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THE LIBRARY

BULLETIN 'Miobbt)

BRITISH ORNITHOLOGISTS' CLUB.

KDITED BY

W. K. OGILVIE-GRAXT.

VOLUME XXXIV.

REV OUT OS THE IMMIGRATIONS OF SUMMER

RESIDENTS IN THE SPRING OF 1913:

ALSO NOTES ON THE MIGRATORY

MOVEMENTS AND RECORDS RECEIVED FROM

LIGHTHOUSES AND LIGHT-VESSELS

DURING THE AUTUMN OF 1012.

BY

THE COMMITTEE APPOINTED BY THE BRITISH
ORNITHOLOGISTS' CLUB.

LONDON:
WITHERBY & CO.. 326 HIGH HOLBORN.

DECEMBER 1914.

At KliK » FLAM MAM.

PRINTED BY TAYLOR AND FRANCIS,
RED LION COURT. FLEET STRRET.

C 0 N T E N T S.

PAfi K

Preface 7

Introductory ... ... ... ... ... ... ... !>

Weather-Report for the Period covered by the Spring-
Immigration' of 1913 13

Daily Details of Weather-Conditions, with the corre-
sponding Arrivals of the Summer-Residents ... ,.. 14

Report on the Immigrations ok: —

The Ring-Ouzel 37

The Wheateae ... ... ... ... ... ... -11

Map 40

The Whinchat 46

The Redstart ... ... ... "... ... 49

Map 50

The Nightingale 53

Map 54

The Whitethroat ... ... ... ... ... .. 57

Map 56

The Lesser Whitethroat ... ... ... ... ... 61

Map 62

The Blackcap 65

Map , ... 66

ReI'ORT ON THE IMMIGRATIONS OF {continued)

The Garden-Warbler

The Grasshopper- Warbler

The Chiffciiaff ...

Map

The Willow-Warllkr

Map '

The Wood- Warbler ,

The Reed-Warbler ...

The Sedge-Warbler

Map

The White Wagtail

The Yellow Wagtail

Map

The Tree-Pipit

Map

The Red-backed Shrike

The Spotted Flycatcher

Map

The Pied Flycatcher

The Swallow

Map

The House-Martin

Map

The Sand-Martin
Map ...

The Swift
Map ...

The Nightjar .

The Wryneck .
Map ...

l'AOE

. 70

. 73

. 75
.. 76

.. 81

.. S2

.. 88

.. 90

.. 93
.. 92

... 97

... 99
... 100

... 103
... 104

... 108

... Ill
... 110

... 114

... 117
... 116

... 123

... 121

... 129
... 130

... 135
... 134

... 139

... 141
.. 142

Report on the Immigrations ok {continued) : —

The Cuckoo

M<ip

The Turtle-Dove

The Land-Rail ...

The Common Sandpiper

The Common Tern

The Little Tern

Unscheduled Birds

Isolated Records and Single Observations

pack

... 146

... 144

... 149

... 152

... 154

... 157

... 159

... 100

... 179

Details of the Chief Movements observed at the Light-
Stations during the Spring of 1913 180

Notfs on the Migratory Movements during the Autumn

of 1912 213

Isolated Records and Single Observations

Details of the Chief Movements observed at the Light-

Stations during the Autumn of 1912
List of Observers, etc.
List of Light- Stations
Errata

270

... 288
... 332
... 341

... 344

PREFACE.

The thirty-fourth volume of the Bulletin of the British
Ornithologists' Club contains the Report of our Migration
Committee on the movements in England and Wales of a
number of common migratory species during the autumn of
1912 and the spring and early summer of 1913.

Under the headings Golden-Crested Wren (p. 231), and
Hedge-Sparrow (p. 271), the Recorders have recognised
British and Continental races of these species. It should,
however, be pointed out that in the forthcoming edition
of " A List of British Birds,' compiled by a Committee
appointed by the British Ornithologists' Union, these and
several other supposed British races are not recognised as
distinct.

The present Volume forms the ninth of the series
prepared by our Migration Committee ; a tenth Report
will be issued next year, after which the results of the
enquiry will be summarized in a final volume.

The Editor of the Bulletin regrets that his ever-increasing
official duties have obliged him to resign that post.

The Members of our Migration Committee are jointly
responsible for the following Report.

(Signed) W. R. OGILVIE-GRANT,

Editor.

British Museum (Natural History),
London. S.YV.

1st December. l'Jl-1.

REPORT

ON THE MIGRATIONS IN THE SPRING OF 1913 AND
THE AUTUMN OF 1912.

INTRODUCTORY.

The Ninth Report, which covers the autumn-migrations of
1012 and the spring-migrations of 1913, is drawn up on
similar lines to those previously issued, so as to facilitate
comparisons between the different years, when the present
enquiry has been completed.

The number of records supplied by our observers again
shows an increase, and the labour entailed in classifying the
facts and attempting to condense them has caused con-
siderable delay in the appearance of the present Report.
The records from the light-stations during the autumn of
1912 were particularly voluminous, and the preparation
of this section alone has occupied a far greater amount of
time than has hitherto been necessary. The Committee are
glad to record that, owing to the appointment of Mr. R. E.
Wilson to the Caskets Lighthouse early in 1913, they have
been able at last to obtain returns from that important
station. Previous attempts to obtain the co-operation of
the keepers at the Caskets had been unsuccessful, and the
thanks of the Committee are particularly due to Mr. Wilson
for taking up this work and for stimulating his colleagues to
carry it on during his absence on shore. The Caskets
Lighthouse is one of the most important stations from the
Committee's point of view, and the annual mortality there

B

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among migrating birds is enormous. The section dealing
with the light-records in the spring of 1913 will give some
idea of the magnitude of the migration-stream at that station,
while the amount of material supplied in the autumn of 1913
far surpasses that received from any other light with which
the Committee have hitherto had to deal. A summary of the
records will be published in the next Report.

Considerable numbers of summer-residents appear to have
passed the winter in the south and west of our islands,
and this fact may account for a good many of the early
records during January, February, and the first part of
March. As will be seen from the Report, the weather
during the latter month over the area defined on p. 13 was
wet and accompanied by many severe gales, but the tempera-
ture was above the average and unusually uniform. It was
probably owing to this last condition, that several different
species of our summer-residents arrived at such early dates,
the numbers of the birds usually regarded as early stragglers
being considerable. During the remaining period of the
spring-migration, the weather-conditions seem to have had
but little effect on the progress of the movement. The
period covered by the migration lasted from the 6th of
March till the 6th of June. Up to the end of March the
number of arrivals was small, and the first considerable
increase, recorded on the 13th, coincided with a rise in the
general temperature. With the exception of small influxes
on the 23rd and 25th no increase was noted until the 31st,
when an alteration in the force and direction of the wind and
a rise in the temperature marked the arrival of large numbers
of migrants. Thereafter a gradual increase was apparent,
though a temporary lull noted on the 11th of April was
accompanied by a fall in the temperature. The migration
reached its height between the 14th of April and the 11th
of May. After the latter date it rapidly waned, and by
the 20th of May only very small numbers of birds appear to
have arrived on the south coast, though pnssage-movemenls
of some importance were still in progress in other parts of
the country.

The migrations of the Swallow between the 8th of March

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and the 20th of May, of the Sand-Martin between the 13th
of March and the 15th of May, of the Chiffchaff between the
Gth of March and the <Sth of May, and of the Wheatear
(both races) between the 12th of March and the 12th of May,
covered the longest periods among the species recorded ;
while those of the Reed-Warbler between the 18th of April
and the 5th of May, of the Wood-Warbler between the 9th
of April and the 11th of May, and of the Nightingale
between the 13th of April and the 5th of May, occupied the
shortest time.

The following is a list of the species showing the routes by
which they appear to have reached this country. In a few
instances, where the evidence was incomplete, the species have
been placed in that section which the data seemed to indicate ;
the others, which are somewhat doubtfully placed, must be
considered in conjunction with their corresponding foot-
notes : —

A. Species arriving solely on the western half of the south

coast.
rung-Ouzel*, Grasshopper- Warbler, Pied Flycatcher*,
Land-Rail.

B. Species arriving along the wliole of the south coast, but

chiefly on its western half.
Wheatear, Redstart, Common Whitethroat, Blackcap,
Chiffchaff, Willow -Warbler, Wood -Warbler, White
Wagtail, Spotted Flycatcher, Swallow, House-Martin,
Sand-Martin, Swift, Cuckoo, Common Sandpiper *.

C. Species arriving along the whole of the south coast, but

chiefly on its eastern half.
Whinchat, Lesser Whitethroat, Garden -Warbler,
Sedge- Warbler, Yellow Wagtail, Nightjar.

* Arrivals on the eastern half of the south coast were probably those
of passage-migrants only.

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D. Species arriving along the south-east coast, from Suffolk
to Hampshire.
Reed- Warbler, Nightingale *, Tree-Pipit *, Red-backed
Shrike, Wryneck, Turtle-Dove.

Attention may be drawn to one or two points in the
autumn-migration. The first is the early dates at which a
good many species commenced to take their departure. It
becomes clear, the further investigations are carried, that the
interval between the termination of the spring-migration and
the commencement of the autumn-movement is an extremely
short one. The second point is the enormous migrations
reported during the first three weeks of November, which
seem to have exceeded those recorded in October. The
great movements do not seem to have begun until after the
second week in October. In this connection attention may
be drawn to Mr. B. B. Riviere's observations on the north
coast of Norfolk, which have been published in detail in the
'Zoologist' (1913; p. 177 et seq.). These have added con-
siderably to our knowledge o£ the coasting character of some
of these autumn-movements.

Our best thanks are again due to the Master and Elder
Brethren of the Trinity House for the continuance of their
permission to make use of the services of the light-keepers,
and to the latter as well as to our many inland observers,
without whose kindly co-operation our enquiry could not be
carried on. Notes from other published sources have also
been carefully abstracted and their facts incorporated with
those furnished by our own recorders.

F. G. Penrose, Chairman.
W. R. Ogilvie-Graxt, Editor.

C. B. RlCKETT.
W. L. SCLATER.
C. B. TlCEHURST.

N. F. TlCEHURST, Secretary.
M. Vaughan.

* The later immigrants probably lauded as far west as the east of
Devonshire.

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avi:atiier-eeport

FOR THE

PERIOD COYEEED BY THE SPRING-IMMIGRATION OF 1913.

The weather-reports are abstracted from the returns of tlie
Meteorological Office, and include the conditions prevailing
between

Parallels of Latitude 40° N. and 60° X.
Meridians of Longitude 10c E. and 10° W.

Special attention has been paid to the conditions observed
over the north coast of Spain, the Bay of Biscay, the coasts
of France, the English Channel, and our southern shores.

The first paragraph after the list of species contains
a record of the height of the barometer, the temperature, the
direction and force of the wind, and the weather-conditions
prevailing at 7.0 a.m. on each day at Portland Bill.

The following signs are used under the Daily details ot
Weather-Conditions: — b = blue sky, c = cloudy, d = drizzle,
f=fog, g = gloomy, h = haze, m=mist, o = overcast, q =
squalls of rain or hail, r=rain, s = snow, t = thunderstorms.

The wreather-conditions will be much more readily under-
stood if the meteorological maps are themselves consulted.

Summary of the Weather-Conditions.

March throughout was rough and wet. The distribution of pressure
was very unsettled. The weather was wild and boisterous
-with many severe gales, much rain, but not much fog and
hardly any along the English Channel. Temperature
unusually uniform and rather above the average.

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Amir, was dull and wet, but free from the gales which Lad charac-
terised March. The disturbances were mostly shallow and the
conditions were generally anticyclonic. The 11th and 12th
were very cold, and during the whole of that week the weather
was very unsettled and continued so, more or less, to the end
of the month. Rain was excessive, but there was very little
fog except occasionally at the entrance to the English Channel.
The temperature was fairly uniform except for the cold bout
on the 11th and 12th and some exceptionally warm days at
the end of the month.

May was a very variable month with much coastal fog. The barometric
conditions were on the whole anticyclonic, but with frequent
V-shaped depressions in the neighbourhood of the British
Islands. Winds very variable during the earlier parts of the
month, the temperature being unusually cold during the first
three weeks, but warmer than the average during the last week.
The weather was very variable with many thunderstorms and
a great excess of coastal and also of inland fog.

Daily details of Weather- Conditions
with the corresponding Arrivals of the Summer-Residents *.

March 5th . . Bar. 30-10 in. T. 48° F. Wind W.S.W., force 5.
Weather, c.
Bar. still anticyclonic over Iberian Peninsula. The
northern depression had travelled eastwards.
Strong winds from W. or S. over these islands,
with unsettled, rainy weather. Temp, about 45° F.

Marcii Gth . . B. Chiffehaff.

Bar. 80-11 iu. T. 43° F. Wind S.W., force 4.
Weather, c.

A small secondary disturbance moved eastwards across
Ireland and England with S. and S.W. gales and
much rain in the United Kingdom and N. France.
Weather fine along the N. coast of Spain, but
some fog along the shores of Brittany. Temp,
warm.

* The species are arranged in accordance with the grouping in the
Introduction.

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March 7th . . Ear. 3004 in. T. 40° F. Wind W.S.W., force 0.
Weather, c.
Secondary depressions, one over Scotland and another
over Brittany, with continuance of westerly
over our area. Much rain in the neighbourhood of
the depression over Brittany, some mist at Biarritz.
Temp, colder over these islands and the English
Channel.

March 8th . . B. Swallow.

Bar. 3022 in. T. 40° F. Wind N.W., force 4.
Weather, b.

An anticyclone exteuded towards these islands from
the Azores region with winds from the X.W. over
our area. "Weather squally, with slight Bnow and
rain in many parts of this country, Brittany, and the
English Channel. Temp, colder.

March 9th . . B. Chiffchaff.

Bar. 30-60 in. T. 43° F. Wind W.S.W.. force 4.
Weather, c.

Anticyclonic with centre 307 in. over the Bay of
Biscay. Moderate westerly winds over greater part
of our area, but from some northerly point along
the N. coast of Spain, where the weather-conditions
were line. Slight rain along our shores and over
most parts of these islands. Temp, generally about
45° F. over our area, but as high as 52° F. at the
Scilly Isles, and under 40° F. in the S.E. of Eng-
land, the Straits of Dover, and the opposite coast of
France.

March 10th . . B. Swallow.

Bar. 30-41 in. T. 48° F. Wind W.S.W., force 0.

Weather, c.
Anticyclonic to the south. Direction and force of
winds same as on the previous day. Weather hue
over Spain and W. France, raining over these islands
and the North Sea. Temp, generally about 45° F.

March 11th . . Bar. 30-31 in. T. 47° F. Wind W.S.W., force 5.
AVeather, c.
Pressure increased over these islands during the day
with moderate northerly winds. A little rain, hail, or
snow fell in various localities in the British Islands.
Fog at Cape Fini-terre, but fine at Biarritz, where
the wind was light from the E. Bather warmer
generally.

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March 12th . . B. Wheatear, Chiffchaff.

Bar. 30-33 in. T. 46° F. Wind E.S.E., force 4.
Weather, b.

Anticyclonic over S.E. England with a small secondary
depression over the Bay of Biscay. Light -winds
generally from the S. Eog along our shores of the
English Channel and at Oporto. Temp, generally
rather lower. In the N. and W. of these islands
weather unsettled, with showers of rain, hail, and
snow.

March 13th . . B. Wheatear, Chiffchaff, Sand-Martin.

C. Whinchat.

Bar. 30-07 in. T. 41° F. Wind N.N.W., force 1.
Weather, b.

Bar. conditions indefinite, 30 in. to 30'2 in. Southerly
winds moderate in force generally, but a gale along
our extreme N.W. coasts. Bainy over the whole
of these islands. Some fog in the English Channel.
Temp, distinctly warmer.

March 14th . . A. Ring- Ouzel.

Bar. 29-90 in. T. 49° F. Wind S.W., force 6.
Weather, o.

A deep depression over Ireland, with a secondary
disturbance which moved eastwards over England
during the day. S. W. gale along our W. and S.
coasts. Weather unsettled, with rain, sleet, and
snow over these islands ; some fog at Cape Finisterre.
Temp, rather lower.

March 15lh . . A. King-Ouzel.

B. Wheatear, Chin-chaff.

Bar. 30-03 in. T. 43° F. Wind W., force 7.
Weather, c.

Bar. high over Iberian Peninsula with ceutre 30'5 in.
off N.W. corner of Spain and low to the N. of these
islands. Gales from the W. over these islands.
Weather very unsettled, with storms of rain, hail,
sleet, and snow, but fine over the shores of the Bay
of Biscay and the French shores of the English
Channel. Temp. 50° F. along the shores of the Bay
of Biscay ; under 40° F. over the greater part of these
islands.

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March 16th . . 13. Wheatear, Sand-Martin.

Bar. 2982 in. T. 45° F. Wind W., force 8.
Weather, r.

A depression to the N. of Scotland, centre 29-2 in.,
maximum over southern France, 30'4 in. During
the night a small minimum travelled southwards
over Great Britain, and the W. gales after having
subsided, again became general. Weather very
unsettled and rainy. Temp, low over these islands,
but warm along the shores of the Bay of Biscay,
where the weather was fine, but with some mist at
Cape Finisterre.

March 17th . . B. Wheatear, White Wagtail.

Bar. 29-37 in. T. 40° F. Wind W. Weather, b, c.
The depression over England passed eastwards over
the North Sea. Strong winds from the N. along
our W. coasts and the Western Channel, with very
rough weather, rain, sleet, or snow. Temp, low,
under 40° F. over these islands, not as high as
50° F. along the N. coast of Spain and the W. of
France, where the wind was from the S. and the
weather overcast and rainy.

March 18th . . Bar. 29-73 in. T. 3S° F. Wind N.E., force 1.
Weather, b.
A depression reached our area from the Atlantic, with
a S.E. gale over the W. half of the English Channel,
the W. of England, the Irish Sea, and Ireland, but
N.W. from the Isle of "Wight eastwards. Weather
rainy and unsettled, temp, low, distinctly colder,
31° F. along our S. coast, rather warmer and finer
over the Bay of Biscay, but rain at Cape Finisterre.

March 19th . . B. Chiffchaff, Willow- Warbler, Swallow, Sand-

Martin.
Bar. 29-03 in. T. 49° F. Wind S.W., force 8.

Weather, r.
A depression over N. of Scotland, with strong winds

or gales from the W. over these inlands, and much

rain, hail, snow, or sleet. . Temp, rather warmer.

March 20th . . B. Wheatear, Blackcap.

Bar. 29-44 in. T. 47° F. Wind W.S.W., force o.

Weather, b, c.
A depression still over X. of Scotland, with strong W.

winds. Weather unsettled, rainy.

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March 21st . . 13. Wheatear, Blackcap, Swallow, Sand-Martin.

Bar. 29-45 in. T. 47° F. Wind S.S.W., force 7.
Weather, c, q.

A depression to the N. and W. of these islands*.
Strong winds from S.W. with much rain, thundery
in the S. and S.E. of England. Temp, generally
about or below 50° F. over our area.

March 22nd . . B. Chiffchaff.

Bar. 29-56 in. T. 4G° F. Wind S., force 3.
Weather, o.

Bar. still low to the N. and W., a small depression
developed oil' the S.W. of England, with a severe
gale in the Channel and the S. of England, from the
S. and S.W. Weather generally very rough and
stormy.

March 23rd . . B. Wheatear, Blackcap, Willow- Warbler, House-
Martin, Sand-Martin.

C. Whinchat.

Bar. 29 40 in. T. 45° F. Wind S.S.W., force 5.
Weather, c.

A depression with centre 29'0 in. over N. of England,
strong winds or gales from N.W. along the N. coast
of Spain, the Western Channel and W. of England,
with much rain over practically the whole of our
area. Temp, varying from 50° F. along the N.
coast of Spain, 45° F. over the English Channel, to
40° F. over the greater part of these islands.

March 24th . . D. Wryneck.

Bar. 29-93 in. T. 42° F. Wind N.N.W., force 3.
Weather, b.

A general increase of pressure over these islands aud
W. Europe. Winds, light N. airs over greater
part of our area, but S. at Cape Finisterre.
Weather fine generally, with some mist along the
French coast, about Boulogne and in the E. counties
of England.

March 25th . . A. Ring-Ouzel.

B. Wheatear, Whitethroat, Chiffchaff,
Warbler, White Wagtail.

C. Garden-Warbler.

D. Wryneck.

Willi

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March 25th . . Bar. 3027 in. T. 42° F. Wind N.E., furce 3.
(co«.). Weather, b.

Anticyclonic over England, but a depression over
Spain. Winds light, circulating anticyclonically
around the first mentioned centre. Weather fair
generally, but showery at the Straits of Dover, with
a good deal of mist or fog locally along both shores
of the Channel. Heavy rain in the S. of France,
and in Spain, but fine along the X. coast of Spain.

March 2Gth . . B. Whitethroat, Swallow.

Far. 300 in. T. 42° F. Wind E.N.E., force G.

Weather, c.
Ear. falling generally, winds very light from the E.

Weather very mist}- in places along both sides of

the English Channel, with seme rain in the S.W.

and W. of these islands. Temp, lower on the

whole.

M^rch 27th . . A. Ring-Ouzel.

13. Wheatear, Blackcap, House-Martin, Sand-Martin.

Bar. 29 73 in. T. 42° F. Wind, calm. Weather, h.

A large depression on the Atlantic to the W. of
Ireland, with small secondary depression in front of
it, about the mouth of the Thames. Winds very
light, circulating cyclonically round the secondary.
Weather, rain in the S. of England and in the
Spanish Peninsula, with mist and fog along the
shores of the English Channel. Temp, rather
warmer.

March 28th . . B. Wheatear, Chiffchaff, Willow- Warbler.

Bar. 29 20 in. T. 47° F. Wind S.E., force G.
Weather, r.

The Atlantic depression moved away westwards, so
that the barometer rose slightly over the whole of
our area. Winds, for the most part of slight
intensity, from S.W. accompanied by a good deal of
rain everywhere. Temp, rather warmer.

March 29th . . B. Willow- Warbler.
C. Yellow Wagtail.
Bar. 29-52 in." T. 45° F.
Weather, c.

Wind E.N.E., force 4.

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March 29th . . A fresh depression over the Bay of Biscay with strong
{con.). winds circulating eyclonically round it. Weather

rainy, with some mist along the shores of our S.E.
counties.

March 30th . . A. Ring-Ouzel.

B. Chiffchaff.

B. Tree-Pipit.

Bar. 29-61 in. T. 47° F. Wind S.W., force <?.
Weather, r.

A depression over the Irish Channel, winds circulating
round it, mostly from S.W. over the English
Channel. Weather fine on the whole over the Bay
of Biscay and English Channel, but with some rain
at Portland Bill. Temp, rising slightly.

March 31st . . B. Wheatear, Redstart, Blackcap, Chiffchaftj Willow-
Warbler, Swallow.
Bar. 29-84 in. T. 44° F. Wind N., force 1.

Weather, c.
Bar. rising slightly over these islands. Winds light
in force, very various in direction. Weather
generally misty. Fog with rain at the Straits of
Dover, but fine at the extreme W. of France.

April 1st .... A. Ring-Ouzel.

B. Wheatear, Chiflchaff, Swallow, Sand-Martin.

Bar. 29-78 in. T. 44° F. Wind W., force 3.
Weather, b, c.

Bar. rising generally over our area. Winds strong
N.W. at the mouth of the Channel, elsewhere
light, and very variable. Weather, rain at the
Scilly Isles, Channel Islands, coast of France and
S.E. England, but fine along the greater part of
our S. coast. Temp, falling generally.

April 2nd .... B. Blackcap, Willow- Warbler, Swallow.

D. Tree-Pipit, Wryneck.

Bar. 30-01 in. T. 47° F. Wind S.S.W., force 4.
Weather, b, c.

