MIGRATION AND OTHER ORNITHOLOGICAL NOTES. 621 
Storm Petrel ( Procellaria pelagica ). — One taken on a 
boat 50 miles N.E. by E. of this town on October 16th, and 
brought to me alive ; two more taken alive and brought me on 
November 28th, 20 miles E. of here. On both occasions these 
birds were caught during fog. 
I can fully confirm what I previously wrote (Vol. ix., p. 427) 
as regards the effect of wind on migration, and restate that, as 
far as I have observed, the direction of the wind has no effect 
on either the coastal migration or on the arrivals in autumn 
from the east or the departures to the east in the spring. The 
force of the wind, I think, has some influence : thus, on two 
occasions, with wind W.N.W. (6) and W. (7), Rooks and Daws 
were essaying to make the journey eastward and returning to 
the fields they started from ; and again, on several days when 
the wind was force 5, all coastal migration seemed to have 
stopped, but this was not invariably the case. 
On September 30th, there was a strong W.N.W. wind all 
day, and a very high tide breaking down the sand dunes, the 
sea came in and flooded the denes in several places during the 
night. By seven the next morning several Ringed Plover, 
Dunlin and a Sanderlmg had found out the floods and were 
feeding round the edges. 
The extent of the coastal migrations of Finches, etc., must 
be witnessed to be realised. On some mornings thousands of 
birds must pass along to the south in autumn : thus, on October 
19th, twenty flocks of Linnets, fifteen of Greenfinches, four of 
Starlings, three of Chaffinches, one of Yellow Buntings, six of 
Meadow Pipits, three of Tree Sparrows and eight of Larks, all 
passed south in one hour between 6.15 and 7.15 a.m. Again 
on the 24th, large numbers were passing, and it was found by 
timing that a flock passed by about every half minute. This 
coastal migration is practically finished for the day by 9 a.m. 
In January there was some interesting weather-migration. 
On the 14th and 15th the wind was strong S., and on both 
dates Waders were passing over at night ; on the 16th, wind 
strong S.E., and 17th, gale from S.E., on both days birds were 
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