Fringilla Montifringilla, Brambling.—Compared with the immense immigration of 1885-86, Bramblings have been very scarce. Longstone L.H., October 6th, five; Alnwick Northumberland, same date; Cockle L.V., October 4th and 6th; Hunstanton L.H., 14th, sunrise, several flocks to S.W. Tees L.V., 16th, one; Kentish Knock L.V., 27th, one; are also reported very scarce or absent at inland stations. On April 20th, 1886, a single Brambling flew on board the Tees L.V.
Linota Cannabina, Linnet.—Cockle L.V., April 15th, eight to W.; Dudgeon L.V., 28th, fifty, N.W. to S.E. L. rufescens?—Outer Dowsing L.V., April 2d, three Redpoles flying about vessel.
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.).