A shallow depression along W. coast of Ireland, but
rising slightly over the rest of our area. Moderate
to strong winds, from the S.W. Weather fair
generally, but with some rain in the extreme S.W.
of these islands and occasional hail-storms along our
S. coast.

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April 3rd .... A. Ring-Ouzel.

B. Blackcap, Chiffchaff, Willow-Warbler, Swallow,
Sand-Martin, Common Sandpiper.

C. Yellow Wagtail.
P. Wryneck.

Bar. 30-01 in. T. 48° F. Wind S.S.E., force 4.
Weather, b, c.

A depression with centre over N. coast of Spain.
Light E. and S.E. winds over our area. Weather
fine generally, but rain at the Scilly Isles and
Cape Einisterre ; some mist over the London area
and along1 the W. coast of Denmark.

April 4th ... . B. Wheatear, Chiffchaff, Willow- Warbler, White
Wagtail, House-Martin, Sand-Martin.
Bar. 30-02 in. T. 42° E. Wind N.N.E., force 6.

Weather, c.
Bar. rising slowly. Moderate winds from N.E. over
our area. Weather thick over both shores of the
English Channel, with rain in our southern counties.
Temp, lower.

April 5th .... B. Wheatear, Chiffchaff, Willow- Warbler, White

Wagtail, Swallow, Sand-Martin.
Bar. 29-82 in. T. 45° F. Wind N.E., force G.

Weather, o.
Bar. falling slightly. Winds rather stronger, still

from N.E. Weather cloudy and misty on both

shores of the Channel. Temp, about the same as

on the previous day.

April 6th .... A. Ring-Ouzel.

B. Wheatear, Redstart, Chiffchaff, Whita Wagtail,
Swallow, House-Martin.

C. Garden-Warbler.

D. Tree-Pipit, Wryneck.

Bar. 29-73 in. T. 44° F. Wind N.N.E., force 7.

Weather, c.
Bar. falling. Wind strong N.E. Weather fine

generally, but raining over the E. half of the

English Channel, misty over the W. half at Cape

Fiuisterre. Temp. low.

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April 7th .... B. Blackcap, Sand-Martin, Cuckoo.
C. Sedge- Warbler.
1). Turtle-Dove.
Ear. 1^9-83 in. T. 42° F. Wind N.N.E., force 5.

Weather, b, c.
Bar. rising. Wind strong from N. Weather fair to
overcast. Temp. cold.

April 8th .... A. Bing-Ouzel.

B. Wheatear, White-throat.

C. Lesser Whitethroat, Yellow Wagtail.
1). Turtle-Dove.

Bar. 30i0 in. T. 40° F. Wind N.E., force 5.

Weather, b.
Bar. high. Wind N.E. Weather fine. Temp. low.

April 9lh .... A. Ring-Ouzel.

B. Wheatear, Redstart, Blackcap, ChiflcharT, AVillow-
Warbler, Wood- Warbler, Cuckoo.

C. Whinchat.
I). Wryneck.

Bar. 30-15 in. T. 44° F. Wind N.E., force 3.
Weather, c.

Conditions still anticyclonic. Wind N.E. Weather
cloudy, with rain in our S.E. counties and misty at
the mouth of the Channel. Temp, still low.

April 10th . . B. Wheatear, Whitethroat, Blackcap, Chiffchaff,
Willow-Warbler, Swallow, House-Martin, Cuckoo,
Common Sandpiper.

C. Lesser Whitethroat.

D. Tree-Bipit, Wryneck.
Bar. 30-13 in. T. 46°

Weather, b, c.
Conditions anticyclonic. Wind strong from N.W.
Weather overcast and misty on both sides of the
English Channel, but fine along N. coast of Spain.
Temp, still cold.

F. Wind N.W., force 3.

April 11th . . A. Grasshopper- Warbler.

B. Wheatear, Willow- Warbler.

C. Sedsre-Warbler.

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April 11 Hi .. Bar. 3007 in. T. 44° F. Wind E., force 4.
(con.). Weather, c.

Conditions same as on the previous day. Winds N. W.
Weather unsettled, cold rain along S. coast of
England, gloomy and misty at the mouth of the
Channel. Temp. cold.

April 12th .. B. Wheatear, Redstart, Willow - Warbler, White
Wagtail, Swallow, Sand-Martin, Cuckoo, Common
Sandpiper.

C. Yellow Wagtail.

Bar. 29-88 in. T. 39° F. Wind N.N.W., force 4.
Weather, c.

Bar. still high over our area. Wind strong from N.
Temp, very cold with snow and rain-showers at the
Straits of Dover and the E. half of the English
Channel; line over the Bay of Biscay.

April 13th . . B. Wheatear, Redstart, Wood- Warbler.

C. Lesser Whitethroat.

D. Nightingale, Tree-Pipit.

Bar. 30-13 in. T. 41° F. Wind N.E., force 2.
Weather, b.

Pressure high over England. Wind still from N.,
bitterly cold. Temp, under 40° F., except the
extreme W. of the Bay of Biscay and at Cape
Finisterre. Weather fair generally, but with some
mist along1 the Sussex coast.

Ai-iuL 14th . . B. Wheatear, Redstart, Blackcap, Ch iff chaff, Willow-
Warbler, White Wagtail, Swallow, Sand-Martin,
Swift, Cuckoo, Common Sandpiper.

C. Whinehat, Lesser Whitethroat.

D. Wryneck.

Bar. 3009 in. T. 46° F. Wind S.S.W., force 4.

Weather, c.
The centre of the anticyclone had passed E and was

situated over central France. Wind from S.W.

Temp, warmer generally, varying from about 40° F.,

lowest along the N. coast of Spain to above 45° F.

iu Scotland. Weather showery in the Channel,

misty along the Sussex coast. Fine, but very cold

along the N. coast of Spain.

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April 15th .. B. Wheatear, Willow - Warbler, Wood - Warbler,
Swallow, House-Martin, Sand - Martin, Cuckoo,
Common Sandpiper.

D. Nightingale, Wryneck.

Bar. 30-00 in. T. 48° F. Wind W.S.W., force 3.
Weather, b, c.

Bar. falling. Wind moderate, S.W. Temp, rather
colder. Weather fair generally, but showery along
our S.W. coasts with mists on both sides of the
Channel. Fine along the N. of Spain and much
warmer.

April lGth . . A. Grasshopper-Warbler, Land-Bail.

B. Wheatear, White Wagtail, Swallow, House-
Martin, Sand-Martin, Cuckoo, Common Sandpiper.

C. Garden- Warbler, "Yellow Wagtail.

D. Tree-Pipit.

Bar. 2940 in. T. 49° F. Wind S.W., force 8.

Weather, r.
Conditions due to a large depression between Scotland

and Iceland. Strong winds from S.AV. Temp.

much warmer. Weather rainy on both sides of the

Channel, with a good deal of mist.

April 17th . . B. Whitethroat, Willow-Warbler, Swallow, Sand-
Martin, Swift, Cuckoo.

C. Garden- Warbler, Sedge- Warbler, Y'ellow Wagtail.

D. Nightingale.

Bar. 29-54 in. T. 46° F. Wind W.N.W., force 4.
Weather, b, c.

Bar. low in a secondary depression over the S. of
England. Winds very irregular, but mostly mode-
rate, W. Weather unsettled, with mist in the S.E.
of England. Temp, lower.

April 18th . . A. Ring-Ouzel.

B. Wheatear, Redstart, Whitethroat, Blackcap, Chiff-
chaff, Wood- Warbler, Swallow, House-Martin,
Sand-Martin, Common Sandpiper.

D. Reed- Warbler, Wryneck.

Bar. 29-G6 in. T. 48° F. Wind W.S.W., force 5.
Weather, c.

Apeil 18th . . Bar. rising slightly over \V. Europe; no change over
(con.). these islands. Wind strong from S.W. Weather

unsettled, squally, with rain along the French
coast and S.W. of these islands; mist in the S.E.
counties. Temp, warmer.

A pbil 19th . . A. Pied Flycatcher.

B. Blackcap, Swallow, House-Martin, Swift, Cuckoo,
Common Sandpiper.

D. Tree-Pipit.

Bar. 29-54 in. T. 48° F. Wind W.S.W., force 6.

Weather, c.
A deep depression with centre over N. of Scotland.

Strong N.W. winds over greater part of these

islands, but S. of W. in the English Channel.

Weather very unsettled with storms of wind aud

hail, but warmer on the shores of the Bay of Biscay.

Temp, remaining low elsewhere ; some mist or fog

along the shores of Brittany.

A pbil 20th . . B. Whitethroat, Chiffchaff, Willow- Warbler, Swallow,
House-Martin, Cuckoo.

C. Whinchat, Lesser Whitethroat, Sedge-Warbler,
Yellow Wagtail.

L). Nightingale, Wryneck.

Bar. 29-96 in. T. 47° F. Wind W.N.W., force 3.
Weather, b.

Bar. falling in the W. of the Channel, rising over the
North Sea. Strong N.W. winds over these islands,
but S. along the shores of the Bay of Biscay and E.
over Brittany. Weather fine. Temp. 57° F. along
the N. coast of Spain, about 47° F. over the English
Channel.

April 21st. . . . A. Grasshopper- Warbler, Pied Flycatcher, Land-Bail.

B. Chiflchaff, Willow -Warbler,' Swallow, House-
Martin, Cuckoo.

C. Garden- Warbler, Yellow Wagtail.

D. Nightingale, Pieed- Warbler.

Bar. 29-74 in. T. 50° F. Wind S.W., force 3.

Weather, c.
Bar. falling, moderate or strong S. winds with some

rain over these islands and in Brittany"; fog at

Biarritz. Temp, warmer.

C

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Apuir, 22nd . . A. Grasshopper- Warbler.

B. Wheatear, Whitethroat, Chiffchaff, Willow -
Warbler, White Wagtail, Swallow, House-Martin,
Swift, Cuckoo.

C. Lesser Whitethroat, Sedge- Warbler, Yellow Wag-
tail.

I>. Nightingale, Wryneck, Turtle-Dove.

Bar. 3003 in. T. 50° F. Wind N.W., force 2.
Weather, o.

A shallow depression over the Bay of Biscay, light N.
winds over our area generally, but S. or S.E. along
the W. of France. Weather fine generally, but
with mist or fog in some parts of these islands
and rain in the Channel Islands and at Dover.
Temp, warmer.

ArEir. 23rd .. B. Willow-Warbler, Swallow, House-Martin, Sand-
Martin, Cuckoo.

C. Whinchat, Lesser Whitethroat, Sedge-Warbler,
Yellow Wagtail.

D. Nightingale, Tree-Pipit, Wryneck, Turtle-Dove.
Bar. 30-08 in. T. 54° F. Wind N.N.E., force 1.

Weather, b, c.
Bar. unsteady, falling slightly. Wind light from N.E.
Weather calm generally, with some mists along our
W. coasts and parts of the French side of the
English Channel. Temp, about 50° F.

April 24th .. B. Redstart, Blackcap, Willow- Warbler, Swallow,
House-Martin, Cuckoo.

C. Whinchat, Yellow Wagtail.

D. Nightingale, Turtle-Dove.

Bar. 29-79 in. T. 49° F. AVind E.N.E., force 1.
Weather, b.

Bar. falling. Winds light, mainly E. but strong S. in
the W. of the Cliannel and the Trish Sea. Weather
fine generally, but some mist or fog at the mouth of
the Channel and rain at the Scilly Isles and in
Ireland.

April 25th . , A. Grasshopper-Warbler, Pied Flycatcher, Land-
Rail.
B. Wheatear, Redstart, Whitethroat, Blackcap, Chiff-
chaff, Willow-Warbler, AVliite Wagtail, Swallow,
House-Martin, Sand-Martin, Swift, Common Sand-
piper.

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April 25th .. C. Whinchat, Lesser Whitetbroat, Garden-Warbler,
(con.). Sedge-Warbler, Yellow Wagtail.

I). Nightingale.

Bar. 29-56 in. T. 48° F. Wind W., force 5.
Weather, b.

Bar. falling slightly, due to a secondary depression
over N. of Scotland. Wind moderate or strong
from the W. over these islands generally, but S. at
the Straits of Dover and North Sea. Weather tine
generally, but with rain at the Scilly Isles and
along the coast of England. Temp, about 50° F.

AriuL2Gth .. B. Willow- Warbler, Wood- Warbler, House-Martin,

Swift, Common Sandpiper.
C. Sedge- Warbler, Yellow Wagtail, Nightjar.
I). Reed- Warbler.
Bar. 29-51 in. T. 48° F. Wind S., force 6.

Weather, c.
A deep depression with centre off S.W. of Ireland.

with strong S.W. winds. Fair generally, but with

rain in the S.W. Temp, falling slightly.

April 27th , . B. Wood- Warbler, Swallow, House- Martin, Sand-
Martin, Swift, Cuckoo.

C. Lesser Whitetbroat, Sedge- Warbler, Nightjar.

D. Nightingale, Wryneck.

Bar. 29-33 in. T. *51° F. Wind S.S.W , force 7.

Weather, o.
Bar. rising. Winds strong S. over our area. Weather

unsettled, showery and squally ; some mist over

Brittany. Temp. warm.

April 28th .. A. Ring - Ouzel, Grasshopper -Warbler, Pied Fly-
catcher.

B. Wheatear, Redstart, Whitetbroat, Blackcap, Chiff-
chaff, Willow- Warbler, Wood- Warbler, Spotted
Flycatcher, Swallow, House-Martin, Sand-Martin,
Cuckoo, Common Sandpiper.

C. Whinchat, Sedge- Warbler.
I). Nightingale, Tree-Pipit.

Bar. 29-67 in. T. 51° F. Wind S.S.E., force 4.

Weather, c.
Bar. rising. Winds moderate or strong from S.

Weather overcast or gloomy. Temp. warm.

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Aran. 29th . . B. Whitethroat, Willow- Warbler, Wood -Warbler,

Swallow, House-Martin, Cuckoo.
C. Yellow Wagtail.
Bar. 3000 in. T. 50° F. Wind S., force 3. Weather,

b, c.
Bar. rising generally, but falling at Bordeaux and

Biarritz. Wind moderate from S. or S.E. Weather

fine generally, but some rain and mist at the mouth

of the Channel. Temp. warm.

Aphil 30th .. B. Wheatear, Redstart, Whitethroat, Blackcap, Spotted

Flycatcher, Swallow, House-Martin, Swift.

C. Sedge- Warbler.

D. Nightingale, Red-backed Shrike.

Bar. 29 84 in. T. 48° F. Wind W.S.W., force 5.
Weather, c.

A depression with its centre over the W. of Scotland,
with wind circulating cyclonically round it over
these islands; a light breeze from N. along the
French coast of the Bay of Biscay. Weather fair
generally at first, but raining later over these
islands. Temp, warm, being 47° F. at Cape
Finisterre, and 50° F. or upwards over the English
Channel and England.

May 1st .... A. Grasshopper- Warbler.

B. Wheatear, Blackcap, Swallow, Swift, Cuckoo,
Common Sandpiper.

C. Lesser Whitethroat, Nightjar.
I). Tree-Pipit, Turtle-Dove.

Bar. 2993 in. T. 49° F. Wind S.W., force 3.

Weather, b, c.
Bar. rising. Winds light in force, very variable in

direction, mostly W. to S. over our area, but N.W.

over E. Anglia, our S.E. counties, and Belgium.

Weather cloudy or overcast, with rain at various

points on each side of the Channel and North Sea.

Temp, under 50° F. over these islands.

Mav 2nd A. Land-Bail.

B. Wheatear, Whitethroat, Blackcap, Chiffchafij
Willow- Warbler, Wood- Warbler, Swallow, House-
Maitin, Sand-Martin, Common Sandpiper.

C. Lesser Whitethroat, Sedge- Warbler, Yellow Wag-
tail.

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May 2nd D. Red-backed Shrike, Turtle-Dove.

{con.). Bar. 29-95 in. T. 49° F. Wind N.W., force 1.

Weather, b.
Bar. rising. Light W. winds or calms with much
mist along both shores of the Channel. Temp. low.

-M vv 3rd V. Ring-Ouzel.

B. Whitethroat, Wood- Warbler, Swallow, House-
Martin, Swift.

C. Lesser "Whitethroat, Sedge-Warbler.
]). Reed- Warbler.

Bar. 2971 in. T. 48° F. Wind W.S.W., force 3.
Weather, r.

Bar. falling, due to a " V "-shaped depression over these
islands, and winds circulating cyclonically round it,
viz. S. and light in force over the Bay of Biscay and
the greater part of W. Fiance, the English Channel,
England and Scotland, but strong from N.W. over
Ireland and the Scilly Isles. Weather unsettled ;
rainy from Biarritz to Stornoway, but fine along
the coast of E. Anglia. Temp, still low.

May 4th .... B. Swallow, House-Martin, Swift, Common Sand-
piper.

C. Nightjar.

I). Reed- Warbler, Turtle-Dove.

Bar. 29-49 in. T. 47° F. Wind N.W., force 6.
Weather, b, c.

A depression with centre over S.E. England with
winds circulating cyclonically round it. Weather
rainy ; some mist along the Sussex coast. Temp,
low.

May 5th .... A. Grasshopper- Warbler.

B. Wheatear, AVhitethroat, Blackcap, Chiffchaff,
Willow- Warbler, Spotted Flycatcher, Swallow,
House-Martin, Swift, Cuckoo, Common Sandpiper.

C. Sedge- War bier.

D. Nightingale,Reed-Warbler, Tree-Pipit, Red-backed
Shrike, Wryneck.

Bar. 29-63 in. T. 48° F. Wind X., force 5.
Weather, c.

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May 5th Bar. rising over England and France, but pressure

(con.). very irregular. Winds variable in direction and

force, but N. over England, tbe Channel and French
coast, W. along N. coast of Spain. Mist on both
sides of the English Channel in places, with rain
in many parts of England and shores of the Bay of
Biscay. It was fine, however, in S.W. of England.
Temp. cold.

May 6th B. Whitethroat, Blackcap, Willow-Warbler, Swallow,

House-Martin, Swift.

C. Garden- Warbler.

D. Tree-Pipit.

Bar. 29-54 in. T. 48D F. Wind S.S.E., force 5.
Weather, r.

A long V-shaped depression extending from the
Hebrides to Devonshire. Winds circulating cycloni-
cally round it. Weather unsettled, with fog over
the S. half of the Bay of Biscay, raiu over these
islands and English Channel. Temp. low.

May 7th A. Grasshopper- Warbler.

B. Wheatear, Redstart, Whitethroat, Blackcap,
Willow-Warbler, Spotted Flycatcher, Swallow.

C. AVhinchat, Garden- Warbler, Sedge- Warbler.

B. Turtle-Dove.

Bar. 29-64 in. T. 49° F. Wind S.W., force 5.
Weather, b, c.

A large depression on the W. coast of Ireland. Winds
strong from some point between W. and S. over our
area. Weather unsettled generally, with some mist
at the mouth of the Channel, but fair in the
Channel itself and neighbouring coasts. Temp.
still low.

May 8th B. Wheatear, Whitethroat, Chiffchaff, Willow-
Warbler, Spotted Flycatcher, Swallow, House-
Martin, Swift, Common Sandpiper.

C. Garden- Warbler, Sedge- Warbler.

Bar. 29-49 in. T. 48° F. Wind S.E., force G.
Weather, r.

A depression between Ireland and S.W. England
Strong S. winds. AVeather, raining generally, with
some mist over Brittany. Temp, rising slightly.

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.May 9th V. Land-Rail.

B. Wheatear, Whitethroat, Blackcap, Willow-
Warbler, Swallow, House-Martin, Sand-Martin
Swift.

C. Whim hat, Sedge-Warbler, Nightjar.

Ear. 29-52 in. T. 51° F. Wind S.S.E., force 5.

Weatht r, c.
Bar. falling. Winds had backed towards E. Weather

very unsettled, rain-squalls at the mouth of the

Channel, mist and rain on S.E. coast of England.

Temp, about 50° F.

May 10th A. Pied Flycatcher.

B. Wheatear, Whitethroat, Willow-Warbler, Spotted
Flycatcher, Swallow, House-Martin, Sand-Martin,

Swift,
0. Whinchat, Sedge- Warbler.

D. Turtle-Dove.

Bar. 29-69 in. T. 51° F. Wind S., force 4.
Weather, b, c.

Bar. inclined to rise. Strong wind from S. Weather
fine on N. coast of Spain and along the French
shores of the Bay of Biscay and the Channel ; fair
along the greater part of our S. coast, but raining at
Dungeness ; misty and foggy and very cold along
the E. of England and Scotland.

May 11th .... B. Wheatear, Whitethroat, Blackcap, Willow-
Warbler, AVood- Warbler, Spotted Flycatcher,
Swallow, House-Martin, Swift.

C. Garden- Warbler, Sedge- Warbler.
1). Tree-Pipit, Turtle-Dove.

Bar. 2985 in. T. 50c F. Wind W.S.W., force 3.

Weather, c.
Bar. low, with centre of depression to W. of Ireland.

Wind moderate from S.W. over the Bay of Biscay,

the Channel, England, and Ireland, E. over Scotland.

Weather fair. Temp. warm.

May 12th .... B. Wheatear, Whitethroat, Spotted Flycatcher, Sand-

Martin, Swift, Cuckoo.
C. Garden- Warbler, Sedge- Warbler, Nightjar.
I). Turtle-Dove.
Bar. 29-83 in. T. 5,0C F. Wind S.E., force 6.

Weather, r.

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May 12th .... Bar. falling generally, with centre of depression over
(con.). S.W. corner of Ireland, with moderate or strong

winds circulating cyclonically round it. Weather
rainy along the coasts of France, the S.W. and W.
of England, Wales, and Ireland ; misty along the
S. coast of Cornwall. Temp, about 50° F.

May 13th B. Redstart, Whitethroat, Blackcap, Spotted Fly-
catcher, Sand-Martin.

C. Whinchat, Garden-Warbler, Sedge-Warbler.

Bar. 2999 in. T. 51° F. Wind N.E., force 3.
Weather, o.

Centre of depression was over the Bay of Biscay.
Wind W. at Cape Finisterre, S. at Biarritz and
Bordeaux, E. elsewhere. Weather dull over the
Channel and S. of England, with rain at Jersey
and Dungeness. Temp, about 50° F.

May 14th .... B. Whitethroat, Spotted Flycatcher, Swift.

C. Sedge-Warbler.

D. Red-backed Shrike, Turtle-Dove.

Bar. 3009 in. T. 53° F. Wind N.N.E., force 5.
Weather, b, c.

Bar. rising generally, but there were small secondary
depressions passing E. across Great Britain. Light
winds from N. or N.E. over the whole of our area.
Weather rainy, with much mist along our coasts
and the French shores of the English Channel.
Temp, about 50° F.

May 15th .... A. Land-Rail.

I). Whitethroat, Spotted Flycatcher, Sand-Martin,
Swift.

C. Sedge-Warbler.

Bar. 29-99 in. T. 48° F. Wind N.N.E., force 8.
Weather, b, c.

The depression had moved S.E. with centre over
Biarritz. Strong winds from N.E. over S. of
England, Channel, and N. of France. Weather
fair generally, but misty along the S. shores of
the English Channel, the Scilly Isles, Bristol and
St. George's Channels. Temp, still low, not
reaching 50° F. in these islands.

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May 16th ... A. Land-Rail.

B. Redstart, Swift.

1). Turtle-Dove.

Bar. 29-99 in. T. 46° F. Wind N.N.E., force 6.
Weather, b.

The depression to S. had passed E. Wind still from
some N. or N.E. point over the greater part of our
area. Temp, still cold over these islands and neigh-
bouring seas. Weather fair generally, but overcast
and misty along the French shores of the English
Channel, the Scilly Isles, and Bristol Channel.

May 17th .... B. Swallow.

