[Footnote 17: Linnets, Twites, and Redpoles work their way south along the coast; those flocks also which cross the North Sea, after striking land, follow the same route to the south. They often collect in immense quantities in favourite localities, feeding on the seeds of salt-loving plants along the coast.] _L. linaria_, Mealy Redpole.--Spurn, a few during the second week in February, 1884, and one on 15th near Yarmouth. _L. rufescens_, Lesser Redpole.--Yarmouth, Oct. 15th, several about "denes." _L. flavirostris_, Twite.--Numerous flocks on Lincolnshire coast in October. Heligoland, Oct. 22nd, hundreds together, and to Nov. 15th; rush, Oct. 26th to Nov. 7th. _L. exilipes_, Nov. 11th, one. _Pyrrhula europæa_, Bullfinch.--Newarp L.V., March 5th, one on board. Outer Dowsing L.V., May 9th, one came on board, and ten to W.S.W. _Loxia curvirostra_, Crossbill.--Heligoland, during first week in July, repeated flights from twenty to thirty. _Emberiza melanocephala_, Black-headed Bunting.--Heligoland, in May, male and female obtained. _E. miliaria_, Corn Bunting.--Heligoland, Oct. 13th, many; Nov. 2nd, many; 7th, many; 23rd, some; "never seen here except in very small flights." _E. citrinella_, Yellowhammer.--May 13th, Whitby L.H., great many for several days. Heligoland, Nov. 2nd, many; 23rd, some. _E. cirlus_, Cirl Bunting.--May, one, "completing with the male obtained many years ago, the only pair." _E. hortulana_, Ortolan Bunting. Great Cotes, May 3rd, N.E., very sharp and cold, one seen, apparently an adult female [see Cordeaux, Zool., vol. 1883, p. 253.] Heligoland, Aug. 21st, 22nd, and 24th, "astounding numbers"; Sept. 9th and 12th, great many; 16th and 17th, first old birds. _E. rustica_, Rustic Bunting, Sept. 24th, one shot by Ludwig Gätke. _E. pusilla_, Little Bunting, Sept. 24th, one shot; 30th, one. _E. schœniclus_, Reed Bunting.--Great Cotes, Nov. 16th, considerable flight. Heligoland, Sept. 20th, pretty large numbers; Oct. 11th, great many; 13th, some; and 31st, many. _Calcarius lapponicus_, Lapland Bunting.--Heligoland, Sept. 30th, some. _Plectrophanes nivalis_, Snow Bunting.--Spring, Farn L.H., March 7th, two. Cockle L.V., 14th, "Snow-birds" to W. Languard L.H., July 8th, a pair on beach, 6.30 p.m., seen by Mr. Owen Boyle; certainly the earliest record for England of this species. Autumn, first at Tees L.V., Sept. 18th and 19th, one flock each day to S.W., and to Jan. 9th, 1884. Redcar, several flights to W.; a few recorded at stations between the Farn Islands and Yarmouth in September, October, and November; and from Dec. 1st to 29th in great numbers. At Great Cotes, on Dec. 4th, thousands upon thousands, the stubbles near the Humber fairly covered with their enormous flocks; young with a sprinkling of old birds, one to forty. Heligoland, Nov. 6th, early, very numerous passage; 12th and 14th, great many.