[From the Quarterly Journal of the Meteorological Society, 
for July, 1878.] 
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ON SOME PECULIARITIES 
IN THE 
MIGRATION OF BIRDS 
IN THE 
AUTUMN AND WINTER OF 1877-78. 
BY 
JOHN CORDEAUX. 
The Autumn and Winter of 1877-78 have been remarkable for their extreme 
mildness. On the north-east coast of England, from the middle of September 
to the end of November, the prevailing winds were from points varying from 
WNW to SSE, and there was not a single gale or even a strong breeze 
