. British birds. Birds. OTES. UNUSUAL BIRDS AT DUNGENESS. I WAS at Dungeness from October 20th to 23rd, 1913, and a great deal of migration was proceeding at the time, chiefly of flocks of finches and other birds flying south in the early morning. i Between 12 noon and 1 on the 20th I saw a party of thirteen Sooty Shearwaters {Puffinus griseus) fly south- west past the point, not far out to sea. The same afternoon I saw a Firecrest {Regulus ignicapillus) in the bushes. On the 20th and 21st there were at least five Black Redstarts {Phoenicurus o. gibraltariensis) near the lighthouse ; on t
. British birds. Birds. OTES. UNUSUAL BIRDS AT DUNGENESS. I WAS at Dungeness from October 20th to 23rd, 1913, and a great deal of migration was proceeding at the time, chiefly of flocks of finches and other birds flying south in the early morning. i Between 12 noon and 1 on the 20th I saw a party of thirteen Sooty Shearwaters {Puffinus griseus) fly south- west past the point, not far out to sea. The same afternoon I saw a Firecrest {Regulus ignicapillus) in the bushes. On the 20th and 21st there were at least five Black Redstarts {Phoenicurus o. gibraltariensis) near the lighthouse ; on the 22nd only one was left, and on the 23rd I saw none. On the 21st I saw a bird that I have little doubt was a Continental Great Tit {Parus m. ) just arrived from the east, but my attempts to ascertain the geograpliical race of the Goldcrests {Regulus regulus) seen each day were unsuccessful. I also saw an extremely dark Lesser Black- backed Gull {Larus f. fuscus (?) ) on Littlestone shore on the 21st, near a much paler one. On the 23rd I saw a duck fly past the point, which from its remarkably brown wings I concluded was a Long-tailed Duck {Clangula hyemalis), the other colours also appearing suitable. H. G. Alexander. DIMINUTION OF STARLINGS. Confirming Mr. E. W. Wade's letter {antea, p. 178) on this subject, it certainly struck me that far fewer Starlings nested here this year than last, although I happened to be able to examine more nests myself. I was also struck by their early flocking and consequently fewer second broods. It may be of interest to state that this year I found forty-one young Starlings in fourteen nests, in 1912 sixteen young in five nests, and in 1911 twenty-eight young in nine nests, giving an average of almost exactly three in each nest. In twenty-eight Swallows' nests I examined this year there were one hundred and twelve young birds, in 1912 in eighteen nests there were sixty-eight young birds, and in 1911 in fifteen nests were sixty-one young b
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