C. Corax, Raven.--Languard L.H., December 17th, 9 A.M., two passed to
Essex shore, and remained about till noon. A pair were seen at the same
station on June 22d, 1884, at 6.30 A.M.
Cypselus Apus, Common Swift.--Yarmouth, May 15th, first seen. Tees
L.V., June 20th, N., fresh, rain, great many; July 6th and 22d, great
many to S.W. and S. Longstone L.H., August 16th, W., fine, one caught
on lantern. Ship wash L.V., 16th, three.
Picus Major, Great Spotted Woodpecker.--Has been very common in the
coast and marsh districts of north-east Lincolnshire in the autumn and
winter. One bird stuffer told me he had about fifteen or sixteen sent
in. There must have been a large immigration.
Alcedo Ispida, Kingfisher.--Languard L.H., September 17th, 6.40 A.M.,
one.
Cuculus Canorus, Cuckoo.--Farn L.H., May 18th, W.S.W., 3 P.M., first
heard. Spurn, on 20th. Cromer L.H., July 29th, one struck at midnight,
not killed. Coquet L.H., August 3d, 11 A.M., one; Farn L.H., August
13th, 6 P.M., one on rocks. Whitby L.H., September 21st, N.E. (6), one
young.
Striges.--_Asio otus_, Long-eared Owl.--Longstone L.H., April 15th,
N.E., light, one. _A. accipitrinus_, Short-eared Owl.--Languard L.H.,
September 16th, noon, E., one. Tetney "fitties," October 6th, two.
Farn L.H., 7th, 1 A.M., one; and another at 6 A.M. Coquet L.H., 9th,
one. Redcar, 16th, one; Spurn, 19th and 22d, several. Coquet, 24th,
two. Seaton Snook, Durham, 27th, one shot coming in from sea. Farn
L.H., 29th, one. Tees L.V., November 6th, 9 A.M., E., one. _Owls
generally._--Llyn Wells L.V., September 24th, "Owl" on mast-head, came
from E., going S.W. Cromer L.H., October 28th, "Common Owl," at 3 A.M.,
flying around lantern. _Nyctea scandiaca_, Snowy Owl.--Mr Owen Boyle,
of the Languard L.H., under date of February 9th, wind E., reports
this species as shot by a visitor near the lighthouse. Subsequently,
Mr Boyle writes, in reply to my letter, that he is sure the bird was
a Snowy Owl. [Further information from the person who shot it, or the
present possessor, would be very desirable.]
Falconidæ.--Longstone L.H., August 23d, S.E., one Sparrow Hawk
(_Accipiter nisus_). Redcar, September 10th, immature Peregrine shot
at Saltburn; early in November a second. Llyn Wells L.V., 21st, "large
Hawk" on mast, and then to S.W. Tees L.V., 28th, "large Hawk." Norfolk
coast, Goshawk (_Astur palumbarius_), caught at sea, and brought in
alive to Yarmouth; date uncertain. Swin Middle L.V., October 7th, two
young Hawks caught on deck. Donna Nook, Lincolnshire coast, October
9th, 10th, and 11th, two Kites (_Milvus ictinus_) seen over and about
the rabbit warrens and sea banks. Cromer L.H., October 25th, very many
Hawks seen about during the day. Spurn, 30th, Rough-legged Buzzard
(_Archibuteo lagopus_), to S.; also several Merlin (_Falco æsalon_).
Phalacrocorax Carbo, Cormorant.--Dudgeon L.V., April 28th, thirty, N.W.
to S.E. Tees L.V., May 16th, one hundred Cormorants passed; largest
number ever seen here.--[H. H.]
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