Falconidæ.--Circus, Harrier, Redcar, Sept. 21st, six on Tees
Breakwater. Buzzards or "very large Hawks," Spring, Farn L.H., March
10th, "one large Hawk, feeding on Blackbird"; May 18th, large Hawk;
June 18th, very large Hawk, driving the Terns from their nesting-place;
also on 19th. Autumn, from Sept. 6th to Jan. 12th, 1884, numerous
Buzzards, and "very large Hawks" are recorded at ten stations between
the Farn Islands and Yarmouth; the majority between Sept. 6th and Oct.
20th. There appears to have been a rush of the larger _Falconidæ_ on
Sept. 21st. At the Spurn L.H., on Sept. 21st, two Common Buzzards;
14th, 1 a.m., Honey Buzzard caught against lantern, and another on
17th, shot near Kilnsea. Farn L.H., 23rd, one very large Hawk, "back
and wings dark brown, belly greyish white, beak slate-colour." Whitby
L.H., Jan. 12th, 8.30. a.m., one very large Hawk, "dark colour, with
long, square tail, the largest I have ever seen." _Accipiter nisus_,
Sparrowhawk, numerous through September and to Oct. 14th, and after
this in less numbers to Nov. 20th; rush, Sept. 21st, with other
_Falconidæ_. Heligoland, Rough-legged Buzzard, Oct. 12th and 13th, one
each day; Nov. 2nd, some; 19th, four to six. Sea Eagle, _Haliaëtus
albicilla_, Sept. 21st, some. Sparrowhawks, from Sept. 21st to Nov.
1st.; Oct. 4th, first old birds. As a rule Sparrowhawks pass late in
the afternoon. Peregrine Falcon, Oct. 12th, a few. Kestrel and others,
Sept. 22nd, "more than ever, with Sparrowhawks and Merlins."
_Phalacrocorax carbo_, Cormorant.--Tees L.V., March 7th, flock of
twenty-five; 24th, fifty.
_Sula bassana_, Gannet.--Spring, Farn L.V., Feb. 25th, many going N.
Longstone L.H., March 22nd to April 15th, daily to N., and from this
date every day till May 30th, never more than nine in a flock; great
numbers of young also seen off Farn Islands, Redcar and Whitby, first
three weeks, in October, generally moving in northerly directions.
Redcar, Oct. 26th and 31st and Nov. 2nd and 10th, great numbers to S.E.
Hanois L.H. (Guernsey), Nov. 24th, all day passing.
_Ardea cinerea_, Heron.--Languard L.H., June 25th, a pair very high to
S.W., and several seen off Farn L.H. in August.
_Botaurus stellaris_, Bittern.--Early in January, 1884, a Bittern was
shot near Thornton College, North Lincolnshire, and two others are
reported as seen.
Anser, Geese.--Languard L.H., March 11th, sixteen Grey Geese, very high
to S.W. Whitby L.H., June 20th, nineteen going N., and on July 8th, 5
p.m., a large flock from N. to S.W. Redcar, Sept. 21st, twelve Grey
Geese to E.; and at some stations also in October and November, having
probably reference to change of feeding-ground. A large flock of Brent
Geese, _Bernicla brenta_, were seen off the Farn Islands on March 23rd,
at 6 p.m., and in the autumn a few on Sept. 26th, at the Tees L.V.
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