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.

[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.