Part 2

_At Pentland Skerries._--Chaffinches on the 4th, and Greenfinches on the 16th and 19th, in small numbers. Wind, in the latter case, N.N.W. by W.S.W. to N.E., with rain.

_December._--4th, at N. Unst, one Chaffinch (S.W., sleet) resting on lighthouse; and on 9th, one all day; fresh N.W., snow. At Sumburgh Head, 1 Greenfinch (fresh breeze, N., and snow) on 9th; and same day, twelve Grey Linnets (Twites?) all day, "flying about a dyke."

_August._--At N. Unst, two Linnets (Twites?) rested on rock; W., light breeze, clear.

_September._--At N. Unst, eighteen seen at noon; light W. breeze, fog; flying about rock. 29th and 30th, at Pentland Skerries, Chaffinch seen all day; fresh E., haze, and N.E., cloudy. On 30th, also seen all day.

_October._--At N. Unst, Linnet (Twites?), four seen at 10 A.M.; N.W, fresh breeze, and snow. On 23d and 28th, _100_ (old and young) all day time; variable light airs, haze.

_November._--At N. Unst, on 20th, "Linnets."

Emberizinæ.--_January._--Common Bunting at Pentland Skerries, one all day on lighthouse; fresh S.W.

_April._--30th, at Pentland Skerries, one Common Bunting; moderate N.W., clear; on lighthouse.

_May._--7th, at Pentland Skerries, one Common Bunting all day; light S.S.E., haze; on lighthouse. And 22d, one Snow Bunting all day; fresh N.W.

_July._--22d, at Pentland Skerries, one Common Bunting all day; strong W.N.W., clear; on lighthouse, and till 29th.

_September._--13th to 25th, at N. Unst, Snow Buntings. Flock on 13th; and from six to fourteen on other dates (6 dates). Winds, northerly and westerly. Also at Pentland Skerries and Bell Rock.

_October._--5th, 14th, 20th, Snow Buntings disappeared on 5th at N. Unst. Five reappeared with N.N.W. and snow, and disappeared at 1 P.M. same day; and two seen on 20th. A few seen at Pentland Skerries on 11th, and again on 29th. A large flock at Dunnet on 14th; N.E., sleet.

_November._--From 1st on to 20th, numbers, increasing in quantity by 5th. 11th, with Common Buntings on 18th, and Yellow Buntings on 19th and 20th. On 3d, at N. Ronaldshay, _hundreds_; S.E., strong, and still on lighthouse on 23d. At Bell Rock, on 20th and 21st, a few only.

_December._--Two only, all day, on 9th at Sumburgh Head.

Alaudidæ.--No spring records; nor till September 23d, on Bell Rock, four seen; light W., flying S.E.

_October._--Nothing.

_November._--20th, at Bell Rock, one struck, not killed, at 3 A.M.; light W. breeze, haze.

_December._--8th, at Pentland Skerries, flock all day; moderate S.W., and snow; increased to-day. Same date, at Dunnet, flock of, at 10 A.M.; light E. breeze, snow.

Sturninæ.--_In March._--Record of one Starling found dead at foot of tower at Pentland Skerries; light W., clear.

_July._--31st, at Pentland Skerries, for several days, in one large flock. 5th, at Noss Head, one pure white Starling at 4 A.M.; N.W., fresh. Flying about.

_September._--On 16th, flock of Starlings flying about, all young birds, at Inchkeith.

_October._--At Pentland Skerries, nine; wind, N.W.; light haze on 25th. On 27th, at same place, twenty-four (variable light airs), _old and young_; and at Bell Rock, on 18th, one old bird; fresh W. breeze.

_November._--On 14th, six at North Unst; N., fresh breeze, snow. And on 11th, at Pentland Skerries, _one_; N.N.E. "Struck, not killed."

Corvidæ.--_February._--At N. Unst, four Crows, 2.9 A.M., daily seen. N.W., light, clear. And 13th, Black Ravens; N.W., fresh, haze.

