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202 up to the middle of the month, was characterised by light south wind and dull weather. Among the rarer visitors may be numbered the second Lincolnshire example of the Barred Warbler, the Arctic Bluethroat, Red-necked Phalarope, Spotted Redshank, Wood-Sandpiper, and Great Snipe, as well as such unusual migrants as the Wood-Wren, Grasshopper-Warbler, and Barn-Owl.

There are also some notable absentees, such as the Ring-Ouzel, Great Grey Shrike, Pied Woodpecker, and Wood-Pigeon. On the whole, however, the amount of visible migration was below the average of recent years.

Turdus viscivorus, Linn. Mistle-Thrush.—Appeared on the coast in great numbers, taking part in the "rush" of small birds of Oct. 4th and 5th; again numerous on 9th, and finally was still more abundant in the movement of Oct. 17th to 21st.

 T. musicus, Linn. Song-Thrush.—A very small migration compared with that of 1898. A good many appeared in turnip and potato fields near the coast on Sept. 11th, and again in the hedges, with Redwings and Blackbirds, on Oct. 21st, 27th, and 30th; and a few were still present on Nov. 3rd.

T. iliacus, Linn. Redwing.—A very heavy immigration commencing with the "rush" of Oct. 4th to 9th in small numbers, but appearing in great abundance on that of Oct. 17th and following days, and lasting until about Nov. 10th.

T. pilaris, Linn. Fieldfare.—I saw a single bird in a hedge near the coast at North Cotes in October, but no more had appeared up to Nov. 15th, when I left Lincolnshire. On my return I found Fieldfares fairly numerous on Dec. 13th, and very large numbers appeared on Dec. 24th and 25th.

T. merula, Linn. Blackbird.—Several Blackbirds appeared in the neighbourhood of the coast on Oct. 5th, and a much larger flight on the 9th. Both these flights consisted of adult males and females in about equal numbers. On 17th and 18th another very large arrival took place, again consisting of adults of both sexes, accompanied, however, on the latter day by a few young cocks. On 2lst scores of young black-billed cocks appeared with very few hens. Young cocks were still very abundant on 27th, with a good many old cocks and a few hens.