Bar. 29-76 in. T. 56° F. Wind N.N.E., force 4.
Weather, b.

Bar. pressure very irregular, rising over France and
Spain, falling over these islands generally and the
North Sea. Winds very irregular, but mostly
from some N. point, in the S. of England, the
Channel, and the French coast. Weather fair
generally, but misty or foggy at Cape Finisterre,
Brittany, Normandy, the Scilly Isles, and central
England. Temp, still cold.

May 18th .... B. Swallow, Swift.

C. Nightjar.

D. Turtle-Dove.

Bar. 29-87 in. T. 50° F. Wind W.N.W., force 4.

Weather, b, c.
Bar. rising. Moderate or strong winds from N.W.

Weather fair; no mist or fog reported anywhere,

Temp, still cold.

May 19th .... B. House-Martin, Common Sandpiper.
C. Lesser Whitethroat, Nightjar.
Bar. 30-02 in. T. 50° F. ' Wind X.W., force 4.

Weather, b.
Bar. high. Winds N.W. Weather fine, but colder,

May 20th B. Whitethroat, Spotted Flycatcher, Swift.

C. Garden-Warbler, Sedge- Warbler.
1). Turtle-Dove.

Bar. 3010 in. T. -j2d F. Wind W.S.W., force 5,
Weather, c.

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May 20th .... Pressure highest over the Bay of Biscay and France.
(con.). Wind S.W. Weather rainy and unsettled over S.

of England, foggy at Havre, fine along the N. coast
of Spain. Temp, much warmer.

May 21st B. Swallow.

Bar. 30-10 in. T. 52° F. Wind S.W., force 4.

Weather, c.
Bar. rising over the Buy of Biscay, W. France, and

S. England ; falling elsewhere. Wind moderate or

strong from S.W., hut E. at Bordeaux and Biarritz.

Weather hue. Temp, warmer.

May 2-nd .... B. Common Sandpiper.

Bar. 30-13 in. T. 51° F. Wind W., force 5.

Weather, b, c.
Bar. rising. Wind W. Fine generally, but misty at
Corunna and Brest. Temp, about 50° F.

May 23rd .... B. Swift.

Bar. 30-18 in. T. 53° F. Wind W., force 4.

Weather, c.
Bar. rising. Wind W., strong. Weather overcast,

with a good deal of coast fog and rain along our S.

and S.W. coasts and the French shores of the

English Channel ; also at Cape Finisterre. Temp.

wanner.

May 24th .... Bar. 30-35 in. T. 52° F. Wind W.S.W., force 2.
Weather, f.
Bi-essure anticyclonic with maximum above 30-3 in.
over the Bay of Biscay, France, and S. England.
Wind S.W. Much fog and mist along the coast of
France and our S.W. and W. shores, also at
Biarritz ; much fog in the Channel and Irish Sea.
Temp, decidedly warmer.

May 25th B. Spotted Flycatcher.

Bar. 30-29 in. T. 48° F. Wind N.E., force 3.

Weather, f.
Still anticyclonic. Winds light from S.W. Weather

fine generally but with much fog along the Channel.

The sea fog kept temp, low on S. coast, below

50° F. ; elsewhere warmer, about G0° F.

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May 26th .... A. Land-RaiL

Bar. 30-21 in. T. 59° F. Wind E.N.E., force 3.

Weather, b, c.
Bar. rising generally over the North Sea and France,
but falling over the Ba}' of Biscay, the W. of the
Channel, and the Irish Sea. Wind light from E.
over S. of England, the coasts of the English
Channel, and the French coast of the Bay of
Biscay, but W. at Cornnna and over Ireland and
Scotland. Weather fine generally, but fog or mist
locally on our W. and S.W. coasts, the French Bide
of the English Channel, and at Cornnna. Temp,
warmer over France, the Channel, and S. England.

.May L}7ih C. Nightjar.

liar. 30-08 in. T 56" F. Wind calm. Weather, b.
A shallow depression over S. England. Wind
irregular, light, mostly W. Weather fair generally,
but misty at Corunna and the French coasts and
aho at Southampton. Temp, warmer.

May 28th .... Bar. 30-13 in. T. 55° F. Wind S.W., force 1.
Weather, b, c.
Bar. rising over the North Sea, England, and France,
but falling in the N. of Ireland and W. of Scotland.
Winds light S. Weather foggy on various parts of
our W. and S.W. coasts, also on the French shores
of the Channel and over Brittany. Temp, about
5o° F. on both sides of the Channel.

May 29th .... Bar. 29-96 in. T. 52° F. Wind S.E., force 2.
Weather, f.
Bar. falling. Light E. breezes over France, the
English Channel, and S. of England, W. over N. of
England, Ireland, and Scotland. Weather overcast
and rainy with much fog and mist along our W.
and S.W. coasts. Temp, rather warmer.

May 30th .... D. Red-backed Shrike.

Bar. 29-68 in. T. oo° F. Wind E.S.E., force 2.
Weather, c.

Bar. falling, centre of depression over Ireland. Winds
moderate, from S.E. Weather cloudy to overcast^
with mist on S.W. coast of England. Temp. warm.

Wind S.W., force

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May 31st .... Bar. 29-83 in. T. 53° F.
Weather, b.
Centre of depression had passed N. of Scotland.
Strong S.W. winds over our area. Weather fair
generally and the fog had cleared, bat showers
reported from many places. Temp, lower ; under
55° F. everywhere.

Note. — In the maps which illustrate the migrations of
the following species an attempt has been made to trace
their course by separating and grouping the different move-
ments, but it must be understood that this grouping is to a
certain extent artificial and is only done for the sake of
clearness. The successive immigrations are indicated on
the maps by the following signs : —

First immigration thus : — 2

Second

Third

Fourth

Fifth

Sixth

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THE RING-OUZEL.

Tardus torquatus, L.

The Ring-Ouzel seems to have arrived, so far as our British
residents are concerned, entirely on that part o£ the south
coast lying to the west of Hampshire.

Early examples, which may possibly have wintered in some
part of the south-west of England, were seen in Carmarthen-
shire in the middle of February and in Westmoreland on
the 8th of March. The first arrivals noted in the southern
counties were seen in Somersetshire on the 14th of March,
and a single bird, probably a passage-migrant, in Sussex on
the following day.

The first movement of any magnitude seems to have
occurred in the west about the 25th, and was followed by
others between the 30th of March and the 3rd of April, one
or two passage-migrants appearing during the same period
in certain of the south-eastern counties. These immigrants
spread rapidly north through the western counties, reaching
Renfrewshire by the 29th of March and Cumberland and
Yorkshire by the 2nd and 3rd of April. Between the 6th
and 9th considerable numbers of Ring-Ouzels passed the
Channel Islands lights; and though it seems probable, from
the presence of passage-migrants in the eastern counties from
the 7th onwards, that a proportion, at any rate, of these birds
landed on our shores, no definite arrivals were reported until
the 9th. "With the advent of these, the records from inland
soon increased, while most of the Welsh breeding-birds seem
certainly to have been included in this migration. Further
arrivals in Devonshire on the 18th and a movement noticed at
the Channel Islands on the 28th, seem to have consisted

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mainly of birds bound for breeding-places beyond the Scottish
border and farther north.

Ring-Ouzels were nesting in Devonshire by the 23rd, in
Yorkshire by the 25th of April and in Renfrewshire by the
2nd of May ; while eggs were found in Radnorshire on the
latter date, in Lancashire on the 11th, and young were
already hatched in Northumberland before the 9th and in
Staffordshire by the 16th.

Chronological Summary of the Records.

Mid-Feb.

Carmarthen.

March 8th.

Westmoreland.

)5

14th.

Somerset.

If

15th.

Sussex.

?>

21st.

Cumberland.

••

23rd.

Herts.

,.

25th.

Somerset (passing).

JJ

26th.

Cheshire.

*•

27th.

Essex, Worcester.

ji

29th.

Renfrew.

.,

30th.

Devon, Staffordshire.

April

1st.

Devon, Lancashire.

>•<

2nd.

Cumberland.

?j

3rd.

Scilly Isles, Yorkshire.

.,

5th/6th.

Channel Islands light.

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7 th.

Gloucester.

>)

7th to 13th

. Suffolk (passing).

"

7th/8th.

Channel Islands light.

JJ

8th.

Northumberland.

5)

8th/9th.

Channel Islands light.

>>

9th.

Devon (fresh arrivals on
Brecon.

5'

12th.

Merioneth.

»i

14th.

Brecon, Shropshire, Cheshire

15th.

Yorkshire (slight increase) .

,,

18th.

Devon (fresh arrh'als).

S. coast).

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April 22nd. Cumberland (increase).

23rd. Devon (nesting).

25th. Yorkshire (nest ready).

27tb/28th. Channel Islands light.

30th. Yorkshire (slight increase).

M;iy 1st. Cambridge.

2nd. Radnor (eggs). Renfrew (building).

3rd. Kent (passing).

4th. Cheshire (nesting).

5th. Lancashire (increase).

5th to 9th. Northumberland (nests with young and

OO'fr.sV
OS0/"

11th. Lancashire (nest with eggs).
16th. Staffordshire (nest with young).

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WIIEATEAR.

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THE WHEATEAR.

Sa.riroJn amanihe (L.).

The Wheatear arrived along the whole of the south coast,
but first and chiefly on the western half.

Early arrivals were seen in the Isle of Wight on the 22nd
of February, in Suffolk on the 6th and 10th of March, and in
Shropshire on the 12th.

The first immigration commenced on the 12th of March,
when a few birds landed in Cornwall and Hampshire.
Wheatears occurred at one of the Channel Islands lights
on that night, and further arrivals took place in Cornwall
on the following morning. Two days later the first arrival
of Wheatears on the Sussex coast was noted, and this was
followed by others in Hampshire and Kent on the 16th
and 17th. The number of individuals in each case seems
to have been small, and the birds do not seem to have
advanced immediately very far into the country.

The second immigration landed along the whole of the
south coast between the 20th and 23rd of March, and seems
to have been of rather larger dimensions, as the species was
reported for the first time from a good many counties
during the following days. The birds arriving in the west
apparently passed north rather more rapidly than those on
the east ; they reached North Wales on the 22nd, Lincolnshire
and Yorkshire two days later, Northumberland on the 25th,
and Argyllshire on the 26th. The northward passage of
some of the eastern arrivals is probably indicated by a record
from one of the Norfolk lights on the 23rd. Between the
27th of March and the 6th of April four distinct immigrations
arrived at different points on the south coast and appear for

D

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the most part to have travelled north along the east and west
coast-lines to the northern counties, the Isle of Man, and
Scotland ; from the midland counties of England but little
movement was reported. From the 8th to the 15th of April
Wheatears occurred nightly in some numbers at the Caskets
light, but arrivals were only recorded on the south coast on
the 8th, 10th, 11th, 14th, 16th and 18th. There is little
evidence of the route taken by these birds, but there are
indications that a good many passed north by way of the
west coast. Some of those, however, that arrived on the
eastern half of the south coast on the 14th and 16th seem to
have passed through the eastern half of the kingdom.

On the 13th of April the larger race of the Wheatear was
reported for the first time at the lights in the Channel Islands
and the Isle of Wight, and at the former on the following
night ; and it seems probable that a considerable pro-
portion of the arrivals at the latter end of this movement
were passage-migrants of the larger race.

Subsequently a good many birds of the smaller race arrived
on the eastern half of the south coast on the 28th of April
and a few on the 5th of May, but on each occasion they
were accompanied by birds of the larger race. All appear
to have been passage-migrants and to have travelled north
mainly by the east and west coast-routes. Between the
25th and 30th of April and the 5th and 12th of May
continuous passages of the larger race, in unusually large
numbers during the first period, were observed at the
Caskets, while arrivals were recorded on a few occasions on
our south coast. These birds seem to have travelled mainly
by the coastal routes, though there were several scattered
records of birds passing through inland counties.

By the beginning of April some of the earlier arrivals had
settled down in our southern counties, and eggs were found
in Somersetshire on the 26th and in Suffolk on the 29th.
Wheatears were also reported as nesting in Kent on the 5th
of May, in Derbyshire on the 7th, and eggs were found in
Renfrewshire on the 15th.

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Chronological Summary of the Records.

Feb. 22nd. Isle of Wight.
March 5th & 10th. Suffolk.

„ 12th. Cornwall, Hants, Shropshire.
„ 12th/13th. Channel Islands light.
„ 13th. Cornwall (slight increase). Bedford.

„ 14th. Somerset.
„ loth. Sussex, Norfolk.
,, 16th. Hants (passing). Herts.
„ 17th. Kent.
„ 18th. Carmarthen.
,, 20th. Cornwall and Brecon (passing).
„ 20th&21st. Kent (passing).

„ 21st. Bedford and Suffolk (slight increase).

Cornwall (decrease). Scilly Isles, Gla-
morgan, Carnarvon, Cumberland.
,, 22nd. Carnarvon (slight increase).

23rd. Norfolk light. Suffolk (slight increase).

Bedford (decrease). Hants (passing).

Dorset, Surrey, Monmouth, Essex,

Worcester, Staffordshire.

„ 24th. Northampton (passing). Merioneth,

Derby, Lincoln, Yorkshire.
„ 24th to 30th. Monmouth (passing).

„ 25th. Sussex and Carmarthen (increase). Devon
(slight increase). Denbigh, Northum-
berland.
„ 26th. Derby (increase). Carnarvon (slight in-
crease). Argyll.
„ 27th. Cornwall (increase). Carnarvon (slight
increase). Cheshire, Lancashire, West-
moreland.
„ 27th/28th. Yorkshire light.

,, 28th. Cornwall and Yorkshire lights. Sussex
(decrease). Anglesey, Flint.

D 2

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March 29th. Anglesey (slight increase). Cornwall
(decrease). Renfrew.
„ 29th/30th. Carnarvon light.
„ 30th. Argyll (passing). Pembroke.
„ 30th/31st. Hants light.

„ 31st. Yorkshire light. Kent (increase). Wilts.

„ 31st/lst April. Channel Islands light.
April 1st. Cumberland (increase).
1st to 6th. Brecon (settled).
„ 2nd. Northumberland (increase).

,, 3rd/4th. Carnarvon light.

,, 4th. Somerset (increase). Bedford (slight in-

crease) .
„ 4th/5th. Channel Islands light.

5th. Ayr.
„ 6th. Channel Islands light. Surrey (passing).

„ 7th. Suffolk (increase). Gloucester.

„ 7th/8th. Channel Islands light.
„ 8th. Cornwall (increase).

8th/9th. Channel Islands light.
,, 9th. Somerset (increase).

„ 9th/10th. Channel Islands and Hants lights.
„ 10th. Isle of Man, Lancashire.
,, lOth/llth. Channel Islands and Sussex lights.
„ 11th. Suffolk (increase). Cornwall (decrease).
„ llth/12th. Channel Islands light.
„ 12th. Carnarvon (large numbers passing).
„ 12th/13th. Channel Islands light.
,, 13th/14th. Channel Islands and Hants lights.
„ 14th. Radnor.

,, 14th to 27th. Cheshire (stragglers passing).
„ 14th/15th. Channel Islands light.
,, 15th. Carnarvon (large numbers passing).
„ 16th. Isle of Wight and Kent (passing).
„ 17th. Bedford (increase).
„ 18th. Devon (increase). Lincoln (passing).
„ 19th. Suffolk (increase). Hants (settled).
Bucks.

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April 20th. Lincoln and Yorkshire (increase). War-

wick (passing). Renfrew (usual
number). Middlesex.
21st. Berks.

„ 22nd. Bedford (large influx). Carnarvon (large

numbers passing). Lincoln (passing).
,, 23rd. Suffolk (passing).
„ 24th. Flint (slight increase).
„ 24th/25th. Channel Islands and Hants lights.
,, 26th. Somerset (nest with eggs).
„ 27th. Somerset (increase).
„ 27th/28th. Channel Islands and Hants lights.
„ 28th to 4th May. Carnarvon (small parties passing).
„ 28th/29th. Yorkshire light.
„ 29th. Suffolk (several on passage), (nest with

eggs).
„ 29th/30th. Channel Islands light.
„ 30th/lst May. Carnarvon light.
May 2nd. Scilly Isles, Cornwall, Monmouth, and

Renfrew (increase). Suffolk (several
on passage).
„ 3rd. Radnor (increase).

,, 4th. Staffordshire (fresh arrivals).

„ 4th/5th. Channel Islands, Hants, Anglesey and

Yorkshire lights.
,, 5th. Suffolk (decrease). Kent (nesting).

„ 5th/6th. Carnarvon light.
„ 6th. Scilly Isles (decrease).

„ 6th/7th. Channel Islands light.
,, 7th. Derby (nesting).

" & 8th/9th.J Cnannel Islands light.

„ 9th. Isle of Wight and Warwick (passing).

,, 9th/10th. Channel Islands and Anglesey lights.

" At 19fh i Channel Islands light.

„ 13th. Argyll (numbers).

„ 15th. Renfrew (nest with eggs).

„ 17th. Lancashire (nest ready).

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THE WHINCHAT.

Pratincola ruhetra (L.).

The Whinchat probably arrived along the whole of the south
coast, though not recorded from Cornwall, but it appeared
first and in largest numbers to the east of Dorsetshire. A
bird which apparently remained throughout the winter was
recorded from Yorkshire on the 3rd of January, and early
stragglers were reported from Wiltshire and Berkshire on
the 13th and 23rd of March, and from Bedfordshire,
Worcestershire, Essex, and Suffolk between the 4th and 10th
of April.

The first immigration was small and appears to have
arrived at both the eastern and western ends of the south
coast about the 14th of April, and to have been followed by a
rather larger one about the 20th. By the 24th Whinchars
were thinly scattered over a great part of England and
Wales, though they seem to have been rather more numerous,
and to have extended farther north on the eastern than on
the western side of the kingdom.

A third immigration, which does not appear to have been
of large dimensions, arrived along the whole of the south coast
between the 23rd and 25th of April, and was apparently ab-
sorbed in filling up gaps in the territory already occupied.

The fourth, which was of rather larger dimensions and was
also recorded from the Channel Islands, reached our shores
on the 28th of April, and seems to have contained the main
body of the breeding-birds for the western counties, Wales,
and Scotland.

Further movements were noticed at the Channel Islands
on the 7th, 10th and 13th of May, and immigrants certainly
arrived in Hampshire en the latter date, while there were

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indications of other arrivals on the south coast about the 9th;
hut owing- to the scantiness of the records it is impossible to
be more definite on the latter point or to trace the course of
these later migrants.

In Berkshire, where early stragglers were reported, Whin-
chats are stated to have commenced nesting by the 24th of
April. They had settled down in Staffordshire by the 28th
and were building in Northumberland on the 6th of May,
in Gloucestershire by the 8th, and in Staffordshire by
the 11th. Eggs were found in Kent on the 16th and in
Derbyshire on the 23rd, while young birds were found in
Staffordshire on the 19th.

Chronological Summary of the Records.

Yorkshire.

Wilts.

Berks.

Bedford.

Worcester.

Es«ex.

Suffolk.

Sussex, Somerset, Monmouth.

Northumberland.

Staffordshire.

Hants.

Leicester.

Bedford (great influx). Carmarthen,
Yorkshire.

Surrey, Cambridge, Carnarvon.

Berks (nesting). Cambridge (slight in-
crease). Kent.

Hants light.

Somerset (passing). Oxford, Merioneth,
Lincoln.

Somerset (decrease) .

Cambridge (slight increase). Herts,
Lancashire.

Jan.

3rd.

March

13 th.

j?

23rd.

April

4th.

55

7 th.

55

9th.

55

10th.

55

14th.

)>

18th.

55

19th.

53

20th.

'5

21st.

55

22nd.

55

23rd.

5»

24th.

J1 -

4th/25th

55

25th.

55

26th.

J.

27th.

48

Channel Islands and Hants lights.
Cambridge and Yorkshire (increase).
Somerset (decrease). Staffordshire

(settled). Shropshire.
Brecon.
Carnarvon (increase). Lancashire (slight

increase). Derby, Renfrew.
Warwick.

Glamorgan, Mull of Galloway.
Middlesex, Cheshire, Ayr.
Cambridge (increase).
Northumberland (building).
Channel Islands light. Derby (increase).
Merioneth (slight increase). Cumber-
land.
Carmarthen (increase). Cambridge (usual

numbers). Gloucester (nesting).
Derby (increase). Surrey (slight increase).

Devon.
Channel Islands light.
Yorkshire (increase). Merioneth (slight
increase). Staffordshire (nesting).
12th/13th. Hants light.

13th. Channel Islands light.

14th. Cheshire (usual numbers).

16th. Kent (nest with eggs).

18th. Denbigh (paired).

19th. Somerset (increase). Staffordshire (nest

with young).
23rd. Derby (nest with eggs).

April 2

7th/28lh

V

28th.

»1

29th.

1>

30th.

May

1st.

•>■>

2nd.

>•>

3rd.

5>

4th.

T)

6th.

»

7th.

?>

8th.

i>

9th.

?»

10th.

«

11th.

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THE REDSTART.

Ruticilla phcenicurus (L.).

The Redstart arrived along the whole of the south coast, but
the majority seem to have landed to the west of Hampshire,
although the earliest birds reported were from the eastern
end. These arrived in Kent and Sussex on the 9th of April,
and were followed by others farther west between the 12th
and 14th ; the record from one of the Yorkshire lights on
the 11th probably points to the passage northwards of some
of the eastern arrivals along the east coast, otherwise these
first-comers seem to have become thinly dispersed, mostly'
over the southern half of England. There were indications
of a second arrival on the western half of the coast about
the 18th, as some of the gaps in the bird's distribution began
to fill up after that date, and its range became extended to
the northern counties and to Scotland during the following-
week.

The third and fourth immigrations, which seem to have
contained a larger number of individuals, landed all along
the south coast on the 24th and 25th and on the 28th of
April, being recorded at the lights both in the Channel
Islands and in the Isle of Wight. Some of the easternmost
of these arrivals travelled north-east into East Anglia and
Lincolnshire, while the others passed north to the northern
Midlands, Lancashire, and Wales. On the 29tb/30th
Redstarts again occurred at the Channel Islands lights,
but no arrivals were recorded on the south coast, though
the records of passing birds both on the east and west sides
of the country during the following week indicated that
a further immigration must have occurred. On the 7th

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REDSTART.

51

and 13th of May similar records were again received, but
there was very little evidence that these birds reached our
shores.

Redstarts were reported as nesting in Carmarthenshire on
the 30th of April, and building in Berkshire on the 3rd of
May and in Lancashire on the 12th, while nests with eggs
were found in Somersetshire on the 3rd, in Northumberland
on the 7th, in Radnorshire on the 16th, and in Cheshire and
Westmoreland on the 24th, and nests with young in Shrop-
shire on the 21st of May and in Warwickshire on the 8th of
June.

Chronological Summary of the Records.

April 9th. Sussex, Kent.

„ 11th. Yorkshire light.

„ 12th. Somerset, Suffolk.

13th. Hants.

„ 13th/14th. Hants light.

,, 15th. Northampton.

„ 17th. Gloucester, Oxford.

„ 18th. Somerset (increase). Northumberland.

„ 19th. Berks, Bedford, Yorkshire.

„ 20th. Herts, Cumberland.

„ 21st. Somerset (decrease). Shropshire.

„ 22nd. Cambridge, Leicester.

„ 23rd. Middlesex, Worcester, Warwick.

,, 24th. Devon, Westmoreland.

„ 24th/25th. Channel Islands and Hants lights.

„ 25th. Surrey, Cheshire, Lancashire, Renfrew.

,, 26th. Staffordshire, Derby.

„ 27th. Herts and Cambridge (increase). Essex.

„ 27th/28th. Channel Islands and Hants lights.

„ 29th. Cumberland (increase). Brecon, Radnor,

Lincoln.

