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most invariably drowned, there can be little doubt that numbers, 
especially of the smaller Passerines c.g. Chaffinches, Redpolls, and 
many others perish in this way when overtaken by stress of weather; 
but few are seen washed up on the beach. Their disappearance may 
be accounted for by the presence at this time of numerous gulls on 
the coast, which are ever ready to glean up any such flotsam. A 
sudden change of wind to an easterly point will sometimes drive a 
few of these unfortunate birds ashore. 
On September 24th, 1881, during a walk along the north beach, 
1 observed lying among the refuse three Common Buzzards, three 
Sparrowhawks, and a Harrier, which with a few common species had 
been overtaken by a storm and had perished. There had been that 
month an unusual immigration of raptorial birds, several others having 
met with an untimely end in the neighbourhood. I have also found 
in the wash and at the tidemark at various times Guillemots, Razor- 
bills, Crows, Merlins and many others that have succombed to fati- 
gue on the violence of the storm. Yet strangely enough I have met 
with instances where Crows have rested a few moments on the water, 
and lifted themselves to wing again on the crest of a wave! 
I have been assured that the Woodcock has been seen to do the 
same x ) . I have quite a number of records dealing with mishaps, which 
have befallen spring northward bound birds. 
The March-end of 1900 was very boisterous, and the easterly 
gales proved disastrous to many rock-birds, then on their passage 
north. Between Yarmouth and Winterton on April 2nd and 3rd the 
following dead birds were found along the tidemark: 30 Little Auks; 
2 Guillemots; 1 Great Northern Diver; 20 Puffins; 2 Razorbills. 
Again on March 21st, 1901, during a walk along the beach from 
Ormesby to Yarmouth, after a week of heavy easterly winds, I 
found several Little Auks, Guillemots, and Puffins; also eight dead 
Rooks and a number of Starlings. These latter birds must certainly 
have been unfortunate travellers that had succombed to weariness 
and dropped into the sea. At the same time I observed the remains of 
a few Kittiwakes and the sternums of several Larks and other small 
birds with the wins attached; the Crows had been busily feeding 
upon them.” 
Dit zijn eenige uit duizenden voorbeelden, die te geven zijn. Wil 
men er meer van weten, Eagle Clarke en Patterson halen verschei- 
dene staaltjes aan, maar het duidelijkst zal men het spel van storm 
en ruw weer begrijpen, indien men onze zeelui laat verteilen. Alle 
zullen u meedeelen hoe en in welken getale de vogels omkomen met 
keerenden wind. 
i) Zie ook Gätke, die een Zanglijster en Sneeuwgors op zee drijvend zag rüsten. 