_March._--At Pentland Skerries, one Jackdaw all day; light S.E.E., haze; on lighthouse. And again on 30th, S.W., clear; flying over. On 3d, at Noss, two Ravens flying over; fresh W. breeze. Rooks and Grey Crows are also taken note of at N. Unst and Pentland Skerries.

_April._--24th, Rooks at N. Unst, a flock flying about. Also noted at Pentland Skerries; and also twenty at N. Ronaldshay on 28th.

_July._--On 6th, Rooks all day at Pentland Skerries; had been there for a week.

_August._--On 3d, one Raven at N. Unst, and one on 24th; S.E. Rested on rock.

_September._--At N. Unst many records, but no great numbers of Ravens, Hooded Crows; Rooks (28th, flock of eight). S.W. wind on six or seven dates.

_October._--Here also a few returns of the same species, and one Jackdaw on 10th at Pentland Skerries.

_November._--At Pentland Skerries Great Crows, Ravens, and Rooks; and Ravens at Noss Head.

_December._--Grey Crows at Pentland Skerries, three dates--8th, 27th, and 31st.

Cypselidæ.--_May._--One swift seen at Bell Rock on 3d, an early date; light S., clear.

_August._--Two seen at Pentland Skerries on 8th at 2 P.M.; light S.W. "Flying about the tower for insects."

_September._--One Swift all day on 16th at Pentland Skerries; light S.E. to N.E., clear.

Cuculidæ.--_May._--Two on 18th at Bell Rock.

Strigidæ.--_September._--16th, at Pentland Skerries, one Owl; moderate E.S.E., cloudy. "Rare."

_October._--At same place two Short-Eared Owls--one shot; N.N.E., showers.

Falconidæ.--One record of Falcon on February 7th at N. Unst.

_March._--Two Sparrow Hawks at N. Unst.

_June._--One Hawk at N. Ronaldshay; and various autumn records as usual. Nothing new to be gleaned from them. Principally Sparrow Hawk (usually meaning _Merlins_), Falcons, Kestrel, etc.

Pelecanidæ.--Cormorants.--We have not catalogued yet all the winter colonies of the Great Cormorant, so records of this species are useful. The only birds recorded this year on E. Coast are: _October_ 27th, four, flying E. Wind N.W. at Pentland Skerries. _November_ 21st, flock of thirty, resting on rock of N. Unst.

We have had a number of schedules entirely devoted to Gannets at some of the more prominent stations, and these, with other accounts already published, will at some future date constitute material for a very thorough treatment of the movements of the species, and their relations to the migrations of the Herring.

We therefore omit schedule notes on the Gannet at present. But lest our reporters think their work thus wasted or lost, we hasten to undeceive them, for we consider that the movements of Solan Geese, as held in relation to their known breeding areas, and the habits and distribution of the Herring (their principal food, if not indeed almost their _only_ food), is of most particular economic importance. Much hinges upon it _undoubtedly_, as any one who has studied not only its habits, also the great question of our sea-fisheries, is bound to know, or he has missed the whole importance of the subject.

Ardeidæ.--Herons are ubiquitous, even in the "Remoter Isles," and even where they do not breed. Their regular occurrence along and over all our coasts, at _all_ seasons, and independent of breeding stations, makes statistics of a value difficult to ascertain. But one thing seems quite certain, their migrations, local movements, curious presence at all points, and at all times, is _not_ dependent upon the movements of _deep-sea_ fishes. The Heron's food-supplies are of a much more cosmopolitan nature, and he finds that which he requires to keep him at all seasons, in all weathers, at all tides; and his long neck and legs must be of considerable service to him in all these varying circumstances.

_Report._--_March._--7th, one Heron (N.W., clear) on lighthouse of Pentland Skerries.

_April._--Not a record anywhere.