„ 29th/30th. Channel Islands light.
,, 30th. Cambridge (increase).

ing).
May 1st. Merioneth (passing).

Carmarthen (nest-

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May 2nd. Monmouth.

„ 3rd. Radnor (increase). Somerset (nest with

eggs). Berks (building).

,, 4th. Suffolk (passing). Mull of Galloway.

,, 5th. Shropshire (increase).

„ 7th. Channel Islands light. Northumberland

(nest with eggs).

„ 10th. Westmoreland (increase).

„ 12th. Lancashire (building).

„ 13th. Channel Islands light.

„ 16th. Radnor (nest with eggs).

„ 17th & 18th. Essex (increase).

„ 18th. Suffolk (nest).

,, 21st. Staffordshire (nest with young).

„ 24th. Cheshire (nest with eggs). Westmore-
land (incubating).

„ 25th. Leicester (sitting).
June 8th. Warwick (nest with young).

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THE NIGHTINGALE.

Daulias luscinia (L.).

This species arrived on the southern and south-eastern coasts
from Dorsetshire to Suffolk.

The earliest records were from Dorsetshire, Hampshire,
Kent, Sussex, and Suffolk on the 13th, 15th and 17th of
April. On the 21st the birds apparently commenced to
arrive in greater numbers, and this influx continued until the
24th, by which date they had extended over the country as far
north as Nottinghamshire and as far west as Glamorganshire.
On the 25th, 27th, 28th and 30th of April, and on the 5th of
May further immigratory movements occurred which made up
the full complement of birds in the territory already occupied
and caused an extension northwards into Lincolnshire.

Nests with eggs were found in Suffolk on the 6th of May,
in Hampshire on the 7th, in Surrey on the 10th, in Cam-
bridgeshire on the 11th, in Northamptonshire on the 13th,
in Sussex on the 17th, and in Essex on the 20th.

Chronological Summary of the Records.

April 13th. Dorset.

„ 15th. Hants, Kent.

„ 17th. Sussex, Suffolk.

,, 20th. Surrey, Essex, Northampton.

„ 21st. Kent (increase). Somerset, Cambridge.

„ 22nd. Sussex (increase). Wilts, Berks, Mon-
mouth, Norfolk.

„ 23rd. Suffolk (increase). Surrey and Essex
(slight increase). Glamorgan, Gloucester,
Oxford, Herts, Worcester, Notts.

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NIGHTINGALE.

55

April 24th. Cambridge and Essex (increase). Wilts
(slight increase). Shropshire.

„ 24th/25th. Hants light.
25th. Bedford.

,, 27th. Dorset and Berks (increase)

„ 27th/28th. Hants light.

,, 28th. Hants and Essex (increase). Berks (de-
crease). Devon, Isle of Wight.

„ 28th & 29th. Cambridge (increase).

,, 29th. Herts (slight increase). Lincoln.

,, 30th. Hants (increase). Somerset (slight in-
crease).
May 1st. Surrey (slight increase).

„ 3rd. Berks (increase).

,, 4th. Herts (increase).

„ 5th. Kent and Shropshire (increase). Isle of

Wight (slight increase) .

„ 6th. Suffolk (nest with eggs).

„ 7th. Hants (nest with eggs).

„ 10th. Surrey (nest with eggs).

„ 11th. Cambridge (nest with eggs).

„ 1 2th. Worcester (usual numbers).

,, 13th. Somerset (nesting). Northampton (nest
with eggs).

„ 17th. Sussex (nest with eggs). Shropshire

(nesting).

„ 18th. Suffolk (usual numbers). Dorset (nest).

„ 20th. Essex (nest with eggs).

M

WHITETHROAT.

THE WHITETHROAT.

Sylvia cinerea, Bechst.

The Whitethroat arrived along the whole of the south coast,
but in greatest numbers on the western halt".

Early stragglers were reported from Devonshire and Kent
on the 25th and 26th of March. The first immigration of
small numbers occurred during the second week of April,
and a second, comprising rather larger numbers, landed along
the whole south coast on the 17th, 18th and 20th, after which
the species became thinly distributed over the greater part
of England, ranging even to Cumberland and the Isle of
Man, but very few birds seem to have passed into Wales.
There was, perhaps, another small immigration on the
eastern half of the south coast about the 22nd, but this
is uncertain.

The third and fourth immigrations, including a large
number of birds, arrived on the 21th and 25th of April, and
on the 28th and 29th on the western half of the coast,
being recorded at the lights in the Channel Islands, the Isle
of Wight and Cornwall. With the advent of these migrants
the inland records at once showed an increase, while those
from the lights on both the east and west coasts indicated
that passage-movements were in progress. These large
movements were followed by a series of smaller immigra-
tions which landed along the whole of the south coast
between the KOth of April and the 6th of May. It seemed
evident that after the arrival of these birds the number of
our summer-residents was practically complete, and nesting
had already commenced.

From the 6th to the 12th of May, Whitethroat* occurred

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every night at the Caskets light in enormous numbers,
and in small numbers on the nights of the 13th, 14th
and 19th ; there were also indications that arrivals took
place on the south coast until the 13th, and that passage-
movements were in progress up the west coast during the
same period. It seems probable also that some o£ the
residents for our northern counties were included in the
earlier part of this movement, but owing to the number of
birds already present in the country their progress could not
be traced until their presence became manifest in their
summer-quarters. The greater proportion of these birds
must, however, have been passage-migrants on their way to
more northern summer-quarters.

Whitethroats were recorded as nesting in Devonshire on
the 25th of April. Nests ready for eggs were found in
Somersetshire on the 3rd of May and in Cheshire on the 5th;
on the 4th eggs were found in Hertfordshire and the species
was reported to be nesting in Berkshire, Essex and Stafford-
shire. Eggs were also found in Cambridgeshire on the 6th,
in Hampshire on the 10th, in Gloucestershire on the 14th,
in Shropshire and Lancashire on the 15th, in Surrey and
Yorkshire on the 17th, and in Derbyshire on the 18th.

Chronological Summary of the Records.

March 25th. Devon.

„ 26th. Kent.

April 8th. Devon.

„ 9th. Yorkshire.

10th. Hants.

„ 13th. Somerset, Leicester.

„ 14th. Monmouth.

,, 16th. Staffordshire, Cheshire.

„ 17th. Hants (slight increase). Norfolk.

,, 18th. Devon (slight increase). Kent, Notts.

„ 19th. Somerset (increase). Gloucester.

„ 20th. Sussex, Wilts, Surrey, Northampton, Isle
of Man.

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-April 21st. Staffordshire (increase). Carnarvon.

„ 22nd. Monmouth (increase). Berks, Bedford,
Cambridge, Derby.

„ 23rd. Essex, Herts, Shropshire, Cumberland.

„ 24th. Essex, Herts, Somerset and Leicester (in-
crease). Cambridge and Notts (slight
increase). Glamorgan, Warwick, Suffolk,
Lincoln, Flint, Northumberland.

„ 2Ith/25th. Channel Islands and Hants lights.

,, 25th. Devon (nesting). Worcester.

,, 2Gth. Surrey (increase). Berks and Cheshire
(slight increase). Oxford, Bucks.

„ 27 th. Lancashire.

„ 27th/28th. Channel Islands and Hants lights.

,, 28th. Hants, Glamorgan, Cambridge, Shropshire,
Lincoln and Cumberland (increase).
Dorset.

„ 28th/29th. Cornwall light.

„ 29th. Worcester and Warwick (increase).
Suffolk (slight increase). Middlesex,
Brecon, Merioneth.

„ 29th/30th. Channel Islands, Carnarvon and Norfolk
lights.

,, 30th. Hants, Essex, Monmouth, Worcester and
Norfolk (increase). Carmarthen, Ren-
frew.

,, 30th/May 1st. Carnarvon and Norfolk lights.
May 1st. Wilts, Gloucester, Warwick, Cheshire,

Lincoln and Yorkshire (increase). Den-
bigh.

„ 2nd. Hants, Somerset, Essex, Shropshire,

Cheshire and Lancashire (increase).
Northumberland (slight increase). Mull
of Galloway (passing).

„ 3rd. Wilts, Berks, Essex and Leicester (in-

crease). Somerset (nest ready). Isle
of Wight.

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May 4th. Herts, Warwick and Norfolk (increase).

Mull of Galloway (passing). Herts
(nest with eggs). Berks, Essex and
Staffordshire (nesting). Ayr.

„ 4th/5th. Channel Islands and Hants lights.

,, 5th. Devon light, Kent, Berks, Wilts and York-

shire (increase). Bucks (slight in-
crease). Mull of Galloway (passing).
Cheshire (nest ready).

„ 5th/6th. Hants and Carnarvon lights.

„ 6th. Merioneth (increase). Cambridge (nest

with eggs).

,, 6th/7th. Channel Islands light.

„ 7th/8th. Channel Islands and Carnarvon lights.

„ 8th/9th. Channel Islands light.

,, 9th. Dorset (increase).

„ 9th/10th. Channel Islands light,

„ 10th. Devon and Glamorgan (increase). Hants

(nest with eggs).

„ lOth/Hth. Channel Islands light.

„ 11th. Suesex and Northumberland (increase).
Lincoln (building). Westmoreland.

„ llth/12th. Channel Islands light.

„ 12th. Yorkshire (increase). Worcester and Isle
of Man (usual numbers). Sussex (nest).

,, 12th/13th. Channel Islands, Hants and Carnarvon
lights.

„ 12th to 14th. Somerset (increase).

„ 13th. Warwick (nest ready).

„ 13th/14th. Channel Islands and Dublin lights.

,, 14th. Gloucester (nest with eggs).

,, 14th/15th Channel Islands lights.

,, 15th. Shropshire and Lancashire (nests with

eggs).
„ 16th. Radnor (building).

,, 17th. Surrey and Yorkshire (nests with eggs).
„ 18th. Derby (nest with eggs).
„ 19th/20th. Channel Islands light.

6]

THE LESSER WHITETHROAT.

Sylvia curruea (L.).

The Lesser Whitethroat arrived along the south coast
as far west as Devonshire, but chiefly on the eastern
half. The first birds were recorded from Hampshire and
Dorsetshire on the 8th and 10th of April, and these were
followed by a few more between the 14th and 17th and by
larger numbers about the 20th. All these birds appear to
have landed between Hampshire and Devonshire and to have
travelled through the western counties as far north as
Cheshire, Shropshire, Derbyshire and the south of Yorkshire.

The second immigration arrived to the east of Hampshire
on the 22nd and 23rd of April and spread over the south-
eastern counties as far north as Cambridgeshire. The third
immigration landed along the whole of the south coast on
the 25th and 27th, and its advent seems to have filled up a
good many areas in the bird's distribution, especially to the
north on the eastern side of the country, Lincolnshire being
reached on the 28th of April and Yorkshire and North-
umberland on the 1st of May. The northward progress
of some of these migrants was perhaps also shown by a
record from a Suffolk light on the night of the 30th of
April.

The fourth immigration landed on the whole south coast
on the 1st, 2nd and 3rd of May. A record from a Suffolk
light on the night of the 3rd probably indicated a northward
coastal migration of some of these arrivals, but beyond one
or two records of increased numbers in Wales and some of
the western counties, there was very little evidence of
their progress.

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LESSER WHITETHROAT.

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Lesser Whitethroats were reported to be building in
Cheshire on the 2nd of May, nests were found in Essex
on the 3rd and nests with eofjs in Berkshire and Hertford-
shire on the 4th, in Kent on the 6th, in Hampshire on the
10th, in Surrey and Cambridgeshire on the 11th, in Shrop-
shire on the 13th, in Somersetshire on the 17th, in Stafford-
shire on the 18th, in Derbyshire on the 19th, in Glamor-
ganshire on the 20th and in Radnorshire on the 25th.

Chronological Summary of the Records.

April 8th. Hants.
„ 10th. Dorset.

,. 11th. Monmouth.
„ 14th. Somerset, Northampton, Merioneth.

16th. Staffordshire.
„ 17th. Somerset (increase). Merioneth (slight

increase). Carmarthen.
„ 20th. Somerset (great influx).
„ 21st. Somerset (decrease). Shropshire.

„ 22nd. Monmouth (increase). Kent, Herts,
Leicester, Derby.
23rd. Sussex, Berks, Surrey, Essex, Cambridge,

Yorkshire.
21th. Oxford, Cheshire.
„ 21th/25th. Hants light.

25th. Devon.
„ 26th. Herts (increase). Warwick.
„ 27th. Somerset, Essex and Shropshire (increase).
Berks (slight increase). Wilts, Gla-
morgan, Norfolk.
,, 28th. Glamorgan and Herts (increase). Glouces-
ter, Worcester, Lincoln.
„ 29th. Cambridge (increase). Suffolk.
„ 30th. Gloucester (increase).
., 30th/Maylst, Suffolk light.
May 1st. Essex, Shropshire, Cheshire and Yorkshire

(increase). Northumberland.

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May lst/2nd. Suffolk light.

„ 2nd. Dorset and Essex (increase). Cheshire

(building). Denbigh.

„ 3rd. Hants (increase). Dorset (decrease).

Essex (nests).

,. 3rd/4th. Suffolk light.

„ 4th. Somerset (increase). Berks and Herts

(nests with eggs).

„ 5th. Staffordshire (usual numbers).

„ 6th. Kent (nest with eggs). Westmoreland.

,. 8th. Carmarthen (increase).

,, 10th. Hants (nest with eggs).

„ 11th. Surrey and Cambridge (nests with eggs).

,, 12th. Worcester (increase).

,, 13th. Shropshire (nest with eggs).

., 13th/14th. Dublin light.

,, 17th. Somerset (nest with eggs).

„ 18th. Staffordshire (nest with eggs).

„ 19th. Essex (increase). Derby (nest with eggs).

„ 20th. Glamorgan (nest with eggs).

„ 22nd. Essex (decrease).

„ 25th. Radnor (nest with eggs).

THE BLACKCAP.

Sylvia atricapilla (L.).

The Blackcap arrived along the whole of the south coast,
but in largest numbers on the western half, though the
majority of the early stragglers seem to have lauded to
the east of Hampshire.

Several individuals passed the winter in some of the
southern counties and were recorded on various dates
between the end of December and the beginning of
February. Towards the end of the third week in March
Blackcaps began to arrive in small numbers, and were
recorded from a good many places south of a line through
Somersetshire, Wiltshire, Berkshire and Suffolk during the
following fortnight, the most marked accession to their
numbers taking place on the 2nd and 3rd of April.

They were first recorded from the lights in the Channel
Islands and the Isle of Wight on the nights of the 9th and
10th of April, and the arrival of these immigrants seems to
have extended the range of the species northwards as far
as Cheshire, Lancashire and Derbyshire, and westwards into
South Wales during the following week.

A second immigration, unrecorded at the lights or in the
immediate vicinity of the coast, seems to have arrived on
the 19th and 20th of April and to have extended to the
western Midlands on the one hand and the eastern counties
on the other, as far north as Lincolnshire.

The third immigration arrived in two sections ; the first
landed chiefly to the east of Dorsetshire on the 25th of April,
and the second chiefly to the west of Hampshire between the
28th of that month and the 2nd of May. This immigration

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BLACKCAP.

contained the largest number of birds that had yet arrived and
filled up many of the areas in the territory already occupied;
the second portion furnished a large part of the breeding-
birds of Wales and also caused a northward extension of the
bird's range to Yorkshire and Cumberland, which were
reached by successive parties on the 3rd and 5th of May.
Subsequently three further migrations arrived mainly from
Hampshire westwards and were recorded on the 5th, Gth and
7th, on the 11th and on the 13th ; some of the birds appear
to have travelled north through the eastern counties to York-
shire, but the larger proportion were unobserved, being lost
amongst the numbers already present in the country.

A nest with eggs was found in Glamorganshire on the
26th of April. Blackcaps were reported to be nesting in
Kent on the 28th of April and in Berkshire on the 4th of
May, while nests with eggs were found in Kent on the 4th,
in Devonshire on the Gth, in Hampshire and Essex on the
7th, in Somersetshire, Suffolk and Lincolnshire on the
13th, in Worcestershire on the 14th and in Surrey on the
18th.

Chronological Summary of the Records.

1912.

Dec.

29th.

Bucks (male captured).

1913.

Jan.

25th.

Somerset (female seen).

Feb.

1st.

Devon (a pair).

Mar.

20th.

Suffolk.

55

21st.

Kent.

55

23rd.

Berks.

55

27th.

Hants.

55

31st.

Somerset, Wilts.

April

2nd.

Devon, Berks.

55

3rd.

Hants, Sussex, Somerset, Surrey.

55

4th.

Worcester.

55

7th.

Kent.

<■

8th.

Bucks.

>J

8th/9th.

< 'ha nnel Islands and Hants lights.

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April

9th/10th.

5!

13th.

•»

14th.

55

15th.

5"

16th.

15

17th.

55

18th.

55

19th.

55

20th.

55

22nd.

55

23rd.

55

21th.

35

24th/25th.

;5

25th.

55

26th.

55

27th.

55

27th/28th.

55

28th.

5'

29th.

55

29th/30th

■>>

30th.

May

1st.

2nd.

3rd.

4th.

4th/5th.

Hants light.

Norfolk, Lancashire.

Dorset, Cheshire.

Glamorgan.

Lancashire (slight increase).

Cambridge.

Wilts, Suffolk, Derby.

Somerset (increase). Bedford.

Berks (slight increase). Gloucester, War-
wick.

Shropshire.

Monmouth, Leicester.

Suffolk (slight increase) . Oxford, Lincoln.

Hants light.

Channel Islands light. Essex.

Cambridge (slight increase). Glamorgan
(nest with eggs).

Cambridge (slight increase). Herts.

Channel Islands and Hants lights.

Devon, Wilts and Glamorgan (increase).
Kent (nesting). Carmarthen.

Glamorgan (increase). Middlesex.

Channel Islands light.

Devon (decrease). Glamorgan (increase).

Devon and Shropshire (increase). Dorset,
Essex and Lincoln (slight increase).
Merioneth, Flint.

Sussex (increase) . Monmouth and Cheshire
(slight increase). Northampton (several
arrived).

Leicester and Lincoln (slight increase).
Herts (usual numbers). Yorkshire,
Cumberland.

Surrey, Cheshire and Essex (slight in-
crease). Berks (building). Kent (nest
with eggs).

Hants light.

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May 5th. Yorkshire (increase). Merioneth (slight

increase).
5th/6th. Hants light.
„ 6th. Hants (increase). Devon (nest with eggs) .

., 6th/7th. Channel Islands light.

„ 7th. Hants and Essex (nests with eggs). Den-

bigh.

„ 8th. Cambridge (increase).

,, 10th. Essex (increase).

„ lOth/llth. Channel Islands light.

,, 11th. Berks (slight increase).

,, 13th. Yorkshire (increase). Devon (fresh
arrivals). Somerset, Suffolk and Lincoln
(nests with eggs).
14th. Worcester (nest with eggs).

,, 18th. Surrey (nest with eggs).

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THE GARDEN- WARBLER.

Sylvia hortensis, Bechst.

The Garden-Warbler arrived along the whole of the south
coast, but first and in largest numbers on the eastern half.

Early arrivals were recorded from Kent on the 25th of
March and the Isle of Wight on the 6th of April, and others
from as far north as Derbyshire up to the 20th.

The first immigration arrived at both the eastern and
western ends of the south coast on the 21st of April, and
was followed by two others, which were recorded at both
the Channel Islands and Isle of Wight lights on the 25th
and 28th. These three movements seem to have been small
numerically, though their area of arrival was extensive.
Their progress through the country could hardly be traced,
but, after their advent, the species was thinly distributed
throughout the greater part of its normal breeding-area.

On the nights of the 7th, 8th, 11th, 12th and 20th of
May, Garden-Warblers occurred at the Caskets light (on the
8th in large numbers), but beyond immigrations into Sussex
on the 12th and into Hampshire on the 13th there was little
evidence to show that any of these birds reached our shores.
Increases were noted in one or two counties, and some areas
appear to have been rilled up in the west and north, but the
records do not afford any further information.

The arrivals in Sussex and Hampshire on the 12th and
13th of May seem to have settled mainly in the eastern
counties.

Nests were found in Somersetshire, Essex and Radnor-
shire on the 4th, 7th and 16th of May respectively, one with
a single egg was found in Middlesex on the 7th and full
clutches in Sussex on the 11th, in Surrey on the 16th, in

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Kent on the 23rd, in Cheshire on the 2Gth, on which day a
pair were reported as building in Renfrewshire.

Chronological Summary of the Records.

Kent.

Isle of Wight.

Hants.

Devon.

Somerset, Suffolk.

Derby.

Devon (increase). Sussex, Denbigh.

Berks, Worcester, Cheshire, Yorkshire.

Surrey, Cambridge, Leicester.

Channel Islands and Hants lights.

Dorset, Northumberland.

Essex.

Channel Islands and Hants lights.

Somerset (increase). Kent, Shropshire.

Lincoln.

Shropshire (increase).

Merioneth, Cumberland.

Yorkshire (increase).

Somerset (nest).

Shropshire (increase).

Cornwall (usual numbers).

Channel Islands light.

Middlesex (nest with egg). Essex (nest).
Westmoreland.

Channel Islands light.

Cambridge (slight increase). Warwick.

Radnor (increase).
lOth/llth. Channel Islands light.

11th. Sussex (nest with eggs). Monmouth,
Staffordshire.
llth/12th. Channel Islands light.

12th. Sussex, Warwick and Westmoreland
(slight increase).

Marcl

i 25th.

April

6th.

11

16th.

n

17th.

15

19th.

ii

20th.

11

21st.

ii

23rd.

11

24th.

n

24th/25th.

ii

25th.

11

27th.

ii

27th/28th.

ii

28th.

ii

29th.

ii

30th.

May

2nd.

ii

3rd.

ii

4th.

ii

5th.

ii

6 th.

ii

6th/7th.

ii

7th.

:i

7th/8th.

11

8th.

ii

9th.

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May 12th/13th. Hants light.

13th. Herts (increase). Gloucester.

15th. Lincoln (increase).

16th. Surrey (nest with eggs). Radnor (nest).

19th/20th. Channel Islands light.

23rd. Kent (nest with eggs).

25th. Westmoreland (nest).

2Cth. Cheshire (nest with eggs). Renfrew
(building).

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THE GRASSHOPPER-WARBLER.

Locustella ncevia (Bodd.).

Owing to the scanty nature of the records it was very diffi-
cult to ascertain definitely on what portion of: the coast this
species arrived or to trace its movements inland, but it
appears to have landed in greatest numbers, if not entirely,
to the west of Sussex.

Its advent was first recorded in Surrey on the 11th of
April. From that date reports of stragglers were received
from various counties in England and Wales, as far north as
Shropshire and Northamptonshire, until the 23rd. On the
nights of the 21th and 27th Grasshopper- Warblers occurred
at St. Catherine's and the Caskets lights respectively. On
the 28th an increase was noted in Yorkshire, and two d;iys
later in Cambridgeshire, while reports from other localities
and an extension of range into Cumberland and Scotland
indicated rather indefinitely the progress of these migrants
through the country. The records from lights off the Car-
narvonshire and Yorkshire coasts, both at this period and
later, probably indicated a passage along the west and east
coasts to breeding-grounds farther north. Grasshopper-
Warblers again occurred at the Caskets light on the nights
of the 5th and 7th of May, and though from one or two
records migration through the country seems to have con-
tinued, there was little evidence to show when and where any
of these birds reached our shores. The usual numbers were
reported from Worcestershire on the 12th of May, a nest
with eggs was found in Glamorganshire on the 21st, and a
pair were building in Surrey on the 25th.

F

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Chronological Summary of the Records.

April 11th. Surrey.

„ 16th. Somerset, Northampton.

21st. Devon, Norfolk.

„ 22nd. Hants, Yorkshire.

„ 23rd. Glamorgan, Radnor, Shropshire.

