applies absolutely to the Linnet, the movements of the two 
species corresponding almost exactly in days and direction ; 
however, the two species were seldom mixed in a flock. The 
Linnet more frequently settles to feed than the Greenfinch 
does on our Denes. 
During the winter not a Linnet is to be seen on the Denes 
or on any of the agricultural fields in the neighbourhood, 
those nesting or bred on the Denes mostly move off early 
before the migrants from the north pass. During the spring 
movement this species was again very numerous compared 
with which the scarcity of the Greenfinch was most notice- 
able, however, the numbers in each flock were much fewer 
than in the autumn, instead of flocks of 50-60, flocks of 4- 12 
were the usual. The first migrants were coasting north on 
March 5th and again on 8th and 10th, and from the 22nd up 
to April 17th a few flocks were seen passing north on most 
days, but none were seen migrating during the snow and 
strong N.E. wind from April 3rd to 6th On April 17th some 
were seen coasting south, and almost daily up to the 25th 
migrants were coasting south, which movement was also 
noticed at Yarmouth. The local breeding birds seemed to 
arrive gradually, but it was difficult to say when. 