_May._--Two Herons at Pentland Skerries on 17th flying about lighthouse. [Were they _old or young?_]

_June._--_Blank._

_July._--Scarcely more so. "Three Herons, on the 4th of July, circled around the rocks of Pentland Skerries about 3.30 P.M.--the wind light S.--and flew away again to the west."

_August._--At the same place (which either has special attractions, or specially careful recorders--we incline to the latter), on the 26th, two Herons "sat upon the island;" S.E. haze.

_September._--Five Herons--again at the same place--appeared; and three on the 24th.

_October._--Two Herons sat on the rocks of the same isle on the 2d, after encountering a fresh N. wind and cloudy sky.

_November._--One Heron, at 1.30 A.M., was seen at the same favoured isle, but flying _north_ over the island; wind light N.W., and cloudy sky.

Anatidæ.--_Wild Ducks_: _Eider Ducks_: _Widgeon_ or _Wild Duck_? _Teal_ or _Widgeon_? "_Wild Geese_:" _Golden Eye_.

_March._--20th, at Pentland Skerries, two Duck; and on 28th, two. (Wind fresh S. first day, and N.W., clear, next.)

_April._--10th, at Pentland Skerries, several Eider Ducks.

_August._--26th, at Pentland Skerries, five or six at noon.

_N.B._--_September._--27th, Eider Duck at N. Ronaldshay, arrived; old and young stay all winter. Again on 11th, at Pentland Skerries, Eider Ducks appeared in a flock swimming round island--N.W., clear; and on the 14th--same station--"Teal or Widgeon" [probably Teal.--J. A. H.-B.] arose off a loch.

_October._--A "dark-coloured Duck" seen at Noss Head (?)--wind N.N.E., and sleet; and "_Wild Geese_" in a string on 17th flying N. at noon past Inchkeith in the Firth of Forth.

_November._--A few single records, 2d, 3d, 21st, and 23d, at N. Unst. Wind in order, S.E. gale. Do., E. breeze, S.S.W. breeze.

Columbidæ.--_September._--"Common Pigeon" on 3d at Bell Rock; E., fresh breeze. [Was this a "Dooket Doo" frae Fife?--J. A. H.-B.]

Procellariidæ.--_August._--A "rush" of Petrels at N. Unst at the glass [or only perhaps the local birds lured to the glass by special atmospheric causes. The Storm Petrel winters at N. Unst in their burrows there, and may be said never to be absent from the neighbourhood.--J. A. H.-B.] There seems to have been, however, unusually large movements of the Petrels, and W. Nichol remarked upon it in one of his letters. Also in _September_, and less so in _October_.

Rallidæ.--Corn Crake.--_May._--10th, at N. Ronaldshay, heard for the first time this year, and at Pentland Skerries on 16th, "arrived three days earlier than usual!"

_September._--21st, one at Pentland Skerries, 3 P.M.; light N.W., cloudy.

Charadriidæ.--There is really little to be learned from the accounts of movements of this family. Oyster-Catchers are always locally present, so almost are Golden Plover.

Entries of Plovers and even of Oyster-Catchers are very few and far between, and the records of _Lapwings_ add little to our _data_. Ringed Plover receive a few notices.

Scolopacidæ.--The Woodcock is always interesting, so we take him in detail. It is a curious circumstance that there is scarcely an entry in the Report--or at most only two or three. Thus:--

Never appeared till _November_:--on the 1st, two ("_later than last year_") found benighted in a S.S.E. gale with rain at Pentland Skerries, and the other next day. Again on the 11th, one; wind N.W., cloudy; and one at N. Ronaldshay; light E, and clear.

_December._--Only three entries--10th, 12th, and 16th, at Pentland Skerries and at _Dunnet_. Three birds.

Snipe, equally scarce with the last. One entry in March, and none again till 3d of November, and no more afterwards.

Curlew has many entries, yet not so many as in 1886; but the Curlew can only be considered as a very partial migrant, and entries are mostly of local interest only.