„ 24th/25th. Hants light.

„ 27th/28th. Channel Islands light.

„ 28th. Yorkshire (increase). Berks, Cambridge,
Carmarthen.

29th. Worcester.

„ 29th/30th. Carnarvon light.

„ 30th. Cambridge (slight increase). Cumberland.

„ 30th/May 1st. Carnarvon and Yorkshire lights.

May 1st. Dorset, Mull of Galloway.

„ 4th. Cheshire.

„ 4th/5th. Channel Islands light.

„ 5th/6th. Carnarvon light.

„ 6th/7th. Channel Islands light.

,, 8th. Cambridge (slight increase). Kent.

„ 12th. Worcester (usual numbers).

„ 17th. Isle of Man.

„ 21st. Glamorgan (nest with eggs).

„ 23rd. Denbigh.

,, 25th. Surrey (building).

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THE CHIFFCHAFF.

Plujlloscopus rufus (Bechst.).

The Chiffchaff arrived along the whole of the south coast,
but mainly on the western half.

A number appear to have spent the winter in these islands
and were recorded from widely separated localities in
January, February, and the early part of March. Some
early migrants may have arrived during the first ten days
of March, but owing to the presence of the winter-residents
referred to it was not possible to be certain. Chiffchaff s
however, occurred at the lights in the Channel Islands and
the Isle of Wight on the night of the 12th, and it is there-
fore safer to date the commencement of the spring-migration
from these certain records. The first immigration seems to
have been confined to the western half of the south coast and
to have lasted from the 13th to the loth ; it was followed by
a supplementary eastern invasion on the 19th. The birds
comprising these two movements seem to have scattered
over the southern half of the country, from Suffolk in the
east to Pembrokeshire in the west.

After the 19th of March a series of small immigrations
arrived at intervals of a day or two, viz., on the 22nd, 25th
and 28th, at different points on the south coast between Devon-
shire and Sussex. These were followed by a more extensive
movement on the 30th, when considerable numbers arrived
on the whole length of that coast. Small immigrations took
place at various points during the next seven days, but the
advance northwards seems to have been rather slow, mainly
perhaps because the number of birds in the country was
small. It was not until the arrival of the large migration

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CHIFFCHAFF.

on- the 30th that the birds reached the Midlands in any
numbers, while Wales, except in the extreme south, was
still sparsely populated, and only a few odd birds had pene-
trated as far north as Lincolnshire on the eastern side.

The birds that arrived during the first six days of April
seem to have settled mainly in the territory already occu-
pied, though by the 9th they had ranged on the western side
as far as Westmoreland. On the 9th and loth two small
immigrations landed in Hampshire, but their presence was
not very evident from the records. A movement of larger
dimensions arrived on the western half of the south coast
on the 14th, and evidently included a considerable part of
the breeding-birds of East Anglia, Lincolnshire, and York-
shire, while it caused an extension of the bird's range into
Cumberland, the Isle of Man and the west of Scotland.

A series of arrivals between Dorsetshire and Sussex fol-
lowed almost daily, from the 18th to the 22nd of April.
These seem to have contained the greater proportion of the
breeding-birds for northern and western Wales, Lancashire,
Cumberland and Northumberland, but the more eastern
arrivals could hardly be traced for any distance into the
country.

With the advent of these birds most of our breeding-stock
seems to have arrived, but migrants continued to be recorded
at the lights in the Channel Islands and the Isle of Wight,
as well as here and there in the southern coastal counties
until the 8th of May. The numbers, however, seem to have
been small, and their progress through the country could not
be traced.

ChirTchaffs were building in Hampshire on the 21th of
April, in Kent on the 27th, and in Glamorganshire and
Middlesex on the 28th. A nest was found in Suffolk on the
1st of May and in Carmarthenshire on the 4th, while nests
with eggs were found in Somersetshire on the 23rd of April,
in Gloucestershire on the 9th of May, in Sussex on the 10th,
in Glamorganshire on the 17th, in Surrey on the 18th and
in Staffordshire on the 19th.

Jim.

55

25th.

Feb.

8th.

>)

10th.

55

loth.

55

22nd.

55

25th.

55

28th.

March

4th.

55

6 th.

55

9th.

55

12th.

„ 1

2th/13th,

55

13th.

55

15th.

55

16th.

55

17th.

55

18th.

5'

19th.

20th.

21st.

55

22nd.

"

23rd.

55

21th.

55

25tb.

5)

26th.

55

27th.

55

28th

55

29th.

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Chronological Summary of the Records.

Scilly Isles (one or two heard).
Co. Cork (one caught).
Devon.
Herts.

Carnarvon (one heard on and off till mid-
March) .
Isle of Wight.
Hants.

Cornwall, Cumberland.
Surrey.
Cornwall.
Dorset.
Kent.

Channel Islands and Hants lights.
Devon, Hants, Somerset, Oxford, Bed-
ford.

Scilly Isles.
Herts, Yorkshire.

Gloucester.

Berks, Pembroke.

Sussex, Essex, Suffolk.

Surrey (increase). Shropshire, Leicester.

Wilts, Staffordshire.

Isle of Wight,

Bedford (increase). Somerset (slight in-
crease). Bucks, Monmouth, Carnarvon.

Carmarthen, Glamorgan, Warwick,
Cheshire.

Hants (slight increase). Middlesex, Wor-
cester, Derby.

Surrey (great increase). Cambridge.

Lincoln light. Denbigh, Lancashire.

Berks (increase).

Herts (increase). Wilts (slight increase).
Flint.

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March 30th. Devon, Sussex, Kent, Somerset, Gloucester,
Worcester and Lancashire (increase).
Cornwall, Hants, Essex and Glamorgan
(slight increase).
„ 30th/31st. Hants light.

„ 31st. Somerset and Monmouth (increase).
Shropshire (slight increase). Lincoln,
Anglesey.
April 1st. Kent (increase).

„ 2nd. Essex and Gloucester (increase). Lan-

cashire (decrease). Norfolk.
„ 3rd. Berks and Worcester (increase).

„ 4th. Devon and Bedford (increase).

„ 5th. Wilts (slight increase).

,, Gth. Dorset, Essex and Denbigh (increase).

Northampton.
„ 7th. Glamorgan and Shropshire (increase).

Oxford (decrease).
„ 9th. Hants (slight increase). Westmoreland,

„ 9th/10th. Hants light.
„ 10th. Shropshire (increase).

„ 11th. Merioneth.

„ 12th. Bedford (increase).
„ 13th. Middlesex (increase). Lancashire (slight

increase).
„ 13th/14th. Channel Islands and Hants lights.
„ 14th. Devon, Hants, Berks, Carmarthen, Wor-
cester and Shropshire (increase).
Somerset (building).
„ loth. Gloucester (increase). Cheshire (slight

increase). Brecon.
„ 16th. Norfolk (increase).
„ 17th. Cambridge and Flint (increase). Isle of

Man, Cumberland.
,, 18th. Hants, Herts and Shropshire (increase).
,, 19th. Herts, Lincoln and Yorkshire (increase),
Warwick (slight increase). Hants (de-
crease). Ayr.

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April 20th. Dorset, Sussex, Berks and Herts (increase).
Leicester and Isle of Man (slight in-
crease) . Northumberland.

,, 21st. Berks and Staffordshire (increase).

„ 22nd. Middlesex, Berks, Carmarthen and Car-
narvon (increase). Lancashire (slight
increase). Worcester (usual numbers).

„ 23rd. Leicester (increase). Somerset (nest with
eggs).

„ 24th. Cambridge, Denbigh, Cumberland and
Northumberland (increase). Hants
(building).

„ 24th/25th. Hants light.

,, 25th. Hants (increase).

„ 27th. Yorkshire (increase). Kent (building).

„ 27th/28th. Channel Islands light.

„ 28th. Devon and Derby (increase). Glamorgan
and Middlesex (nesting).

„ 30th. Northumberland (increase).
May 1st. Suffolk (nest).

„ 2nd. Somerset (increase).

„ 3rd. Somerset (decrease) -

,, 4th. Carmarthen (nest ready).

" 4th/5th & 1 Channel lslands light.

„ 7th/8th. J ft

„ 8th. Cambridge (increase). Isle of Wight

(slight increase).
,. 9th. Gloucester (nest with eggs).

„ 10th. Essex (nest with eggs).
„ 17th. Glamorgan (nest with eggs).

„ 18th. Surrey (nest with eggs).
„ 19th. Somerset (increase). Staffordshire (nest

with eggs).

«1

THE WILLOW-WARBLER.

Phi/Uoseopus trochilus (L.).

The Willow-Warbler arrived along the whole of the south
coast, but chiefly on the western half.

A single bird was reported as having been seen in Ports-
mouth, Hampshire, at the end of January, but the first
record of the arrival of migrants came from the Scilly
Isles, where one or two passing birds were seen on the
9th of March. Between that date and the 30th stragglers
were evidently arriving, particularly during the last six or
seven days, and were reported from widely separated
localities, chiefly in the western half of the kingdom, as far
north as Cheshire and Nottinghamshire. The first immigra-
tion occurred on the night of the 30th of March and was
followed by others between the 2nd and 5th of April. All
of these seem to have been small, but together must have
contained a considerable number of birds, for the species
rapidly became distributed over a large portion of the
country, as far north as Lincolnshire on the east and
Lancashire on the west side.

The second immigration, which also seems for the most part
to have included small numbers, took place on the nights of
the 8th, 9th and 10th of April at the lights in the Channel
Islands and off our south coast, but was hardly noticed
inland, though northward-bound migrants were observed on
the two last-named nights at one of our west coast lights.

The third movement, which was of larger dimensions,
landed along the whole of the south coast between the 12th
and 17th of April, being recorded at the same southern lights
on the nights of the 13th and 14th. The larger proportion

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of the birds seem to have travelled through the western
counties of England as far north as Cheshire, while a few
stragglers reached Wales, Cumberland and the Clyde area.

The fourth immigration, by far the largest and most
protracted of the movements of the Willow-Warbler, com-
menced on the 20th of April, and thereafter birds continued
to arrive daily in greater or lesser numbers along the
whole of the south coast up to the 29th. They were
recorded in large numbers at the Channel Islands or other
south coast lights on the nights of the 20th, 25th, 27th and.
2<sth, and from the first day of this extensive movement the
whole country seems to have been invaded by Willow-
Warblers. Their passage northwards and westwards,
which had hitherto been somewhat slow, at once became
accelerated; Wales began to fill up at once, and by the
22nd and 23rd considerable numbers had spread to the
northernmost counties of England and to the south-west
of Scotland. About the same time the breeding-birds of
East Anglia began to settle down, and by the 24th and 25th
a good proportion of the summer-residents in Lincolnshire,
Yorkshire and Northumberland had arrived, though these
were considerably augmented towards the end of the move-
ment. It is probable that a considerable proportion of the
birds comprised in the later parts of this movement were
passage-migrants for Scotland and still more northern
breeding-haunts beyond our shores. Their progress was
indicated by the succeeding records from light-stations on
both our east and west coasts. By the beginning of May,
the greater proportion of our breeding-birds had probably
arrived, and the movements of further immigrants became
hard to trace. Considerable numbers, however, were certainly
arriving almost continuously between the 5th and 11th, and
were recorded nearly every night at the Channel Islands,
while large numbers occurred as passage-migrants at lights
off our east and west coasts on the nights of the 5th and 6th.
Several were taken on fishing-boats in the North Sea and
brought into Lowestoft on the 15th and l'Jth, and three late

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stragglers were taken on the Morecambe Bay light-vessel, off
Lancashire, on the night of the 26th.

Willow-Warblers were reported as already building in
Staffordshire by the 21st of April, in Middlesex on the 28th,
in Cheshire on the 30th, in Suffolk and Shropshire on the
1st of May, in Glamorganshire and Norfolk on the 3rd and
in Lincolnshire and Cumberland on the 4th. Nests with
eggs were found in Hampshire on the 6th, in Devonshire and
Surrey on the 10th, in Sussex, Kent, Cambridgeshire and
Derbyshire on the 11th, in Dorsetshire and Radnorshire on
the 18th, in Somersetshire on the 19th and in Westmoreland
on the 21st, while a nest with young birds was found in
Cheshire on the 9th.

Single examples of the Northern Willow- Warbler (Ph. t.
eversmanni) were taken at Bardsey light (Carnarvonshire)
on the lOth/llth of April, at St. Catherine's light (Hamp-
shire) on the 27th/28th and at the Caskets light (Channel
Islands) on the 6th/7th and 9th/ 10th of May, while one was
seen on the Mull of Galloway on the 3rd and six or eight on
the following day.

Chronological Summary of the Records.

Jan. 28th. Hants (one seen).

March 9th. Scilly Isles (passing).

„ 16th. Worcester.

19th. Hants.

21st. Staffordshire.

„ 23rd. Cornwall.

n 24th. Northampton.

„ 25th. Kent, Carmarthen.

5} 26th. Somerset (passing). Leicester.

„ 28th. Devon, Notts.

29th. Hants, Cheshire.

„ 30th. Worcester.

,. 30th/31st. Hants light.

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March 31st. Sussex, Surrey, Berks, Somerset, Derby.
April 1st. Surrey (slight increase). Hants, Brecon,

Leicester.

„ 2nd. Kent (increase). Essex.

„ 3rd. Hants, Sussex, Monmouth, Carnarvon.

„ 3rd /4th. Carnarvon light.

„ 4th. Somerset (increase).

„ 5th. Surrey (increase). Isle of Wight, Dorset,

Worcester, Norfolk, Lincoln, Lanca-
shire.

„ 6th. Northampton (increase). Bucks, Pembroke,

Shropshire, Flint, Cheshire.

,, 7th. Somerset (decrease).

„ 8th/9th. Channel Islands light.
9th. Wilts.

„ 9th/10th. Channel Islands, Hants, Sussex and Car-
narvon lights.
10th. Suffolk, Notts.

„ lOth/llth. Channel Islands and Carnarvon lights.

„ 11th. Lancashire (increase).

„ 12th. Cornwall, Middlesex, Northumberland.

,, 13th. Berks (slight increase). Herts.

„ 13th/14th. Channel Islands, Hants and Suffolk lights.

„ 14th. Berks, Somerset and Worcester (increase).
Kent (slight increase). Gloucester.

„ 14th/15th. Channel Islands light.

„ 15th. Isle of Wight, Hants, Shropshire and
Cheshire (increase). Glamorgan, Ren-
frew.

„ 16th. Cheshire (increase) . Cambridge, Warwick.

,, 17th. Devon and Cheshire (increase). Norfolk

and Staffordshire (slight increase).
Cumberland, Ayr.

,, 18th. Somerset and Shropshire (increase).

Merioneth.

„ 19th. Glamorgan, Warwick and Shropshire

(increase). Bedford, Denbigh.

8G

April 20th. Devon, Dorset, Sussex, Somerset, Surrey,
Essex, Pembroke, Gloucester, Middlesex,
Herts, Warwick, Shropshire, Stafford-
shire, Leicester, Denbigh, Flint, Lincoln
and Lancashire (increase). Kent (slight
increase). Oxford, Radnor, Isle of Man,
Westmoreland.

„ 20th/21st. Channel Islands light.

„ 21st. Devon, Hants, Essex, Monmouth, Flint

and Carnarvon (increase). Sussex and
Lincoln (decrease). Staffordshire (usual
numbers), (building).

,, 22nd. Devon, Dorset, Kent, Berks, Carmarthen,
Herts, Norfolk, Denbigh, Flint and
Renfrew (increase). Somerset (usual
numbers).

„ 22nd. & 23rd. Sussex, Oxford, Worcester, Radnor, Shrop-
shire, Lancashire, Yorkshire, Cumber-
land and Westmoreland (increase).

„ 23rd. Wilts, Bucks, Cambridge, Leicester and
Cheshire (increase). Dorset (decrease).

„ 24th. Dorset, Hants, Wilts, Cheshire, Lincoln,
Yorkshire, Cumberland, Northumber-
land and Renfrew (increase). Gloucester,
Suffolk and Derby (slight increase).
Kent (decrease). Worcester and Flint
(usual numbers).

,, 24th/25th. Channel Islands, Hants and Carnarvon
lights.

„ 25th. Middlesex, Warwick, Cumberland, North-
umberland and Renfrew (increase).
Gloucester (slight decrease).

„ 26th. Hants, Kent and Herts (increase).

,, 27th. Herts (decrease).

„ 27th/28th. Channel Islands and Hants lights.

„ 28th. Devon, Gloucester, Carnarvon, Lincoln,
Yorkshire and Northumberland (in-
crease). Middlesex (nesting).

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April 28th/29th.
29th.
„ 29th/30lh.

30th.

„ 30th/May 1st
May 1st.

3rd.

3rd/4th.
4th.

4th/5th.
5th.

5th/6th.
6th.

Gth/7th. ->

7th/8th. |

8th/9th. J

9th.

9th /10th.

10th.

10th to 12th,

11th.

12th.

13th.
18th.
19th.
21st.
26th 27th.

Channel Islands and Cornwall lights.

Lincoln (increase). Wilts (usual numbers).

Carnarvon and Norfolk lights.

Merioneth and Renfrew (increase).
Cheshire (building).

Carnarvon and Anglesey lights.

Gloucester (increase). Mull of Galloway
(many passing). Suffolk and Shrop-
shire (nesting).

Herts (slight increase). Berks (decrease).
Mull of Galloway (many passing).
Glamorgan and Norfolk (building).

Suffolk light.

Essex (increase). Lincoln and Cumber-
land (building). Essex (nest ready).

Channel Islands and Yorkshire lights.

Devon light. Derby (increase). Mull of
Galloway (many passing).

Hants, Carnarvon and Anglesey lights.

Hants (nest with eggs). Northumberland
(nesting).

Channel Islands light.

Cheshire (nest with young). Flint

(nesting) .
Channel Islands light.
Devon and Surrey (nest with eggs).
Berks (increase).
Sussex, Kent, Cambridge and Derby

(nests with eggs). Yorkshire (nest).
Isle of Man (usual numbers). Lancashire

(building).
"Warwick (nest). Renfrew (building).
Dorset and Radnor (nests with eggs).
Somerset (nest with eggs).
Westmoreland (nest with eggs).
Lancashire light.

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THE WOOD- WARBLER.

Plujlloseopus sibilatrix (Bechst.).

The records were too meagre to indicate with any certainty
the points of arrival of this species, but on the whole it
seems to have landed chiefly on the western half of the
south coast.

It was first reported in Devonshire on the 9th of April,
and an increase in that county on the 15th indicated that the
earlier immigrants at any rate probably entered the country
at the western end of the south coast. During the latter
half of April the species seems to have gradually spread,
in small numbers, principally over the western half of the
country, reaching Cumberland on the 22nd and North-
umberland on the 28th. Arrivals in larger numbers com-
menced on the 27th and continued during the two following
days, further immigrations taking place on the 2nd and
3rd and on the 11th of May. Little could be learned of
the route followed by these birds after their arrival, but it was
clear that the great majority were destined for breeding-
haunts in the west of England, Wales and our northern
counties generally.

Nests with eggs were found in Surrey on the 16th of May,
in Somersetshire on the 17th, in Middlesex on the 18th and
in Radnorshire on the 21st.

Chronological Summary of the Records.
April

9th.

Devon.

13th.

Surrey.

15th.

Devon (increase).

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I 17th. Somerset, Berks.
18th. Hants.

19 th. Yorkshire.
20th. Gloucester, Brecon.
22nd. Derby, Cumberland.
24th. Staffordshire.
26th. Wilts, Cambridge.

27th. Surrey (increase). Yorkshire (passing).
Sussex, Essex, Carmarthen, Westmore-
land.
., 27th/28th. Hants light.
., 28th. Northumberland.
„ 28th/29th. Channel Islands light.
„ 29th. Berks (increase). Glamorgan, Suffolk,

Worcester, Radnor, Shropshire.
,, 30th. Merioneth, Denbigh, Cheshire.
May 2nd. Hants (slight increase).

„ 3rd. Yorkshire (increase). Dorset, Lincoln.

„ 4th. Yorkshire (increase). Lancashire.

,, Ctb. Radnor (increase). Herts, Warwick.

,, 8th. Denbigh (increase). Merioneth and Shrop-

shire (slight increase) .
„ 9th. Cheshire (increase).

10th. Northumberland (slight increase).
,, 11th. Hants, Glamorgan and Denbigh (increase).

Cumberland (slight increase).
„ 12th. Worcester (usual numbers). Ayr.

,, lGth. Surrey (nest with eggs).
„ 17th. Shropshire (increase). Somerset (nest

with eggs).
„ 18th. Middlesex (nest with eggs).
„ 19th. Monmouth.

,, 21st. Westmoreland (increase). Radnor (eggs).

„ 22nd. Northumberland (increase).
„ 24th. Staffordshire (increase).

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THE REED-WARBLER.

Acrocephalus streperus (Vieill.).

Very little can be gathered from the records relating to this
species, but it seems to have landed on the south and south-
east coasts between Hampshire and Essex.

Its arrival was first reported from Hampshire on the
18th of April and from Kent on the 21st. A few birds had
reached Yorkshire by the 23rd, while an increase in that
county on the 27th, together with a few records from new
localities on the same date, point to an influx of migrants
about that time.

A single bird was taken at the Caskets light on the
2nd/3rd of May, and on the 3rd and 4th a large arrival
evidently took place on the eastern coast, but beyond that,
very little information could be gathered from the records,
which evidently, for the most part, represented special visits
to the bird's particular haunts. A nest was found in Cheshire
on the 4th of May, one in Norfolk on the 22nd and nests with
effgrs in Kent and Suffolk on the 25th.

e&'-

Chronological Summary of the Records.

April 18th. Hants.

„ 21st. Kent, Shropshire.

„ 23rd, Yorkshire.

25th. Bedford.

26th. Somerset, Surrey, Cheshire.

,, 27th. Yorkshire (increase). Herts, Cambridge.

29th. Suffolk.

May 2nd/ord. Channel Islands light.

3rd. Essex.

'.II

May 4th. Suffolk (many). Cheshire (nest).

„ 5th. Isle of Wight. Lincoln.

8th. Cambridge (increase).

10th. Warwick.

11th. Staffordshire.

16th. Norf. Ik.

17th. Cornwall, Berks.

22nd. Norfolk (increase), (nest ready).

25th. Kent and Suffolk (nests with eggs).

g i

92

SEDGE-AVAHBLER.

93

THE SEDGE-WARBLEK.

Acrocephalus phragmitis (Bechst.) .

By reason of the somewhat local distribution of tin- species,
the records of its arrival and dispersal are neither very full
nor possibly very reliable. It undoubtedly arrived at points
along the whole of the south coast, but perhaps in greatest
numbers on the eastern half.

The first few records were from Hampshire between the
7th and 11th of April, otherwise the majority of the earlier
ones came from the south-eastern counties. Jt is difficult
to say when and where the birds landed, but by the 24th a
number had evidently come in and were thinly distributed
over a wide area extending as far north as Norfolk, Cam-
bridgeshire, Staffordshire and Cheshire, while stragglers had
reached Cumberland in the north and Carmarthenshire in
the west. On the night of the 21th migrants also occurred
at Spurn Head light evidently on their way north.

The first immigration of which we have any exact know-
ledge occurred on the last-named night and was recorded
from the Channel Islands and Isle of Wight lights, where
Sedge- Warblers were seen in large numbers. They were
first recorded from Sussex and Kent on the two following-
days and increased numbers were noticed in Surrey and
Wiltshire. Large numbers again occurred at these two
lights on the night of the 28th and a few at the Caskets on
the night of the 30th, while further arrivals Mere recorded
in Kent on the 28th. With the advent of these migrants a
good many places in the area already occupied were filled up.
Lincolnshire and Yorkshire were reached on the eastern side,
and on the west the birds penetrated into North Wales and
ranged into Cumberland and beyond the Solway Firth, the

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progress of some of these western migrants being indicated
by the records from Bardsey light and from the Mull of
Galloway.

