Report on the Migration of Birds in the Autumn of 1879. [First Report] — John Shaqi
Report on the Migration of Birds in the Autumn of 1879. [First Report]Harvie-Brown, J. A. (John Alexander)
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Report on the Migration of Birds in the Autumn of 1879. [First Report]
Harvie-Brown, J. A. (John Alexander)
Birds -- Migration -- Great Britain -- Periodicals
Hooded Crow, _Corvus cornix_; Rook, _C. frugilegus_; Daw, _C.
monedula_.--The migration of Rooks is not noted on the English coast
north of the Humber; south of this they were noticed at nearly every
station as either Rooks or "Black Crows," to distinguish them from
the Hoodie or Grey Crow. Immense numbers of both Rooks and Grey Crows
crossed on Oct. 16th from daylight to dark, travelling from E. to
W. Noticeably at the Inner Dowsing, on Oct. 16th, large number of
Crowds, from N.E. to W.; at Hunstanton, on the 17th, Hooded Crowds and
Rooks all day; at the Newarp, on the 16th; at the Cockle, the same
day "height of rush," Crows and Rooks, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., going W.,
and again on the 22nd, 23rd and 24th, large numbers of Crows, Rooks,
Starlings and Larks, from daylight to dark, passing W.; again on Nov.
8th, large flocks of Crows. At the Corton, on Oct. 16th and 22nd,
continuous flocks of Crows, Daws and Larks all day, E. to W., also
Nov. 8th and 11th and Dec. 27th. At the Shipwash, Oct. 15th and 16th,
constant on 15th, till 12 a.m.; on 16th, 9 a.m. to 3.20 p.m., from
S.S.E. to N.N.W. At the Goodwin, Oct. 15th to 21st, Crows "in shoals."
At the South-sand Head, Oct. 16th, Rooks, 9.30 a.m., going W.N.W. and
N.W.; and seven other stations. In the returns it is impossible in
many cases, under the general entry of "Crows," to separate the Hooded
Crow from the Rook. It appears, however, that immense numbers of the
_Corvidæ_ crossed the North Sea; Rooks at stations south of the Humber,
and Hooded Crows at both northern and southern stations from Oct.
15th to Nov. 19th. Both Rooks and Hooded Crows appear to have started
simultaneously on Oct. 15th, and passed across the North Sea from E. to
W. in almost continuous flocks on the 16th and 17th; and after these
dates in more scattered detachments, less and less to Nov. 19th. And
again during the latter, part of December; the last entry is on Dec.
27th at the Corton, Crows passing E. and W. in afternoon and Larks
in hundreds. Daws are only mentioned at two stations; the Corton on
Oct. 10th and 2:2nd, continuous flocks of Daws and Crows all day; also
at the Shipwash on the 16th. At the Inner Dowsing on Oct. 22nd four
Crows remained all night on globe above the lantern, and five took up
their position in the same quarter on the night of Nov. 8th, leaving at
daylight for the Lincolnshire coast. The wind on the North Sea on Oct.
16th was N. to N.E., force 4 to 7.
Cuckoo, _Cuculus canorus_.--On Sept. 17th, 10 p.m., at the North
Foreland, wind E., overcast, misty a Cuckoo struck the south side of
the lantern, but was not killed.
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