We do not repeat the comparative tables given under Curlew, Woodcock, Snipe, and Jacksnipe, which we gave in 1886 Report (8th Report, p. 24).

Of Redshanks, Sandpipers, Dunlins, there are few entries of any value in working out our subject, and these are almost entirely from N. Unst and Pentland Skerries in autumn. The Dunlins arrived at Pentland Skerries at their breeding haunts on 29th April.

Laridæ.--_April._--Numbers of Kittiwakes all day, at Pentland Skerries, on 30th April.

_May._--Numbers of Kittiwakes and Gulls on 1st at N. Ronaldshay; again numbers on Pentland Skerries on 29th, and Black-Backed Gulls on 26th. Terns arrived at Pentland Skerries on 12th April. [_Note._--Both Arctic and Common Terns breed on the Pentland Skerries.--J. A. H.-B.].

_July._--Terns left Pentland Skerries on 27th, "which is earlier than usual." Gulls still seen about the Rock at N. Ronaldshay this month.

_August._--One Skua, "_rare_," flying E.; seen at Pentland Skerries on 3d. Five or six other entries of Gulls, Herring Gulls, Black-Backed Gulls, and Kittiwakes, all at Pentland Skerries.

_September._--Four entries of Gulls, all at Pentland Skerries, and in great numbers; immense numbers on 16th, 18th, and 25th.

_October._--At N. Unst, flock of young Kittiwakes (wind N.W.) flying W. on 21st, and again on 22d. A number of Gulls at Pentland Skerries on 16th and 24th.

_December._--Two Ivory Gulls at N. Unst (W., strong breeze) on 2d. Two Iceland Gulls at N. Unst (N.W., and snow) on 10th.

Procellariidæ.--Petrels.--_August._--One on 17th and one on 23d at Pentland Skerries at night; struck, not killed. This appears to be the only record. They winter upon N. Unst as also, no doubt, at many other stations.--(See forthcoming volume upon the "Vertebrate Fauna of the Outer Hebrides," where winter colonies of Petrels, etc., will be spoken of more fully.)

Alcidæ.--Few entries as compared with most years.

_January 1887._--At N. Unst flock of Marrots; "soon arrived this year;" S.S.W., strong breeze, and hail. "Rare to see any so soon."

_February._--At N. Unst on 19th, Tysties, a flock of, "first arrival early;" and on 14th, four Tysties arrived at Noss Head, where, we are informed by the light keeper, _a few breed!_ On 15th, at same station, a great many Marrots and Razorbills arrived.

_March._--7th, at Noss Head, Guillemots, "many more arrived to-day, and all day;" and on 1st, "many arriving all day."

_April._--3d, at Pentland Skerries, Puffins arrived during the day, "earlier than last year by a week." [_Note._--These arrival dates of rock birds are always interesting, as also are their movements at other times.]

_August._--Guillemots seen flying E. past Pentland Skerries on 4th August, and flocks again on 6th; and by 19th, Puffins all left, and last seen were on 15th at that station.

_September._--One Black Guillemot seen on 17th at Pentland Skerries; fresh N.W., cloudy.

_December._--16th, at N. Unst, two young Guillemots seen; light S. breeze.

EAST COAST OF ENGLAND.

Schedules were issued to thirty-four stations, lighthouses, and light-vessels on the East Coast of England, and returns have been received from thirty-one. The total number of schedules received from all sources is eighty-four.

Wings and legs have also been forwarded, representing birds killed or captured against the lanterns, from the Leman and Ower L.V., Happisburgh L.V., Spurn L.H., Cromer L.H., Kentish Knock L.V., Nore L.V., Goodwin L.V., and Hanois L.H., Guernsey. Altogether twenty-eight wings have been forwarded with labels and dates of occurrence.