A second immigration landed along the whole of the
south coast on the 2nd and 3rd of May, but the records
from inland localities did not permit of its progress being
traced, though there were sufficient indications to show that
a proportion of these birds travelled north along the east and
west coasts.

No further immigrations were actually recorded on the
south coast, with the exception of a rather doubtful one on the
10th of May. The passage past the Caskets light, however,
started afresh on the night of the 4th, and Sedge-Warblers
occurred there in enormous numbers every night up to
the 11 th and in decreasing numbers on the three following
nights. We have no evidence that any of these birds
reached our shores, but on several nights considerable
numbers were evidently passing northwards up both sides
of the Irish Sea to more northern summer-haunts. Small
numbers were again seen at this light on the night of
the 19th, and a single bird was taken there on the following
night.

Sedge- Warblers were building in Cheshire on the 1st of
May and a nest was found in Essex on the 7th, while nests
with eggs were reported from Wiltshire on the 5th, from
Radnorshire and Derbyshire on the 24th and from Kent on
the 25th.

Chronological Summary of the Records.

April

7 th.

Hants (passing).

11th.

Hants.

15th.

Suffolk.

17th.

Norfolk.

18th.

Norfolk (decrease). Wilts.

19th.

Somerset.

20th.

Berks, Cambridge, Shropshire,

21st.

Yorkshire,

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April 22nd. Norfolk (increase). Devon, Somerset,
Essex, Carmarthen.

,, 23rd. ( Jornwall, Surrey, Glamorgan, Cheshire.

,, 24th. Somerset (increase). Oxford, Stafford-
shire, < lumberland.

,, 24rth/25th. Channel Islands, Hants and Yorkshire
lights.

„ 25th. Cheshire (increase). Sussex, Gloucester,
Bedford.

„ . 2Gth. Wilts (increase). Surrey (slight increase).
Kent, Herts.
27th. Dorset, Bucks.

.. 27th/28th. Channel Islands and Hants lights.

„ 28th. Kent and Cumberland (increase). Car-
narvon.

,, 29th. Suffolk (increase). Yorkshire (slight

increase). Middlesex, Merioneth,
Lincoln.

.. 29th/30th. Channel Islands and Carnarvon lights.

„ 30th. Cambridge (increase). Derby, Renfrew.

„30th/May 1st. Carnarvon light.
May 1st. Yorkshire (increase). Cheshire (nesting).

Worcester, Mull of Galloway.

„ lst/2nd. Suffolk light.

„ 2nd, Hants (increase), Cornwall (slight in-

crease). Lancashire, Ayr.

„ 3rd. Essex and Herts (increase). Devon

(slight increase).

,, 4th. Suffolk and Mull of Galloway (increase).

Isle of Man.

„ 4th/5th. Channel Islands light,

„ 5th. Mull of Galloway (increase). Wilts (nest

with eggs).

„ 5th/6th. ( larnarvon light.

„ 6th. Derby (increase). Northumberland.

„ 6th/7th. Channel Islands light.

,, 7th. Essex (nest).

9G

May 7th/8th.

„ 8th/9th.

„ 9th/10th

10th.

Channel Islands light.

Isle of Wight,

Yorkshire (increase).
Warwick.

, , i /-, c.,1 ' f Channel Islands light.
llth/12th. J

12th. Lancashire (increase).

numbers).

( Jhannel Islands and Carnarvon lights.

Channel Islands and Dublin lights.

Worcester (usual

12th/13th.
13th/14th.
14th/15th.
19th/20th.
20th/21st,

21th.

25th.

Channel Islands light.

Radnor and Derby (nests with eggs).
Kent (nest with eggs).

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THE WHITE WAGTAIL.

MotacWa alba, L.

The records cf the passage of this species are very scanty
and disconnected. It seems to have landed along the whole
of the south coast, but the vast majority evidently arrived on
the western portion. From that part of the kingdom
most of the reports were received, the first recording the
passage of birds in Devonshire on the 17th of March. No
very marked immigration appears to have been noted till the
23rd of April, when reports from the counties of Carnarvon-
shire, Flint. Cheshire and Lancashire show that a more or less
steady stream of migration was in progress from that date
until about the 4th of May, when the movement apparently
came to an end.

Chronological Summary of the Records.

March 17th.

Devon (passing).

21st.

Gloucester.

„ 24th.

( Jarnarvon.

„ 25th.

Cornwall.

„ 27th.

Brecon.

April 1st.

Leicester.

2nd.

Leicester.

., 4th & 5th.

Devon.

„ 6th.

Devon, Herts

10th.

Suffolk, Northumberland.

12th

Devon.

13th.

Surrey, Leicester, Cheshire

„ 13th/ 14th.

Channel Islands light.

IGth.

Devon, Carnarvon.

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April 17th. Ayr.

,, 18th. Lancashire.
,, 22nd. Devon, Carnarvon.

,, 23rd. Carnarvon (increase). Lancashire (de-
crease). Denbigh.
„ 24th. Carnarvon (increase). Flint (passing).

Somerset, Mayo.
„ 25th. Carnarvon (decrease). Cornwall.
,, 26th. Cheshire (slight increase). Merioneth.

28th. Mayo (a small party).
„ 29th to May 1st. Carnarvon (a few each day).
May 1st. Lancashire (passing).

,, 2nd. Carnarvon (decrease). Mull of Calloway.

„ 3rd. Carnarvon (increase). Cheshire (slight

increase). Leicester.
,, 4th. Carnarvon (increase). Herts, Brecon.

7th. Mull of Galloway.
13th. Flint.
16th. Westmoreland.

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THE YELLOW WAGTAIL.

Motacilla rail (Bonap.).

The Yellow Wagtail seems to have arrived along the
south coast, ;is far west as Devonshire, hut the largest
numbers were reported on the eastern half.

Early stragglers were recorded from the south-eastern
counties between the 29th of March and the 6th of April,
and from other counties, farther north and west, up to the
middle of the month. A passing flock was seen in Somerset-
shire on the 12th, which had presumably arrived about that
date, but the first marked immigration seems to have landed
on the greater part of the south coast between the 16th and
21st. A large number of these birds appear to have passed
through the western Midlands to southern Wales and York-
shire, while stragglers reached the south-west cf Scotland on
the 22nd and 23rd. There is no evidence that those on the
eastern side travelled farther north than Suffolk.

A second immigration arrived, mainly on the eastern por-
tion of the south coast, between the 22nd and 26th of April,
and were noted at the Channel Islands on the 25th. This
movement included a large proportion of the breeding-birds
of the eastern counties as far north as Yorkshire.

Further immigrations seem to have occurred at the end of
April and during the first few days of May, but their
course through the country was not indicated clearly by
the records.

Yellow Wagtails were reported to be nesting in Cheshire
and Cumberland on the 7th of May, a nest was found in
Yorkshire on the 11th, and others with eggs in Suffolk on
the 14th, in Somersetshire on the loth and in Kent on the
16th.

LOO

YELLOW WAGTAIL.

March

29th.

April

3rd.

••

5tli.

••

6 th.

..

8th.

.,

9th.

• ■

11th.

■•

12th.

••

13th.

. ,

14th.

,,

15th.

16th.

■*

17th.

■*

18th.

•»

19th.

*-

20th.

••

21st.

»'

22nd.

••

23rd.

21th.

<•

25th.

'7

26th.

27th.

L01

Chronological Sdmmaby of the Records.

Essex.

Kent.

Herts.

Cheshire.

Hants.

Somerset.

Norfolk, Notts.

Somerset (passing flock).

Herts, Leicester.

Suffolk, Derby, Lincoln.

Cambridge.

Cheshire (increase). Wilts, Staffordshire,
Derby.

Sussex, Bedford, Lancashire, Yorkshire.

Somerset (increase). Glamorgan, Shrop-
shire.

Somerset and Yorkshire (increase). Derby
(slight increase). Oxford.

Sussex and Herts (slight increase). Surrey,
Gloucester.

Kent and Cheshire (increase). Somerset
(decrease). Shropshire (passing). Berks,
Monmouth.

Suffolk (increase). Gloucester (decrease).
Dorset, Ayr.

Kent and Staffordshire (increase). Ren-
frew.

Kent, Staffordshire and Lancashire (in-
crease) . Flint.

Channel Islands light. Somerset and
Yorkshire (increase). Cambridge

(slight increase). Carnarvon.

Kent, Norfolk and Cheshire (increase).
Carnarvon (decrease) .

Cambridge (increase). Herts (slight in-
crease) .

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April 28th. Cambridge (increase). Somerset (decrease).
Brecon.

„ 29th. Hants (slight increase).

,, 30th. Kent (decrease). Staffordshire (building).

May 1st. Carnarvon (increase).

„ 2nd. Suffolk (increase). Carnarvon (decrease).

Suffolk (building). Westmoreland.

,, 3rd. Herts (increase). Renfrew.

3rd & -4th. Somerset (increase).

„ 5th. Derby (increase).

„ 7th. Cheshire and Cumberland (nesting).

10th. Suffolk (increase,) .

,, 11th. Yorkshire (nest).

11th. Suffolk (nest with eggs).

15th. Somerset (nest with eggs).

„ 16th. Kent (nest with eggs).

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THE TREE-PIPIT.

Anthus trivialis (L.).

The Tree-Pipit arrived on the south coast as far west as
Devonshire, bat the majority occurred to the east of
Hampshire.

Between the 30th of March and the 7th of April strag-
glers were recorded from several of the south-eastern
counties and from Breconshire and Nottinghamshire.

The first small immigration arrived on the 10th of April,
and was recorded during the previous night at the lights on
the Channel Islands and the Isle of Wight. Two other
small immigrations s^em to have landed about the 13th and
16th at different points between Sussex and Devonshire.
The birds included in these three movements became thinly
scattered over the whole of England, as was shown by the
records up to the 20th of April.

A fourth immigration, evidently of greater magnitude,
arrived between the 19th and 23rd of April. The earlier
part of this movement appears to have landed chiefly on the
eastern portion of the south coast, and the birds seem to have
spread rapidly through the south-eastern counties to the
eastern Midlands ; while the later arrivals, coming in farther
west, spread northwards through Wales and the western
.Midlands.

A fifth immigration appears to have arrived about the
27th or 2<Sth of April, and to have contained a number of
birds that passed on quickly into the northernmost counties.

Further immigrations took place on the 1st, 5th uth and
1 1 tli of May in Sussex and Hampshire, and perhaps farther
west, and were recorded also at the Channel Islands on the

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TREE-PIPIT.

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nights of the ith and 10th. These movements caused a

definite increase in the numbers recorded in a good many
counties daring the first fortnight of May, but the records
were too disconnected to enable their movements to be
traced.

A nest was found in Essex on the 14th of May, and birds
were reported to be building in Glamorganshire on the 8th,
a nest with eggs was found in Cambridgeshire on the 10th,
and others in Sussex on the 11th, in Surrey on the 13th, in
Cumberland and Derbyshire on the 10th, in Warwickshire
on the 25th, and in Lancashire on the 10th ; while young
birds were found in Somersetshire on the 22nd and in
Yorkshire on the 29th.

Chronological Summary of the Records.

March 30th. Berks.
April 2nd. Kent.

., Gth. Surrey, Essex.

7th. Brecon, Notts.

9th/10ih. Channel Islands and Hants lights
10th. Shropshire.
,, 11th. "Westmoreland.

., 12th. Derby (passing).

13th. Hants, Sussex, Leicester.
14th. Wilts.
15th. Warwick.
16th. Devon, Staffordshire.

17tli. Herts, Cambridge, Derby.

18th. Somerset, Middlesex, Northumberland.

„ 19th. Essex (increase).

„ 20th. Leicester (increase). Surrey (slight in-

crease). Glamorgan, Gloucester, Oxford,
Cheshire, Yorkshire
., 21st. Worcester.

22nd. Leicester (increase). Cambridge (passing).
Monmouth, Bucks, Radnor, Carnarvon,
Lincoln, Renfrew.

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April 23rd.

24tn.

25tn.

26th.
27th.
28th.

29 th.

30th.

Mav

1st.
2nd.

3rd.

4th.
„ 4th/5th.
5th.
5th/6th.
7th.
8th.

9th.
10th.
„ lOth/llth.
11th.

12th.
13th.

16th.

Monmouth, Radnor, Shropshire, and Staf-
fordshire (increase). Berks (slight
increase). Merioneth, Cumberland.

Leicester (increase). Cambridge (slight
increase). Monmouth (decrease).

Somerset (increase). Warwick (slight
increase). Bedford.

Carmarthen.

Herts (increase). Suffolk, Norfolk.

Somerset and Shropshire (increase). Flint,
Lancashire.

Yorkshire and Cumberland (increase).

Monmouth and Cumberland (increase).
Northumberland (slight increase). Shrop-
shire (many passing). Denbigh.

Hants (increase).

Cumberland (increase). Carmarthen and
Merioneth (slight increase).

Staffordshire (decrease). Herts (usual
numbers).

Warwick (increase). Essex (nest). Ayr.

Channel Islands light.

Derby (increase).

Hants light.

Yorkshire (increase).

Cambridge (increase). Glamorgan

(building).

Radnor (increase).

Cambridge (nest with eggs).

Channel Islands light.

Somerset, Yorkshire and Westmoreland
(increase). Sussex and Lincoln (slight
increase). Sussex (nest with eggs).

Worcester (usual numbers).

Lincoln (slight increase). Surrey (nest
with eggs).

Cumberland and Derby (nests with eggs).

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May 17th. Radnor (building).

18th. Staffordshire (nests).

19th. Northumberland (nesting).

22nd. Somerset (nest with yonntr).

25th. Warwick (nest with eggs).

26th. Lancashire (nest with eggs).

2(Jth. Yorkshire (nest with young).

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THE RED-BACKED SHRIKE.

Lanius collurlo L.

This species seems to have arrived mainly on the eastern
portion of the south-east and south coasts, between Suffolk
and Hampshire.

The earliest arrival recorded was in Kent on the 30th of
April, and immigrants occurred at St. Catherine's light, Isle
of Wight, on the night of the 4th of May, but the other
records were so scanty and widely scattei'ed that no infor-
mation could be gathered from them. None were received
from any county to the north of Shropshire, Staffordshire
and Norfolk.

A nest of this Shrike with one egg was found in Norfolk
on the 15th of May. Other nests with eggs were reported
from Essex on the 19th, from Radnorshire on the 20th, from
Somersetshire on the 22nd, from Surrey on the 24th, and
from Warwickshire on the 25th.

Chronological Summary of the Records.

April

30th.

Kent.

May

2nd.

Hants.

>j

3rd.

Berks, Glamorgan,

, Herts.

4th.

Warwick.

•i

4th/5th.

Hants light.

.,

5th.

Suffolk (passing).

Isle of Wight

..

9th.

Wilts, Suffolk.

55

12th.

Somerset.

.,

14th.

Sussex, Gloucester.

••

15th.

Norfolk (nest with

egg).

••

16th.

Surrey, Cardigan,

Shropshire.

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May 17th. Middlesex.

18th. Kent (nesting). Devon.

19th. Essex (nest with eggs). Dorset.

20th. Radnor (nest with eggs).

22nd. Somerset (nest with eggs). Staffordshire.

24th. Surrey (nest with eggs).

25th. Warwick (nest with eggs)

30th. Essex (slight increase).

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SPOTTED FLYCATCHER.

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THE SPOTTED FLYCATCHER.
Muscicapa grisola, L.

The Spotted Flycatcher arrived along the whole of the .south
coast, but chiefly on the western half.

Several early stragglers were reported during the last ten
days of April, chiefly from western and northern counties.
On the 30th the first immigration, of small numbers, arrived
on the coast from Hampshire westwards, and the birds seem
to have passed up the western side of the kingdom, reaching
the Isle of Man and the south of Scotland on the 4th of
May and Yorkshire on the 5th, while others were observed
at Bardsey light, Carnarvonshire, on the same night. Very
few appear to have passed inland to the east of Hampshire.

Single birds were taken at the Caskets light on the nights
of the 6th and 9th of May, and at Sark light on that of the
7th, while small numbers again occurred at the Caskets light
on the night of the 10th. There was no evidence in the
records to show that any fresh lot of migrants arrived on our
shores before the 11th. when a considerable migration com-
menced and lasted until the 15th, large numbers being-
recorded from the Caskets light on the night of the 14th.
The records seemed to indicate that a large proportion of our
breeding-birds were included in this movement, but they were;
not sufficiently detailed to enable the progress of the birds
through the country to be traced. Large numbers again
occurred at the Caskets light on the night of the 19th, and
there were indications of an immigration on our shores on
the following day, while a few birds were observed on pas-
sage at a light-vessel off the Lancashire coast on the night
of the 23rd.

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Spotted Flycatchers were reported to be nesting in Brecon-
shire on the 19th of May, a nest was found in Essex on the
20th, and they were building in Radnorshire on the 24th, in
Yorkshire on the 28th and in Northumberland on the 31st-
while a nest with eggs was found in Westmoreland on the
28th.

ChKONOLOGICAL SUMMAKY OF THE RECORDS.

April 20th. Lancashire.

23rd. Monmouth, Notts.
21th. Yorkshire.
27th. Westmoreland.

28th. Berks, Staffordshire.
29th. Carmarthen, Northumberland.

„ 30th. Hants, Surrey, Cambridge.
May 1st. Wilts (passing). Somerset, Flint, Che-

shire.
„ 2nd. Shropshire.

„ 4th. Herts, Worcester, Isle of Man, Mull of

Galloway.
5th. Yorkshire (increase). Kent, Oxford,
5th/6th. Carnarvon light.

6th. Radnor.
Gth/7th. Channel Islands light.
8th. Channel Islands light. Shropshire (in-
crease). Warwick.
9th. Wilts, Cumberland.

> Channel Islands light.

11th. Cambridge (increase). Sussex, Suffolk,

Lincoln.
12th. Somerset (increase). Dorset, Essex.
1 2th/13th. Hants light.

14th. Bedford (arrived in numbers). Devon.
14th/ 15th. Channel Islands light.

15th. Wilts (slight increase). Middlesex, Nor-
folk, Derby, Renfrew.

9th/10th.
lOth/llth.

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May 10th. Brecon (nesting).

„ 19th/20th. *( Ihannel Islands light.

„ 20th. Essex (increase ; nesting).

,. 23rd/24th. Lancashire light.

,, 24th. Radnor (building).

,, 25th. Dorset (slight increase).

,, 2Gth. Cardigan.

„ 28th. Westmoreland (nest with egg). York-
shire (building).

,, 31st. Northumberland (building).

June 1st. Glamorgan.

10th. Suffolk (a pair arrived at nesting-place).

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THE PIED FLYCATCHER.

Muscicapa atricapilla, L.

The information available indicated that the Pied Flycatcher
arrived on the western half of the south coast.

An early straggler was recorded in Lancashire on the 3rd
of April ; the next record was from Devonshire on the 19th.
Passing birds were noted in Somersetshire on the 22nd and
in Cheshire on the 23rd. They had reached Westmoreland
on the 24th and Northumberland on the 25th.

Arrivals at St. Catherine's light were reported on the
nights of the 24th and 27th of April, but there was no
information to show in what direction these migrants con-
tinued their journey. Passage-movements were apparently
in progress until the middle of the month, probably on both
the east and west coasts.

A Pied Flycatcher's nest was found in Westmoreland on
the 7th of May and a pair were building in Radnorshire
on the 15th.

Chronological Summary of the Records.

April 3rd. Lancashire.

,, 19th. Devon.

„ 22ud. Somerset (passing).

,, 23rd. Cheshire (passing).

„ 24th. Oxford, Westmoreland.

„ 24th/25th. Hants light.

,, 25th. Yorkshire, Northumberland.

,, 27th. Carmarthen (passing).

„ 27th/28th. Hants light,

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Ma

pril 28th.

Northumberland (incren se)

29th.

Radnor,

30th.

Monmouth.

ay 1st.

Merioneth.

3rd.

Radnor.

4th.

Denbigh.

7 th.

Westmoreland (nest).

10th.

Suffolk (passing).

13th.

Cumberland (passing).

15th.

Radnor (building).

17th.

Carnarvon (passing).

22nd.

Cardigan.

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SWALLOW.

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THE SWALLOW.

Ilirundo rustica L.

The Swallow arrived along the whole of the south coast,
hut chiefly on the western half.

A single bird was seen in Dorsetshire on the 3rd of
January, and two or three in co. Kerry on the 23rd.

Migrants first appeared at the Scilly Isles on the Gth
and 13th of March and in Devonshire on the 19th, while
between the 21st and the end of the month stragglers were
noticed in Kent, the Isle of Wight, Shropshire, Carnarvon-
shire, Surrey, Wiltshire, Berkshire and as far north as
Cheshire and Yorkshire. The first definite immigration,
small in numbers, landed along the whole of the south coast
between the 31st of March and the 5th of April, but with
the exception of a few birds which landed in Kent on the
the former date, the whole of these migrants passed through
the western counties, some of the earlier arrivals reaching
Cumberland on the 3rd and Northumberland on the Gth of
April. On the 10th, 12th and 14th of that month a second
series of small immigrations arrived, which seem to have
furnished a proportion of the birds for Wales on the one
hand and for the south-eastern counties and East Anglia on
the other.

The main immigratory movement commenced on the loth of
April, and thereafter Swallows continued to arrive on some
part or other of the south coast every day until the 11th
of May. Between the loth and 18th of April the movement
seems to have been confined almost entirely to the western
half of England and North-east Wales, Westmoreland and
Northumberland being reached on the 17th and the Isle of
Man and Renfrewshire on the following day. It was not

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until the 10th thj.it Swallows in any numbers reached the
home counties and eastern Midlands, while no marked
increase in East Anglia was recorded until the 21st, when
migrants were first observed passing the Suffolk lightships
and Spurn Head. A marked increase was also noted
throughout Wales on the same date. Subsequently
Swallows continued to arrive throughout the country and
pass north in a more or less continuous stream, but the
volume of migration through the western half would seem
to have been always greater than that through the eastern
counties. There were abundant indications in the records
from the light-stations and observers on both the east and
west coasts that northward passage-movements were in pro-
gress by both routes almost continuously until the third
week in May.

Swallows were building in Cambridgeshire on the 27th of
April, in Wiltshire and Cumberland on the 1st of May,
in Somersetshire on the 3rd, in Suffolk on the 6th, in Surrey,
Middlesex and Shropshire on the 10th, and in Nottingham-
shire on the 11th ; while eggs were reported from Essex on
the 1st, from Cambridgeshire on the 11th, from Yorkshire
on the 19th, and from Staffordshire on the 21st.

Chronological Summary of the Records.

Jan.

3rd.

Dorset (one).

?)

23rd.

Kerry (two or three).

March

6th.

Scilly Isles.

J5

10th.

Scilly Isles (passing).

J?

19th.

Devon (passing).

)i

21st.

Kent.

•1

22nd.

( !heshire.

■?

24th.

Shropshire (passing). Monmouth.

JJ

26th.

Isle of Wight (passing). Yorkshire

.,

28th.

Carnarvon.

51

20th.

Herks.

30th.

Surrey.

»J

31st.

Kent (slight increase) . Anglesey.

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April 1st. Stilly Isles, Cornwall, Lancashire.

,, 2nd. Cornwall and Kent (decrease). Wilts

(passing). Dorset.
„ 3rd. Hants (passing on coast), Shropshire,

Staffordshire, Derby, Cumberland.
„ 4th. Herts, Carmarthen.

5th. Scilly Isles (slight increase). Bucks.
,, 6th. Cheshire (slight increase). Somerset,

Warwick, Northumberland.
7th. Monmouth (increase). Shropshire (slight

increase).
8 th. Brecon.
9th. Warwick (decrease).
10th. Hants, Middlesex.

