Pyrrhula Europœa, Common Bullfinch.--Tees L.V., October 15th, S.E.,
rain, one came on board.
Loxia Curvirostra, Common Crossbill.--Great Cotes, July 28th, 3 P.M.,
one, quite a young bird, in the striated plumage, clinging to sash of
the dining-room window. Yarmouth, December 22d, one caught at sea and
brought in alive.
Emberiza Miliaria, Common Bunting.--Languard L.H., November 19th,
W.N.W., noon, large flock to N.E.
Plectrophanes Lapponicus, Lapland Bunting.--Dover, end of November,
adult male taken alive [H. A. M.].
P. Nivalis, Snow Bunting.--Spring: Tees L.V., March 13th, one to N.
Hunstanton L.H., April 2d, flock. Autumn: Spurn, September 20th, five.
Longstone L.H., 25th, one at 3 P.M. and three at 5 P.M. October 3,
11.30 A.M., S.S.E., three; 6th, three. Farn L.H., 16th, small flock.
Yarmouth, 30th, few. Tees L.V., November 8th and 13th, December 2d,
10th, and 27th, flocks to S. Cockle L.V., November 27th, 5.30 A.M., one
killed. Altogether the smallest immigration recorded for many years.
Alauda Arvensis, Skylark.--Spring, 1886: Spurn, March 2d, great rush
to S. with others (overcast, squally, snow). Outer Dowsing L.V.,
January 21st, 23d, and 24th, February 10th, 11th, and 13th, very large
migration; on 11th and 13th February, E.S.E. to W.N.W.; March 18th
and 19th, flight to S.W. and W., and some to end of April in same
direction. Dudgeon L.V., March 20th and 23d, Larks N.W. to S.E. Leman
and Ower L.V., February 12th and 13th, 3 A.M., and 12 P.M. to daylight,
to W. (seventy-two Larks and fifteen Starlings killed). Cockle L.V.,
March 8th, 7 A.M., large flock to E.; 10 A.M., large flock to W., very
swift. Kentish Knock L.V., January 22d and 23d, 6 P.M. to 4 A.M.,
thousands; February 30th, 4.30 A.M., thousands--like clouds. Cockle
L.V., January 19th to 29th, 1887, continuous flocks to W.
Autumn: An enormous migration, commencing at Llyn Wells L.V., July
24th, 25th, and 26th, all night, and on August 15th. Cromer L.H.,
September 20th, all night. There was an immense rush in October, the
bulk arriving in two almost continuous rushes during the first and
third weeks, observed at twenty-eight stations, seventeen of which are
light-vessels, and covering the whole East Coast of England. Again at
seven stations, but in considerable less numbers, to November 11th.
After this a few at intervals to the end of the year; general direction
of flight from E. to W., and S.E. to N.W.
Otocorys Alpestris, Shore Lark.--Longstone, March 1886, first week,
three caught alive near North Sunderland. Spurn, several in November
and December. Redcar, December early, flight, many shot; all examined
were young birds [T. H. N.]. Yarmouth, October 30th, several killed
above high water line; November 2d, two shot. Cley, Norfolk coast,
November 23d, twenty to thirty seen; 26th, fifty to sixty (O. V. A.).
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