East Coast stations included in this report are:--

Longstone L.H. Thomas O. Hall. Farn, Inner, L.H. Thomas H. Cutting. Coquet Island L.H. William Evans. Tees, 5 Buoy L.V. Henry Harbord. Whitby High L.H. John Odgers. Flamborough L.H. Charles Hood. Spurn L.H. Annie Rose Smith and J. B. Smith. Spurn L.V. _Nil._ Outer Dowsing L.V. W. Stock and A. Bearling. Inner Dowsing L.V. William King. Llyn Wells L.V. T. Ditcham. Dudgeon L.V. J. F. Warder and J. Harrison. Hasbro' L.V. John Nicholas and B. V. Darnell. Hasbro' L.H. _Nil._ Hunstanton L.H. W. Westmoreland. Cromer L.H. C. B. Comber. Winterton L.H. John Watson. Leman and Ower L.H. R. Cook and John Bowen. Newarp L.V. Charles Cook and George Hall. Cockle L.V. C. Perfrement and E. Cole. Corton L.V. J. Dove and J. H. Johnson. Languard Point L.H. Owen Boyle. Shipwash L.V. William Barker and D. Dale. Galloper L.V. P. Page and F. Page and C. Rafe. Kentish Knock L.V. W. R. Carter and William Ross. Swin Middle L.V. Samuel Pender. Tongue L.V. _Nil._ Nore L.V. Wm. Little wood (wings). Goodwin L.V. Thomas Rees. Gull L.V. Francis Harvey and J. Jenkins. South Sand Head L.V. F. G. Foreman. East Side L.V. W. Nicholls and E. le Gallais. Varne L.V. William Kingsford. Hanois L.H., Guernsey Charles Williams.

In addition to the observations supplied by the light-keepers, notes have been incorporated, directly or indirectly communicated by Messrs T. H. Nelson, Redcar (12 schedules); C. Donald Thompson, Seaton-Carew; Matthew Bailey, Flamborough; W. Eagle Clarke, Philip Lawton, W. Cecil Scott, and F. D. Power, The Spurn; J. H. Gurney, Jun., North-East Norfolk; O. V. Aplin, Norfolk Coast; G. Smith, Arthur Patterson, Benjamin Dye, and W. P. Pycraft, Yarmouth; also from Mr G. H. Caton-Haigh, Grainsby Hall, notes from Tetney and North-East Lincolnshire; and Lord Clifton, Dumpton Park, Ramsgate, from Isle of Thanet.

Notes also bearing on migration have been utilised from the _Naturalist_, the _Zoologist_, and the natural history column in the _Field_ newspaper.

Diary of Migratory Movements on East Coast of England, 1887.

JANUARY.

January 1st.--[1]_Flambro'_L.H., several flocks of Guillemot about the cliffs. _Newarp_ L.V., nineteen Crows to W., 4 P.M.

[Footnote 1: The sequence of the stations is from north to south. The weather reports at the various stations are given in brackets. The symbols are those which have been adopted in the _Beaufort Scale_. The force of the wind ranges from 0 to 12.]

January 4th.--_Tees_ L.V., large flocks Dunlin, Whimbrel, Curlew, one Red-throated Diver, and eighteen Shelduck. (N.W., light.) _Hunstanton_ L.H., thousands of Larks, 9.30 A.M. to 3 P.M., to S.; also Lapwings. (Wind S., B. C.) _Languard_ L.H., "owing to last night's heavy weather, thousands of birds--Thrushes, Blackbirds, Starlings, Fieldfares, Linnets, Skylarks, and Chaffinches--remained about the lighthouse all day. Large flocks also passing over to the Essex Shore," _Swin Middle_ L.V., flock of Larks to E. (S. by E., 3; snow.)

January 5th.--_Farn_ L.H., Woodcock on island, 3.30 P.M. _Tees_ L.V., large flocks of Larks, four Redshank, two Fieldfares. (N.W.; snow.) _Spurn_ L.H., great number of Larks, Thrushes, Fieldfares, Redwings, and several Crows to S. Many dead outside in the bents. (S.E., 6; snow.)