11th. Brecon (increase). Pembroke, Norfolk,
Lincoln.
„ 12th. Devon and Somerset (increase). Hants

(passing). Sussex, Glamorgan, Bedford,
Ayr.
13th. Devon and Somerset (decrease). North-

ampton.
14th. Kent (increase). Gloucester, Suffolk,

Leicester, Denbigh.
,, 15th. Channel Islands light. Devon, Dorset,

Isle of Wight, Hants, Denbigh and
Derby (increase) . Cambridge.
,, 16th. Sussex, Staffordshire and Shropshire (in-

crease). Cambridge, Cheshire and
Yorkshire (slight increase). Dorset
(decrease). Essex, Radnor.
., 17th. Dorset, Hants, Suffolk, Staffordshire, Lan-

cashire and Northumberland (increase).
Westmoreland (passing). Oxford, Me-
rioneth, Flint, Notts.
., 18th. Dorset light. Devon, Kent, Somerset,
Glamorgan and Shropshire (increase).
Wilts and Notts (slight increase).
Dorset, Staffordshire, Denbigh and

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Lancashire (decrease). Isle of Man,
Renfrew.
April 19th. Devon, Berks, Herts, Bedford, North-

ampton, Warwick, Staffordshire and
Northumberland (increase). Essex

(slight increase). Worcester.
„ 20th. Dorset light. Scilly Isles, Somerset,
Gloucester, Surrey, Middlesex, Pem-
broke, Staffordshire, Merioneth and
Leicester (increase). Oxford and Wor-
cester (slight increase). Devon (de-
crease).
21st. Suffolk and Yorkshire lights. Devon,
Dorset, Hants, Essex, Monmouth,
Hadnor, Suffolk, Norfolk, Carnarvon,
Denbigh, Cheshire, Lancashire and
Cumberland (increase). Westmoreland
(many passing).
.. 21st to 27th. Staffordshire (many passing).

22nd. Sussex, Surrey, Essex, Gloucester, Herts
and Cumberland (increase). Suffolk
(passing on coast). Renfrew (slight
decrease) .
23rd. Suffolk and Yorkshire lights. Sussex,
Essex, Wilts, Shropshire, Derby, York-
shire and Cumberland (increase).
Suffolk (passing on coast).
., 23rd to May 4th. Carnarvon (passing daily on coast).
24th. Kent, Wilts, Suffolk, Cambridge, Wor-
cester, Radnor, Lincoln, Cheshire, Lan-
cashire, Westmoreland, Cumberland and
Northumberland (increase). Sussex (de-
crease).
„ 24th/25th. Channel Islands light.

25th. Cornwall, Wilts, Oxford, Middlesex,
Derby, Cheshire, Lincoln and Renfrew
(increase). Worcester (decrease).

Dumfries.

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April 26th. Cambridge, Merioneth and Cheshire (in-
crease). Derby (decrease).
„ 27th. Sussex, Kent, Surrey, Bucks, Cambridge,
Suffolk, Norfolk, Derby and Lincoln
(increase). Cambridge (building).
28th. Hants, Carmarthen, Oxford, Norfolk,
Derby and Yorkshire (increase). Dorset,
Sussex, Berks and Cambridge (de-
crease).
„ 28th to May 4th. Devon (increase).
„ 30th. Kent light, Renfrew (passing).

May 1st. Carnarvon light. Lincoln (increase).

Cumberland and Wilts (building).
Essex (nest with eggs).
» 2nd. Kent light. Scilly Isles, Cornwall, Dor-

set, Berks and Somerset (increase).
Cheshire (slight increase).
» 3rd. Sussex, Lincoln and Cheshire (increase).

Renfrew (great increase). Dorset (de-
crease). Somerset (nest with eggs).
4th. Essex (large numbers passing).
5th. Isle of Wight, Kent, Gloucester, Suffolk
and Yorkshire (increase). Scilly Isles
(decrease). Staffordshire (usual num-
bers). Lancashire (building).
,5 6th. Kent light. Suffolk (increase). Hants

and Suffolk (nesting).
„ 7th. Kent light. Devon and Suffolk (in-

crease).
„ 8th. Kent light. Berks (increase). Devon

(decrease).
„ 9th. Kent light. Westmoreland (passing).

„ 10th. Kent light. Dorset, Glamorgan, War-
wick and Denbigh (increase). Surrey,
Middlesex and Shropshire (nesting).
„ 11th. Suffolk light. Dorset and Westmoreland

(increase). Notts (building;. Cam-
bridge (nest with eggs).

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May 12th. Lincoln (increase). Berks (usual numbers).

13th. Pembroke (increase).

14th. Notts (increase).

17th & 18th. Middlesex and Isle of Man (increase).

19th. Yorkshire (nest with eggs).

21st. Staffordshire (nest with eggs).

28th. Devon (building).

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THE HOUSE-MARTIN.

Chelidon urbica (L.).

The House-Miirtin arrived along the whole of the south coast,
but more particularly on the western half.

The first migrants were seen in Devonshire on the 23rd of
March and in Essex on the 27th. Between the 1st and 20th
of April there seems to have been an irregular immigration
at intervals on the western half of the south coast, the arrivals
during the last six days of that' period being on a rather
larger scale. By the time the last of these birds had arrived,
House-Martins were scattered thinly, but widely, over the
whole kingdom, at least as far north as Argyllshire, but far
more sparingly in the east and south-east than elsewhere.

The main immigratory movement of this species began on
the 21st of April with the arrival of larger numbers on the
whole of the south coast. This movement continued, with
but two intermissions of a day each, until the 11th of
May, the arrivals being more continuous and the numbers
greater in the western counties.

The bulk of the earlier arrivals travelled north through
the western Midlands and quickly passed on to the northern
counties, the Isle of Man and Scotland, but Yorkshire was
not reached until a day or two later than Cumberland and
Westmoreland, and large numbers were not recorded in East
Anglia until two or three days later.

By the 1st of May a considerable number of our breeding-
birds had arrived and the records of migrants then began to
decrease in number ; but it was clear that passage-movements
through the country continued with but little decrease in
volume until ten days later. The advent of further immigrants

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HOUSE-MARTIN.

125

was recorded on the 19th, and continued in a lessening
stream until the last week of the month.

While migration was still in progress building-operations
had begun in Staffordshire on the 29th of April, in Devon-
shire on the 1st of May, in Breconshire on the 2nd, in Norfolk
on the 4th, in Wiltshire on the 5th, in Hampshire on the
6th, in Suffolk on the 7th, in Essex and Cumberland on the
8th, in Radnorshire and Warwickshire on the 10th and in
Lincolnshire on the 11th; while nests with eggs were found
in Somersetshire on the 3rd and in Ayrshire on the 12th of
May, also in Cheshire on the 1st of June.

Chronological Summary of the Records.

March 23rd. Devon.

,, 27th. Essex.
April 2nd. Norfolk.

„ 3rd. Dumfries (passing).

,, 4th. Devon.

,, 5th. Gloucester, Shropshire.

„ 6th. Surrey, Staffordshire, Cheshire.

10th. Hants.

,, 11th. Somerset.

„ 14th. Carnarvon, Yorkshire, Northumberland.

„ 15th. Isle of Wight and Somerset (passing).

Hants (increase).

„ 16th. Somerset (passing on coast). Wilts.

,, 17th. Hants (decrease). Berks, Staffordshire,

Notts.

„ 18th. Hants (increase). Suffolk, Lincoln.

,, 19th. Berks (passing). Kent, Herts, Monmouth,
Lancashire.

„ 20th. Somerset (increase). Hants and Lanca-
shire (decrease). Glamorgan, Middle-
sex, Cambridge. Brecon, Leicester, Derby,
Argyll.

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April 21st. Hants and Carnarvon (increase). Surrey
(slight increase). Carmarthen, Oxford,
Worcester, Shropshire, Merioneth, West-
moreland, Cumberland.

,. 21st to 27th. Devon (numbers) . Glamorgan (passing).

,, 22nd. Hants, Somerset, Essex and Lancashire
(increase). Kent, Staffordshire and
Cumberland (slight increase). Surrey
and Merioneth (decrease). Dorset,
Gloucester, Bedford, Radnor, Renfrew.
23rd. E^sex and Shropshire (increase). Kent
and Lincoln (slight increase). Sussex.

,, 24th. Sussex and Westmoreland (increase).
Warwick, Isle of Man.

., 24th/2f)th. Hants light.

,, 25th. Kent, Radnor, Leicester and Lancashire
(increase). Yorkshire (slight in-
crease). Shropshire (decrease). Scilly
Isles.

,, 26th. Wilts and Cheshire (increase). Hants and
Suffolk (slight increase). Lincoln (de-
crease).
27th. Kent, Wilts, Berks, Bucks, Cambridge

and Yorkshire (increase). Carnarvon
(decrease). Herts, Denbigh, Ayr.

„ 28th. Devon, Hants, Wilts, Glamorgan, Glou-

cester, Herts, Cambridge, Suffolk,
Norfolk, Shropshire, Staffordshire,
Isle of Man and Yorkshire (increase).
Essex, Monmouth, Warwick and Isle
of Man (slight increase). Sussex
(passing).

,. 29th. Suffolk and Yorkshire (increase). Rad-

nor, Worcester and Cumberland (slight
increase). Shropshire (great increase).
Devon (passing). Staffordshire (build-
ing).

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April 30th. Hants, Berks and Yorkshire (increase).
Carmarthen and Renfrew (slight in-
crease) .
May 1st. Staffordshire, Leicester, Essex and North-

umberland (increase). Warwick (slight
increase). Devon (building). Flint.

,, 2nd. Somerset, Cambridge, Suffolk and Cheshire

(increase). Hants and Brecon (building).

,. 3rd. Surrey, Cheshire and Lancashire (increase).

Sussex (slight increase). Essex and
Staffordshire (decrease). Herts (usual
numbers). Somerset (nest with egg).

„ 4th. Norfolk, Cambridge, Warwick, Cheshire

and Cumberland (increase). Devon
(passing). Norfolk (building),

„ 5th. Devon, Dorset, Wilts and Yorkshire (in-

crease). Westmoreland (slight in-
crease). Lancashire (decrease). Wilts
(building) .

,, Gth. Hants and Kent (increase). Westmore-

land (decrease). Denbigh (passing).
Hants (nesting).

,, 7th. Berks, Essex, Lancashire and Westmore-

land (increase). Suffolk (nesting).

,, 8th. Hants, Kent, Gloucester, Cheshire, Shrop-

shire and Westmoreland (increase).
Somerset (lar^e flock passing). Stafford-
shire (usual numbers). Essex and Cum-
berland (nesting).

„ 9th. Devon and Warwick (increase). Somerset

(nest).

„ 10th. Dorset, Sussex and Lancashire (increase).

Kent (decrease). Radnor and Warwick
(building).

,, 11th. Dorset (increase). Lincoln (building).

„ 12th. Essex, Suffolk and Yorkshire (increase).

Ayr (nests).

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May 13th. Lincoln (increase). Pembroke (many).

„ 17th. Lancashire (increase).

„ 19th. Kent, Essex and Somerset (increase).

,, 20th. Northumberland (increase). Kent (de-
crease).

.. 22nd & 23rd. Worcester (increase).
June 1st. Cheshire (nests).

129

THE SAND-MARTIN.

( 'otile riparia (L.).

The Sand-Martin arrived along the whole of the south const,
but chiefly on the western half.

The species was first reported from Cardiganshire on the
13th of March. Between the loth of that month and the
2nd of April, the birds arrived on the south coast at
various points, mostly in small numbers, but here and there
in larger parties, and passed northwards through Wales and
the western counties, reaching Cumberland by the 31st. A
few stragglers only seem to have reached the south-eastern
counties.

Between the 3rd and 7th of April immigrations arrived
on a rather larger scale and seem to have settled down in
the areas already occupied.

Between the 12th and 18th of April a second series of
movements on a still larger scale passed into the country and
included a considerable influx into Kent, evidently comprising
a large number of the breeding-birds of the south-eastern
counties and East Anglia. Otherwise the main bulk of this
immigration seems to have spread north through the western
Midlands reaching Cumberland and Ayrshire on the 17th.

After that date the immigrations were not clearly recorded
on the coast, but it seems probable that the birds continued
to arrive daily or almost daily, particularly on the western
portion of the south coast, until the middle of May. A
eonsiderable proportion of these were probably passage-
migrants on their way to breeding-places farther north.
They were noticed on the Carnarvonshire coast passing

130

SAND-MARTIN.

131

steadily northwards all day on the 20th of April and daily from
the 22nd of that month to the 4th of May, and the passage of
considerable numbers was also noticed in Staffordshire from
the 21st to the 27th of April, in Somersetshire on the 12th of
May, and at various dates towards the end of April on the
Suffolk coast. The fluctuation in numbers in inland localities
until nearly the end of the third week in May would seem to
indicate that passage-movements were also in progress over
a large part of the country.

While migration was still in progress, the earlier immi-
grants had begun to breed. Nesting-operations were reported
in Berkshire and Breconshire on the 28th of April, in Surrey
on the 1st of May, in Devonshire on the Gth, in Cambridge-
shire on the 11 th and in Renfrewshire on the 12th, while
eggs were found in Staffordshire on the 18th and in Somer-
setshire on the 22nd.

Chronological Summary of the Records.

March

April

13th.

Cardigan.

15th.

Cheshire.

16th.

Berks, Herts.

19th.

Hants (many).

21st.

Kent, Suffolk.

22nd.

Monmouth, Denbigh.

23rd.

Scilly Isles, Devon, Somerset.

24th.

Herts (increase). Brecon and Carnarvon

(passing). Shropshire.

27th.

Devon, Somerset, Cheshire.

28th.

Carmarthen, Derby.

31st.

Cumberland.

1st.

Cornwall.

2nd.

Shropshire (increase). Somerset, North-

umberland.

3rd.

Scilly Isles, Cheshire, Lancashire.

4th.

Devon (increase).

132

April 5th. Herts and Cumberland (increase). Devon
(slight decrease). Hants, Surrey, Here-
ford.

,, 6th. Warwick.

„ 7th. Shropshire (increase). Somerset (slight

increase). Monmouth, Worcester.

„ 9th. Carmarthen.

„ 10th. Gloucester, Norfolk.

,, 11th. Brecon (passing).

„ 12th. Devon and Hunts (increase). Bedford,
Carnarvon, Flint.

„ 13th. Argyll.

„ 14th. Kent (great increase). Hants, Monmouth
and Cheshire (increase). Staffordshire,
Derby, Yorkshire.

,, 15th. Hants and Cheshire (increase). Sussex,
Glamorgan.

M 16th. Devon and Cheshire (increase). Wilts,

Berks, Cambridge, Suffolk.

,, 17th. Cambridge, Norfolk, Cheshire and Cumber-

land (increase). Dorset, Ayr.

„ 18th. Shropshire and Cheshire (increase). Pem-

broke.

,, 19th. Berks, Herts, Bedford and Cheshire (in-

crease). Essex, Oxford.

9i 20th. Cheshire (increase). Devon (decrease).
Carnarvon (passing steadily all day).
Leicester.
21st. Norfolk, Shropshire, Lancashire and
Cumberland (increase). Radnor.

.,, 21st to 27th. Staffordshire (numbers passing).

.., 22nd. Bedford, Radnor, Derby and Lancashire
(increase). Berks (decrease). Suffolk
(passing). Isle of Man.

.., 22nd to May 4th. Carnarvon (passing each day on the
coast).
23rd. Berks, Wilts, Cambridge, Derby, Lanca-
shire and Cumberland (increase). Suf-
folk (passing). Bucks.

139

April 24th. Worcester, Cumberland and Northumber-
land (increase). Merioneth.

„ 24th/25th. Hants light.

„ 25th. Kent, Wilts, Merioneth, Cumberland and
Renfrew (increase). Worcester (de-
crease).

„ 2Gth. Norfolk (increase). Glamorgan (slight
increase). Devon and Renfrew (de-
crease).

„ 27th. Berks, Surrey, Bucks and Yorkshire (in-
crease) . Notts.

„ 28th. Devon, Hants and Derby (increase),
Berks and Brecon (nesting). Denbigh,
Lincoln.

,, 29th. Essex, Suffolk and Northumberland (in-
crease).

„ 30th. Glamorgan and Renfrew (increase).
May 1st. Cambridge and Yorkshire (increase).

Glamorgan (decrease). Surrey (nesting).

,, 2nd. Cornwall, Carmarthen and Cheshire (in-

crease). Yorkshire (decrease).

,, 3rd. Leicester and Cheshire (increase).

„ 4th. Staffordshire (increase).

„ 5th. Bucks (increase).

„ 6th. Suffolk (increase). Devon (nesting).

,, 9th. Berks (increase).

,, 10th. Dorset, Warwick and Yorkshire (increase).
Berks (decrease).

., 11th. Cambridge (nesting).

„ 12th. Yorkshire (increase). Somerset (great

numbers passing). Renfrew (nesting).

„ 13th. Pembroke and Denbigh (increase).

„ 14th. Notts (increase).

„ loth. Somerset and Gloucester (increase).

,, 16th. Shropshire (increase).

„ 18th. Staffordshire (nest with eggs).

„ 19th. Warwick (increase).

,, 22nd. Somerset (nest with eggs).

134

SWIFT.

135

THE SWIFT.

Cypselus apus (L.).

The Swift arrived along the whole of the south coast, but in
largest numbers on the western half.

Stragglers began to put in an appearance in our southern
counties during the third week in April, and arrivals of
small parties were evidently tolerably frequent during the last
week of that month. These were noticed in various localities
almost entirely in the western half of the kingdom, as far
north as Westmoreland and Ayrshire, which were reached
on the 25th and 27th respectively. On the 30th of April
the main immigration of this species commenced and con-
tinued throughout the following month, flocks of birds
arriving at many points on the south coast almost daily.
This large and extensive movement was recorded at the
Channel Islands, and the lighthouse-keeper at the Caskets
reported that Swifts were flying north-east past that station
in large numbers daily throughout the month. The greater
part of the immigrants during the first four days in May
arrived on the western half of the coast and passed north
through Wales and the western Midlands, and it was not
until after the arrival of a considerable body of birds in Kent
on the 4th and 5th of May that the eastern counties began to
be occupied. It is clear that throughout May the number
of migrants passing through the western half of the kingdom
was greater than that through the eastern counties, and the
successive arrivals could be traced with some precision, up
To the middle of the month, by means of the records in the
Chronoloeical Summary.

136

A large and final immigration was noticed in Devonshire
on the 6th of June.

Swifts were reported as present in their usual numbers in
Shropshire on the 9th of May, in Cambridgeshire on the
11th and in Worcestershire on the 12th. A nest with eggs
was found in Somersetshire on the 24. th.

Chronological Summary of the Records.

April 14th. Hants.

15th. Suffolk.

17th. Wilts.

19th. Kent.

20th. Worcester.

21st. Shropshire.

22nd. Berks, Glamorgan, Brecon.

23rd. Monmouth, Yorkshire.

24th. Cheshire.

25th. Shropshire and Westmoreland (passing).
Dorset, Somerset.

26th. Sussex, Surrey, Carmarthen, Norfolk.

27th. Shropshire (passing). Devon, Cambridge,
Ayr.

28th. Suffolk (slight increase) . Carnarvon, Isle

of Man.

29th. Cumberland.

30th. Devon and Wilts (increase). Hants
(slight increase). Scilly Isles, Radnor,
Merioneth, Staffordshire, Denbigh,
Northumberland.
May 1st. Devon, Berks and Radnor (increase).

Dorset, Sussex and Glamorgan (slight
increase). Middlesex, Essex, Warwick,
Lancashire.
2nd. Gloucester, Oxford, Northampton, Derby.
3rd. Hants, Surrey and Cheshire (increase).
Herts (large numbers). Mull of Gallo-
way, Renfrew.

137

May 4th. Devon and Kent (increase). Herts (de-

crease) .

„ 5th. Devon, Kent, Norfolk and Yorkshire (in-

crease). Westmoreland.

„ 6th. Wilts and Denbigh (increase).

„ 7th. Essex, Glamorgan, Northampton, Wo;-

cester, Shropshire, Denbigh and Lanca-
shire (increase). Merioneth (slight
increase). Bucks, Flint.

,, 8th. Somerset, Berks, Carmarthen, Gloucester,

Shropshire, Warwick, Staffordshire and
Denbigh (increase). Renfrew (slight
increase). Devon (passing). Lincoln.

„ 9th. Devon, Hants, Somerset, Berks, Surrey,

Suffolk, Lincoln, Staffordshire, Lanca-
shire, Westmoreland and Cumberland
(increase). Renfrew (slight increase).
Warwick (decrease). Shropshire (usual
numbers). Scilly Isles.

„ 10th. Hants, Sussex, Surrey, Glamorgan, War-

wick, Staffordshire and Derby (in-
crease) . Merioneth and Renfrew (slight
increase). Carnarvon (numbers passing
on coast).

,, 11th. Hants, Sussex, Middlesex, Bucks, Warwick,

Staffordshire, Northumberland and Ren-
frew (increase). Cambridge (usual
numbers). Cornwall; Notts.

,, 12th. Cornwall, Somerset, Wilts, Middlesex,

Suffolk, Warwick and Yorkshire (in-
crease). Isle of Man (slight increase).
Hants and Lincoln (decrease). Wor-
cester (usual numbers).

„ 13th. Gloucester and Suffolk (increase). Pem-

broke (passing).

„ 14th. Kent, Wilts, Gloucester and Norfolk

(increase).

K

138

May 15th. Hants, Middlesex, Norfolk and Carnarvon
(increase).
16th. Scilly Isles (increase). Durham.
18th. Middlesex and Essex (increase).
20th. Somerset, Wilts and Yorkshire (increase).
22nd. Northumberland (increase).
23rd. Hants (increase).
24th. Somerset (nest with eggs).
29th. Herts (increase).

Caskets light (Channel Islands), (large
numbers passing to the north-east
throughout the month of May).
June 6th. Devon (large influx).

13'J

THE NIGHTJAR.

Caprimulgus europams, L.

The area of arrival of this species was difficult to ascertain
from the records, but they seem to indicate that the numbers
landing on the eastern half of the south coast were greater
than those on the western.

The species was first reported from Yorkshire on the
6th of April, and a slight increase in numbers in the same
county was reported on the 21st. After that date it would
seem that small numbers continued to arrive between the 26th
of April and the 4th of May, and at intervals until nearly the
end of that month. Westmoreland was reached on the 11th
of May and increased numbers were noted in Suffolk on
the 14th, in Merionethshire on the 1 6th, in Somersetshire on
the 19th and in Radnorshire on the 2$th.

Eggs were found in Hampshire on the 31st of May,
in Surrey on the 1st of June and in Devonshire on
the 14th.

Chronological Summary of the Records.

April

Ma

6th.

Yorkshire.

21st.

Yorkshire (slight increase).

26th.

Berks.

27th.

Hants.

1st.

Dorset, Suffolk.

4th.

Devon.

5th.

Northampton.

6th.

Cambridge.

9 th.

Surrey, Gloucester. Bedford, Norfolk.

k2

140

May

June

11th.

Oxford, Westmoreland.

12th.

Wilts, Carmarthen.

14th.

Suffolk (slight increase). Somerset.

15th.

Radnor, Merioneth.

16th.

Merioneth (slight increase). Glamorgan.

18th.

Scilly Isles, Sussex.

19th.

Somerset (increase).

20th.

Brecon.

23rd.

Shropshire.

27th.

Channel Islands light. Cardigan, North

umberland.

28th.

Radnor (slight increase).

31st.

Hants (nest with egg).

1st.

Surrey (nest with eggs). Renfrew.

14th.

Devon (nest with eggs).

141

THE WRYNECK.
lynx torguilla, L.

