Independent assistance has been received from Messrs T. H. Nelson,
Redcar; C. Donald Thompson, Seaton-Carew; and E. B. Garbutt; Matthew
Bailey, Flamborough; W. Eagle Clarke, H. B. Hewetson, and Philip
Lawton, Spurn; Thomas Winson, Spurn Head; G. Smith, Arthur Patterson,
and Benjamin Dye, Yarmouth; J. H. Gurney, Jun., North-East Norfolk;
O. V. Aplin, Norfolk and Lincolnshire Coast; also from G. H. Caton
Haigh, Grainsby Hall; notes from Tetney and N.E. Lincolnshire; and J.
B. Whitlock, Nottingham; and on the South Coast from the Rev. H. A.
Macpherson.
Notes also bearing on migration have been utilised from the
_Zoologist_, _Naturalist_, and _Field_ newspapers.
Separate Notes on each Species.
Turdus Viscivorus, Mistletoe Thrush.--Autumn: Farn L.H., September
1st, two; Cockle L.V., October 29th, 8 A.M., one struck. Cromer L.H.,
November 2d, sunrise, one killed. Varne L.V., 9th, 11 A.M., sixty from
S.E. to N.W. Languard L.H., 12th, some.
T. Musicus, Song Thrush.--Spring; Hanois L.H., Guernsey, March 1st, 9
P.M., several striking. Longstone L.H., April 20th, 2 P.M., E., one.
Farn L.H., April 1st to 15th, several, also Blackbirds.
Autumn: First at Llyn Wells L.V., August 11th, three. Farn L.H.,
September 8th, and sparingly at several stations in September. On the
4th, 5th, and 6th of October, an immense rush more or less observed
at Farn Islands, Coquet Island, Whitby, Spurn, Outer Dowsing, Llyn
Wells, Cromer, Hasbro' L.V., Kentish Knock (October 2d to 8th), Swin
Middle, and Nore,--that is, covering the whole coast of eastern England
from the Farn Islands to the mouth of the Thames. Conditions of
arrival--easterly winds, fogs, and hazy weather. There was a second but
smaller arrival from the 19th to 30th October, also scattered notices
from various stations to November 27th.
T. Iliacus, Redwing.--Spring: Longstone L.H., April 25th, S.E. light,
some round lantern all the morning; at the same date Trent Lock, Notts,
last flock seen flying N. (F. B. W.).
Autumn: Farn L.H., September 8th, three. The main body came with the
great rush of Thrushes from the 2d to the 8th of October. Were first
observed inland near Harrogate, Yorkshire, on the 10th, and at Trent
Lock on the 16th of October. Large numbers of various _Turdidæ_, with
Larks, Chaffinches, Linnets, and others, are recorded as observed at
various stations, moving hurriedly up the coast on the approach of
snow, March 2d and 3d, 1886; also between December 27th, 1886, and
January 6th, 1887.
T. Pilaris, Fieldfare.--Spring: Tees L.V., March 13th to 19th,
Fieldfares to S.E. Farn L.H., April 28th, E.N.E. (6), eleven. Longstone
L.H., same dates, 12 to 1 A.M.; many round lantern; wind flew to N.E.,
and birds left.
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