January 6th.--_Farn_ L.H., Golden Plover, Redwing, Thrush, and several Curlew. (N.E., 3; snow.) _Whitby_ L.H., Fieldfare, 6 A.M., caught at lantern. (W., 3; O. S. M.) _Spurn_ L.H., the same as on 5th. (W.S.W., 4.) _Outer Dowsing_ L.V., one Thrush and a Lark, 9 A.M., to W. (O. M.) _Newarp_ L.V., number of Larks to W., 2.30 P.M. _Yarmouth_, Pochard, Widgeon, and Tufted Ducks; frost: Fieldfares and Redwings, vast flocks to S. _Shipwash_ L.V., Titlark dead on deck; one Lark and a Thrush on board. (N.N.W.) _Swin Middle_ L.V., a few Larks and Starlings at various times, almost all directions.

January 7th.--_Outer Dowsing_ L.V., Fieldfares and two Starlings on board. Six Wild Ducks to S.S.W. _Cromer_ L.H., eighteen Red-throated Divers fishing along shore. _Dudgeon_ L.V., Titlarks at night; five killed. (S.E., 3.) _Swin Middle_ L.V., flock of Larks, 1.30 P.M., to W. _Hanois_ L.H. (Guernsey), four Goldfinches, 10.30 A.M., to E. (W.N.W., 4.)

January 8th.--_Yarmouth_, Thrushes, Blackbirds, Redwings, Larks--market stalls glutted.

January 9th.--_Farn_ L.H., Golden Plover, Thrush, Redwing, one Fieldfare, one Blackbird on island. (N., 1.) _Hasbro'_ L.V., eight Skylarks, 3 P.M., caught alive. (S.E., 2; O. M.)

January 12th.--_Farn_ L.H., several Thrush, Starlings, two Blackbirds, and one Fieldfare. (W., 2.)

January 15th.--_Yarmouth_, Peregrine Falcon.

January 19th.--_Cromer_ L.H., Thrush (4 A.M.) killed. _Cockle_ L.V., straggling Skylarks, one to six at a time, at intervals, E. to S.W. and W. on 19th, and to 26th inclusive. (W. and S.W., 3.) _Nore_ L.V., Skylarks, 8 P.M. to midnight, round lantern; also night of 18th. (W.S.W., 4.)

January 21st.--_Redcar_, many Larks and Lapwings to W. during morning. (W., strong.)

January 22d.--_Redcar_, several flocks Lapwing, 3 P.M., a mile at sea to W. (W.N.W., strong.) _Swin Middle_ L.V., about fifty Larks during night; eight killed. (W., 3.)

January 23d.--_Swin Middle_ L.V., Larks in flocks, 50-70, to W.

January 24th.--_Galloper_ L.V., a few Larks round lantern all night. (S.W., 4.) Also on 25th. _Hanois_ L.H., flock Larks, 4 A.M., flying round light. (S., O. M.)

January 26th.--_Farn_ L.H., several Thrush and Skylarks. (W.S.W., 4.) _Redcar_, three flocks of Larks at 11.30 A.M. from sea, going W.

January 27th.--_Cromer_ L.H., a few Larks and Redwings, 2.30 A.M., at lantern. (S.W., 4; M. R.)

January 28th.--_Spurn_ L.H., Larks, 2 A.M., one killed; Chaffinches and Sparrows, 9 A.M. (S.W.; mist.) _Galloper_ L.V., Larks and Starlings all night; six Larks and two Starlings killed. (S.W., 4.) _Swin Middle_ L.V., Larks and Red wings, 11.30 to sunrise; eight Redwings killed. (S.W., 2.)

January 29th.--_Galloper_ L.V., hundreds of Larks all night; sixty killed. (S.W., 3; O. M.) _Swin Middle_ L.V., Larks and Redwings in flocks, 50-70, 8 A.M. to W. (W.S.W., 3.)

FEBRUARY.

