. The birds of Yorkshire : being a historical account of the avi-fauna of the County . om the north, as we might naturally expect,arrive on our shores during October and November (seeBritish Association Report), along with Fieldfares and Red-wings. Two were captured on a vessel, fourteen miles offWhitby, on 7th October 1833 (Edward Blyth). The BritishAssociation Migration Reports contain many entries, toonumerous for recapitulation here,. respecting this autumnmovement, from which it may be gathered that the great rushes of these birds occur in October, and generallyabout the middle of that mo
. The birds of Yorkshire : being a historical account of the avi-fauna of the County . om the north, as we might naturally expect,arrive on our shores during October and November (seeBritish Association Report), along with Fieldfares and Red-wings. Two were captured on a vessel, fourteen miles offWhitby, on 7th October 1833 (Edward Blyth). The BritishAssociation Migration Reports contain many entries, toonumerous for recapitulation here,. respecting this autumnmovement, from which it may be gathered that the great rushes of these birds occur in October, and generallyabout the middle of that month. At this season they aresometimes found dead below the lighthouses ; several werekilled against Flamborough light in the autumn of i888.\The winter migration, due to the severity of the weather,occasionally extends beyond the usual period, and almostoverlaps the return passage ; thus in 1892 I noticed Thrushesmigrating from on the 24th of January. In the springthese h\perborean Thrushes again visit us on their north-ward passage, and at Flamborough Lighthouse, on the early. Mistle Thrush at Nest, feeding young. H. Lazenby. See page 3. SONG THRUSH. 5 morning of 12th March 1877, the weather being hazy, severalstruck the lantern ; again on 27th April 1883, one was killed ;on the 7th May of the same season four more were immolated,while on 7-8th February 1899, many perished at the samelight station.* Nidification commences early, for it is not an uncommonevent to find young birds some days old early in April, andnests and eggs have been seen in the county much earlier,while during the abnormally mild winter of 184J, a nest withthree eggs was found near Campsall, in South Yorkshire, onChristmas Day (Schroeders Annals of Yorkshire, 1851, ]).350) ; in 1900, one with two eggs was recorded at Pannal,near Harrogate, on 17th December ; and another, containinga complement of four, was discovered at Yearby, near Redcar,on i8th February 1904. The latest date known to me foreggs is t
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