February 3d.--_Cromer_ L.H., Larks, Thrushes, and Redwings, midnight to 3 A.M., round lantern. (E.; clear.)

February 5th.--_Newarp_ L.V., ten Crows to W., 8 A.M. (S.W., 3.) _Languard_ L.H., Large flock Wood Pigeons, 3.40 P.M., to N.

February 7th.--_Farn_ L.H., two Fieldfares, several Thrush. (S.S.W., 3.)

February 12th.--_Longstone_ L.H., Guillemot assembled at breeding stations, earliest date remembered. _Cromer_ L.H., Thrushes, 10 P.M. to midnight. (N.E., 3; drizzle.)

February 16th.--_Languard_ L.H., Bearded Tit, 7.40 A.M.; very tame; left at noon. (S.W., 3.)

February 17th.--_Whitby_ L.H., a few Gulls at daylight arrived at breeding quarters. _Languard_ L.H., a number of Chaffinch, Sparrows, and Blackcaps (_Parus major?_), all mixed pitched here 9 A.M., and remained to sunset. (N., 2; B. C. M.)

February 22d.--_Cromer_ L.H., Larks, Starlings, from 0.30 to 3 A.M.; Fieldfares during day. _Languard_ L.H., 300 Gulls to S. (W.S.W., 3.) _Shipwash_ L.V., Lark dead on deck, 7 A.M. (W.S.W.)

February 23d.--_Cockle_ L.V., thirty Crow circling high, 7 A.M., returned to W. (W.S.W., 4 and 5.) _Shipwash_ L.V., 100 to 200 Rooks, 8.15 A.M., S.E. to N.W. (S.W.; fresh.) _Swin Middle_ L.V., thousands of Ringed Plover to S.

February 24th.--_Cockle_ L.V., two flocks Crows and Jackdaws, 7 A.M., high, W. to E. (S.W., 5.) _Shipwash_ L.V., thirty Crows, 8 A.M., to E. from W. (S.W.; fresh.) _Galloper_ L.V., Larks at lantern at night; five Larks and two Starlings killed. (S.W., 5.)

February 25th.--_Whitby_ L.H., Blackbird ♀, 5 A.M., caught at lantern. (W.S.W., 5.) _Shipwash_ L.V., Thrush, 6.30 A.M., dead on deck. _Cockle_ L.V., fourteen Solan Geese, 6.50 A.M., going S. to N. (W.S.W., 4.)

MARCH.

March 1st.--_Longstone_ L.H., breeding place of Guillemot covered with birds; very fine weather. _Spurn_ L.H., four Blackbirds. (W.S.W., 3.)

March 3d.--_Spurn_ L.H., several Thrushes and Blackbirds to S. (W.S.W., 2.) _Cromer_ L.H., Redwings and Larks, 12.30 to 2.30 A.M.; Starlings and Blackbirds during day. (S., 4.) _Galloper_ L.V., a few Larks passing over to France, noon till dark. (Thick fog.) _Hanois_ L.H., small flock Starlings, 5 A.M.; several struck. (E., 1; B. C. M.)

March 4th.--_Newarp_ L.V., six Starlings and three Chaffinches on board all night. (W.S.W., 1.) _Shipwash_ L.V., small Lark. (N.N.W., light; dense fog.)

March 5th.--_Farn_ L.H., two Blackbirds, 11 A.M. (S.E.) _Outer Dowsing_ L.V., about 200 Black Crows flying round vessel, 11.30 A.M. (S.E., O. M.) _Newarp_ L.V., two Crows and four Starlings to W. (E.N.E.) _Shipwash_ L.V., Starling at daylight (dense fog). One "Ground" Lark flying round, 8 A.M. till noon; two Starlings caught on board.

March 6th.--_Farn_ L.H., Blackbird and Ring Ouzel. (S.W.; fog.) _Outer Dowsing_ L.V., two Chaffinches, 9.45 A.M. (S. by E.; fog.)