The Wryneck appears to have landed chiefly on the eastern
portion o£ the south coast, as far west as Hampshire, but the
records do not throw very much light on its movements. Its
arrival was first noted in Kent on the 24th of March, and
stragglers were observed in Somersetshire, Hampshire, Berk-
shire, Surrey, Buckinghamshire and Hertfordshire during
the last week of that month. Birds passing through Devon-
shire on the 2nd of April and a record from the Caskets
light on the night of the 2nd/3rd probably marked the com-
mencement of the regular immigratory movement ; while
reports from the Sussex, the Channel Islands and Hampshire
lights on the 8th/9th and 9th/10th and from the Hampshire
light on the 13th/14th indicated further arrivals on our
southern and south-eastern coasts, though in every instance
the number of birds seems to have been quite small. It was
not until the latter half of April that the records indicated
any marked influx of birds into the country. The latest
record reported the passage of birds through the Isle of
Wight on the 5th of May.

A nest with eggs was found in Surrey on the 18th of May
and one in Berkshire on the 11th of June.

Chronological Summary of the Records.

March 24th.

Kent.

25th.

Hants.

28th.

Somerset, Surrey.

29th.

Berks.

142

AYIiYNECK.

143

March 30th. Herts.
„ 31st. Bucks.

April 2nd. Devon (passing).
„ 2nd/3rcl. Channel Islands light.
,, 3rd. Kent.

„ 4th. Somerset.

„ 5th. Herts.

6th. Sussex, Berks.

7th. Essex, Shropshire.
8th. Surrey.

„ 8th/9th. Sussex light.

9th. Suffolk, Leicester.
.. 9th 10th. Channel Islands and Hants lights.

„ 11th. Surrey (slight increase).

„ 12th. Worcester.

„ 13 th. Leicester.

„ 13th/14th. Hants light.

„ 14th. Gloucester, Middlesex.

,, loth. Kent (slight increase). Bucks.

18th. Wilts, Cambridge.

„ 20th. Dorset.

,, 22nd. Hants (increase). Berks (slight increase).

Monmouth, Bedford.

„ 23rd. Sussex (slight increase). Hants (de-
crease) .

„ 27th. Hants (increase).

May 5th. Isle of Wight (passing).

„ 18th. Surrey (nest with eggs).

June 11th. Berks (nest with eggs).

144

CUCKOO.

145

THE CUCKOO.

Cuculus caiiorus, L.

The Cuckoo arrived along the whole of the south coast, but
in largest numbers from Hampshire westwards.

It was first reported in Sussex and Shropshire on the
7th of April, and scattered birds were evidently arriving
during the following week.

A small immigratory movement took place along the
greater portion of the south coast between the 14th and lGtb
of April, and was followed by one of larger dimensions
between the 19th and 24th. It was clear that a considerable
number of Cuckoos arrived during these two movements and
passed rapidly northwards. The earlier arrivals travelled
chiefly through the western counties and Wales, and reached
the Isle of Man and Westmoreland on the 21st and Cumber-
land, Ayrshire and Renfrewshire on the 22nd. The birds
belonging to the eastern side of the kingdom seem to have
arrived during the latter half of this movement, some of
them passing Spurn Head on the Yorkshire coast reached
Northumberland on the 23rd.

A third immigration of considerable dimensions landed on
the greater part of the south coast between the 27th of April
and the 1st of May, and again the largest numbers seem to
have passed through the western half of the country. A
fourth arrival may have taken place on the 12th of May,
but this is uncertain, though a passage-migration seems to
have been in progress up to the 17th.

An egg was found in Kent in a Hedge-Sparrow's nest
and in Surrey in a Linnet's nest on the 1st of May, in a

146

Robin's nest in Surrey and in a Meadow Pipit's hi Cam-
bridgeshire on the 11th, in a Sedge-Warbler's nest in Essex
on the 13th, in a Hedge- Sparrow's nest in the same county
on the 14th, in a Robin's nest in Somersetshire and in a
Sedge- Warbler's nest in Essex on the 15th, in a Meadow-
Pipit's nest in Staffordshire on the 16th, in Hedge-Sparrows'
nests in Surrey and Essex on the 17th, in a Pied Wagtail's
nest in Staffordshire on the 18th, in a Hedge-Sparrow's
nest in Radnorshire on the 19th, and in a Robin's nest in
the same county on the 20th. Two young Cuckoos were
found in a Hedge-Sparrow's nest in Surrey on the 24th, an
egg in a Pied Wagtail's nest in Radnorshire on the 25th,
and one in a Reed-Warbler's nest in Norfolk on the 4th of
June.

Chronological Summary of the Records.

April 7th. Sussex, Shropshire.

., 8th. Surrey.

,, 9th. Somerset, Leicester.

„ 10th. Devon.

11th. Suffolk, Radnor.

„ 12th. Hants, Cheshire.

,, 14th. Sussex (increase). Isle of Wight, Glou-
cester, Lincoln.
15th. Kent, Staffordshire.

„ 16th. Dorset, Berks, Essex, Monmouth, Notts.

,, 17th. Cambridge, Worcester, Norfolk, York-
shire.
18th. Suffolk (large arrival). Wilts, Middlesex,
Merioneth, Leicester.

,, 19th. Scilly Isles, Cornwall, Glamorgan, Bed-
ford.

„ 20th. Surrey (increase). Dorset and Kent
(slight increase). Carmarthen, Herts,
Warwick, Flint.

„ 21st. Shropshire and Staffordshire (increase).

Hants (slight increase). Oxford, Car-
narvon, Denbigh, Derby, Isle of Man,
Wrestmoreland.

147

April 22nd. Sussex, Bedford, Shropshire, Merioneth
and Derby (increase). Somerset (slight
increase). Bucks, Brecon, Lancashire,
Cumberland, Ayr, Renfrew.

„ 23rd. Yorkshire light. Devon, Cambridge and
Shropshire (increase). Berks, Herts,
Worcester, Norfolk, Lancashire and
Yorkshire (slight increase). Northum-
berland.

,, 24th. Hants and Westmoreland (increase). Rad-
nor and Leicester (slight increase).
Shropshire and Lancashire (decrease).

,, 25th. Devon (decrease).

„ 26th/27th. Cornwall light.

,, 27th. Brecon (increase). Lincoln (slight in-

crease) .

,, 28th. Norfolk light. Devon, Monmouth, Glou-
cester, Middlesex and Suffolk (increase).
Hants (slight increase). Renfrew (usual
numbers).

,, 29th. Northumberland (slight increase). Shrop-
shire (increase).

,, 30th. Somerset (increase). Denbigh (slight in-
crease).
May 1st. Hants, Essex and Warwick (increase).

Glamorgan, Cheshire and Lancashire
(slight increase). Kent (egg in Hedge-
Sparrow's nest) . Surrey (egg in Linnet's
nest). Pembroke.

., 2nd. Cumberland (increase).

„ 3rd. Leicester and Cheshire (slight increase).

,. 4th. Norfolk (slight increase).

„ 5th. Carmarthen and Yorkshire (increase).

Bucks (slight increase) .

„ 6th. Cambridge and Lancashire (increase).

Suffolk (decrease).

,, 7th. Berks (increase).

148

May 11th. Cambridge, Denbigh [and Yorkshire (in-
crease). Surrey (egg in Robin's nest).
Cambridge (egg in Meadow- Pipit's nest).

„ 12th. Channel Islands light. Berks (increase).

„ 13th. Essex (egg in Sedge- Warbler's nest).

;, 14th. Berks and Radnor (increase). Essex (egg
in Hedge-Sparrow's nest).

„ 15th. Westmoreland (increase). Wilts (slight
increase). Somerset (egg in Robin's
nest). Esses (egg in Sedge- Warbler's
nest).

„ lGth. Staffordshire (egg in Meadow-Pipit's nest).
Cardigan.

„ 17th. Lancashire (increase). Surrey and Essex
(eggs in Hedge-Sparrows' nests).

„ 18th. Staffordshire (egg in Pied Wagtail's nest).

„ 19th. Radnor (egg in Hedge-Sparrow's nest).

„ 20th. Radnor (egg in Robin's nest).

,, 24th. Surrey (two young in Hedge-Sparrows'
nests).

„ 25th. Radnor (egg in Pied Wagtail's nest).

„ 27th. Devon (egg).
June 4th. Norfolk (egg in Reed- Warbler's nest).

149

THE TURTLE-DOVE.

Turtur communis, Selby.

The Turtle-Dove arrived on the eastern portion of the south-
east and south coasts, between Suffolk and Hampshire.
A single bird was seen in the Scilly Isles at the end of
February, but the first records of genuine immigrants came
from Berkshire on the 7th of April and from the Caskets
light and Suffolk on the 8th. A few stragglers were sub-
sequently reported up to the 21st, and a rather more decided
immigration took place between the 22nd and the 30th.

An immigration of larger dimensions occurred during the
first four days of May, a second on the 7th, and a third
between the 10th and 12th, and others on the 14th, 16th,
18th and 20th.

The first three immigrations seem to have been composed
of the majority of our breeding-birds ; these reached North
Wales by the 10th of May and Yorkshire by the 11th, when
the usual numbers were reported from Cambridgeshire. The
last five migrations seem to have contained birds which passed
mainly into the western counties and Wales, large numbers
being reported from Worcestershire and Staffordshire on the
19th. Nests with eggs were found in Essex on the 19th of
May, in Radnorshire on the 24th, in Cheshire on the 28tb,
and in Surrey on the 1st of June.

Chronological Summary of the Records.

Feb. 28th. Scilly Isles (one seen).
April 7th. Berks.

8th. Channel Islands light Suffolk.

150

April 19th. Norfolk.
„ 20th. Gloucester.

., 21st. Westmoreland.

,, 22nd. Kent.

23rd. Sussex, Surrey.

„ 24th. Hants.
25th. Essex.
,, 27th. Cambridge, Cheshire.

„ 30th. Dorset,
May 1st. Suffolk (increase).

2nd. Isle of Wight.
„ 3rd. Herts.

,, 4th. Berks and Essex (slight increase). Wilts.

J} 5th. Bucks, Northampton, Lincoln, Yorkshire.

,, (Uh. Essex (slight decrease).

6th/7th. Channel Islands light.
„ 7th. Suffolk (slight increase).

,; 8th. Somerset, Carmarthen, Brecon.

5> 9th. Devon, Worcester, Warwick, Staffordshire.

„ 10th. Sussex (increase). Essex (slight increase).

Monmouth, Denbigh.
11th. Sussex, Berks and Yorkshire (increase).
Hants (slight increase). Cambridge
(usual numbers).
„ llth/12th. Channel Islands light.
if 12th. Essex (increase). Norfolk (slight in-
crease). Merioneth.
13th. Herts (slight increase). Bedford (many).
Shropshire.
,, 14th. Essex (increase). Flint.

16th. Wilts (increase). Cardigan, Radnor,

Notts.
17th. Shropshire (increase). Somerset and
Surrey (slight increase).
,, 18th. Suffolk (increase).

19th, Worcester and Staffordshire (usual num-
bers). Essex (nest with eggs).
., 19th/20th. Channel Islands light.

151

ay 21st.

Shropshire (increase).

22nd.

Cheshire (increase).

24th.

Radnor (nest with eggs).

„ 25th.

Warwick (increase).

26th.

Yorkshire (sitting).

28th.

Derby (nesting). Cheshire (nest
eggs).

with

ine 1st.

Surrey (nest with eggs).

„ 5th to 8th.

Renfrew (one).

152

THE LAND-RAIL.

Crex pratensis, Bechst.

It seems evident that the Land-Rail must have arrived
almost entirely to the west of Hampshire, as there were
hardly any records from the south-coast counties. The
earliest notices were all from the Midland counties between
the 16th and 20th of April, and a number of birds had
evidently arrived before the end of the month. Land-
Rails were reported from the Caskets light on the night
of the 24th, and there was evidently a passage-movement
up the west coast on the night of the 29th. Early migrants
reached Cumberland on the 22nd and Northumberland on
the 23rd, while arrivals were first recorded from Lanca-
shire, Yorkshire and Ayrshire on the 28th, from the Isle
of Man on the 30th of April, and from Renfrewshire
on the 1st of May. After that date the species rapidly
became more numerous in various parts of the country, but
the localities were too few and scattered to convey much
information. A record from Bardsey light on the night of
the 5th, a newly arrived example in the Isle of Wight on the
15th of May and increases in the more northerly counties
until the 1st of June indicated a continued influx of migrants
and a northward passage up the west coast throughout the
greater part of May. No notes were received as to the
nesting of this species.

Chronological Summary of the Records.

April 16th. Leicester,
M 17th. Warwick.

20th. Cambridge.

153

il 21st. Berks, Merioneth, Shropshire.

22mJ. Surrey, Cheshire, Cumberland.

23rd. Worcester, Northumberland.

24th. Staffordshire, Flint.

24th/25th. Channel Islands light.

25th. Somerset, Bedford.

26th. Derby.

28th. Carnarvon, Lancashire, Yorkshire, Ayr.

29th. Shropshire (slight increase). Radnor.

29th/30th. Carnarvon light.

30th. Yorkshire (slight increase). Carmarthen,
Isle of. Man.

ay 1st. Renfrew.

2nd. Cumberland (slight increase). Wilts,

Norfolk, Dumfries.

3rd. Herts, Mull of Galloway.

4th. Northumberland (slight increase). Mon-
mouth, Denbigh.

5th. Shropshire and Yorkshire (slight increase).
Northampton.

5th/6tk. Carnarvon light.

6th. Carmarthen (usual numbers). Glamorgan.

7th. Yorkshire (increase).

9 th. Devon.

11th. Oxford, Notts.

12th. Shropshire (increase). Brecon.

13th. Pembroke.

15th. Staffordshire (slight increase). Isle of

Wight (one newly arrived).

16th. Cornwall.

17th. Lancashire (increase).

21st. Westmoreland.

22nd. Northumberland (increase).

21th. Radnor (slight increase).

26th. Glamorgan (increase).

Jane 1st. Cheshire (increase).

1th. Hants.

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THE COMMON SANDPIPER.
Totanus hypoleueus (L.).

This species appears to have arrived along the whole of the
south coast, but chiefly on the -western half.

An example observed in Lancashire on the 5th of March
had probably wintered in the country. The next record was
received from Suffolk on the 3rd of April, and after that date
there appears to have been a small immigration of birds on
the 10th and 12th, which passed rapidly through the
western counties reaching Argyllshire on the 13th and
Northumberland on the 14th. On the 16th a slight increase
was observed in Monmouthshire, and passing birds were seen
in Sussex and Berkshire on the following day ; others were
noted in Carnarvonshire and on the 18th numbers were
recorded going north in Lancashire. From that date until
the end of the third week in May the migratory movement
continued throughout the country, more especially through
Wales and the western counties ; the bulk of the records
were, however, from the inland or more northerly counties,
so that it was not easy to trace the successive arrivals
of the migrants. Between the 25th and 29th of April
there was evidence of arrivals on the western portion of the
south coast and again on the 4th and 19th of May, while
migrants were noted at the Caskets light, Channel Islands,
on the night of the 7th.

Common Sandpipers were nesting in Cumberland on the
2nd of May and nests with eggs were found in Yorkshire on
the 4th, in Derbyshire and Cheshire on the 5th, in Radnor-
shire on the 10th, and in Carnarvonshire on the 13th.

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Chronological Summary of the Records.

March 5th. Lancashire.

April 3rd. Suffolk.

„ 5th. Lincoln.

„ 6th. Monmouth.

„ 10th. Hants, Brecon, Shropshire.

„ 12th. Devon, Merioneth, Staffordshire, Derby,
Cheshire.

,, 13th. Leicester, Argyll.

„ 14th. Somerset, Radnor, Yorkshire, Northum-
berland.

„ 15th. Wilts, Warwick.

„ 16th. Monmouth (slight increase). Sussex,

Berks, Carmarthen, Lancashire, Ren-
frew.

,, 17th. Carnarvon (passing). Cumberland, Ayr.

,, 18th. Lancashire (numbers passing N.). Surrey.

„ 19th. Cheshire and Yorkshire (slight increase).
Herts, Bedford, Cambridge, Norfolk.

„ 21st. Monmouth, Shropshire and Cumberland

(increase). Lincoln (passing). Isle of
Man.

„ 22nd. Radnor and Lancashire (increase). North-
umberland (slight increase). Flint,
Westmoreland.

,, 23rd. Lancashire and Cumberland (increase).

Derby (slight increase). Shropshire
(usual numbers).

,, 24th. Monmouth (increase). Merioneth (slight
increase). Lancashire (decrease).

,, 25th. Somerset (slight increase).

,, 26th. Northumberland (increase). Kent.

„ 27th. Cheshire (slight increase). Somerset (de-
crease). Lincoln (passing).

,, 28th. Hants and Derby (increase).

„ 29th. Yorkshire (slight increase). Hants (de-
crease). Oxford.

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April 30th. Derby (increase).
„ 30th/May 1st. Anglesey light.
May 1st. Radnor (increase). Glamorgan.

„ 2nd. Carmarthen (increase). Cumberland

(nest).
„ 4tb. Dorset (fresh arrivals). Yorkshire (nest

with eggs).
., 5th. Carmarthen (increase). Derby and

Cheshire (nests with eggs).
,, 6th. Radnor (decrease).

„ 7th/8th. Channel Islands light.
„ 10th. Lancashire (increase). Staffordshire

(slight increase). Radnor (nest with

eggs).
12th. Denbigh.
„ -13th. Carnarvon (nest with eggs).
„ 14th. Radnor (increase).

„ 19th. Somerset (increase). Radnor (decrease).
,, 20th. Radnor (increase).

22ml. Essex.

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THE COMMON TERN.

Sterna fluviatilis, Naum.

A single bird was observed in Argyllshire on the 22nd of
March and further arrivals took place in that county on the
8th of April. Some arrived in Kent on the 16th, and in
Norfolk on the 19th ; the latter passed on during the
following day and were replaced by others on the 22nd,
when the first arrival was recorded in Suffolk. In that
county the numbers continued to increase until the 30tb,
but had decreased to a few on the 3rd of May. Between
the 4th and 11th of May large numbers arrived in Kent and
commenced to nest during the following week. The first
records from the south-west came from the Scilly Isles
on the 8th of May and passing birds were observed in
Cheshire on the 8th and 14th, in Lancashire on the 11th,
16th and 25th, and in Essex on the 15th, while many were
reported on the coast of Norfolk on the 17th. It was clear,
however, that the majority of the records merely represented
the visits of our observers to the breeding-grounds.

Chronological Summary of the Records.

March 22nd, Argyll (one).

April 8th. Argyll (slight increase),

„ 16th. Kent.

10th. Norfolk.

„ 20th, Norfolk (passed on),

„ 22nd. Norfolk (increase). Suffolk.

„ 23rd, Suffolk (increase).

„ 25th. Suffolk (increase).

„ 28th to 30th. Suffolk (many).

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April 29th. Norfolk (passing).

„ 29th to May 4th. Kent (many).
May 3rd. Suffolk (few).

„ 4th to 11th. Kent (large numbers).

„ 8th. Cheshire (passing). Scilly Isles.

„ 11th. Lancashire (passing).

„ 11th to 18th. Kent (large numbers nesting).
12th. Ayr.

„ 12th to 16th. Scilly Isles (few).

,, 14th. Cheshire (one).

„ 15th. Essex (few passing).

„ 16th. Lancashire (few).

,, 17th. Lancashire (passed on). Norfolk (many).

„ 18th. Lancashire (six).

„ 18th & 19th. Denbigh (few).
19th. Dorset.

., 20th to 27th. Kent (large numbers).

„ 22nd. Shropshire (passing).

., 23rd. Essex (two).

„ 24th. Essex (one).

,, 25th. Lancashire (many on coast). Norfolk.

,, 31st. Cheshire (passing).

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THE LITTLE TERN.

Sterna minuta, L.

Little Terns were first observed in Kent and Berkshire on
the 17th of April, and arrived in large numbers at their
breeding-areas in the former county between the 20th and
27th and in Suffolk between the 28th and 30th.

They were first observed in Carnarvonshire on the 1st of
May, and had increased in numbers on the following day.
On the 3rd a decrease was recorded in Suffolk and was
followed by a slight increase on the 11th. Passing birds
were reported in Merionethshire on the 10th and 16th, in
Norfolk on the 14th and in Essex on the loth.

Nests with eggs were found in Flintshire on the 13th of
May.

Chronological Summary of the Records.

April 17th. Berks (passing) . Kent.

„ 20th to 27th. Kent (large numbers).

„ 28th to 30th. Suffolk (plentiful).

,, 28th to May 4th. Kent (many).
May 1st. Essex, Carnarvon.

„ 2nd. Carnarvon (increase).

3rd. Suffolk (few). Norfolk.

„ 1th to 18th. Kent (large numbers).

,, 10th. Merioneth (passing).

,, 13th. Flint (nests with eggs).

„ 11th. Norfolk (many).

., 15th. Essex (few passing).

„ 18th. Lancashire.

„ 19th. Norfolk (decrease).
21st. Northumberland.

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UNSCHEDULED BIRDS.

SUMMARY OF THE RECORDS.

THE SONG-THRUSH (Tardus musicus).

During January a few Song-Thrushes were noticed at some of the
Welsh lights in the middle, and again towards the end of the month,
whilst some few birds were observed at Spurn Head Light (Yorkshire)
on the 12th/13th and at Hanois Light (Channel Islands) on the
28th/29th. At Cambridge a small flock of birds was noticed at intervals
between the 20th of January and the 9th of March. During February
migration was more active, especially towards the middle of the month.
On the east coast a few migrants were reported from Winterton Light
(Norfolk) on the 3rd/4th, from Lyun Well Light-vessel (Norfolk) on the
9th/10th and 10th/l 1th, and from Spurn Head Light on the latter date.
In the west small movements were noticed off the Lancashire and
Carnarvonshire coasts on almost every night between the 9th and 14th,
and there was an influx at North Light, Lundy Island (North Devon) on
the 13th/14th. After this, apparently owing to the age of the moon, there
was an entire absence of records till the end of the month, when migration
was again noticed on the Welsh coast, considerable numbers being seen
at Bardsey Light (Carnarvonshire) on the 26th/27th and 27th/28th.
Between the 4th and 15th of February movements were reported from
many of the southern lights, but except on the nights of the 5th/6th, when
large numbers were observed at the Eddystone Light (Cornwall) and St.
Catherine's Light (Hampshire) and again on the 12th/13th at the
Eddystone, the numbers concerned appear to have been small.

During the early part of March a few Song-Thrushes were seen at
Spurn Head and Cromer (Norfolk) Lights and at the Kentish Knock
Light-vessel (Essex), but after that time no migration was noted on
the east coast until the 27th/28th, when there was an influx at the
Longsand Light-vessel. On the west coast the only records received
during March were of a few birds seen at Bardsey Light on the 6th/7th
and 7th/8th, and at the Skerries Light (Anglesey) on the 13th/14th and

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29th/30th, while there was an influx of migrants at Ulverstone (Lanca-
shire) on the 18th, and a passage of small, dark birds at Bowdon (Cheshire)
on the 22ud. During the early part of the month a few birds were
reported from some of the southern lights, and there was a considerable
passage at the Caskets Light (Channel Islands) on the 3rd, 4 th.

During April no movement of importance was reported from the south
or west coasts, though a few stragglers were noted at Bardsey and the
Caskets during the first half of the month, and a bird of the Continental
race was killed at St. Catherine's Light on the 13th/14th. Numbers
were, seen at Cromer on the lst/2nd, and at the Dudgeon Light-vessel
(Norfolk) on the 9th/10th, while at the Newarp Light-vessel (Norfolk)
large numbers were seen on the lst/2nd of May.

THE REDWING [Turdua Moots).

No movements of this species were recorded in February with the
exception of a few birds at Whitby Light (Yorkshire) on the 7th/8th,
and at the Caskets Light (Channel Islands) and the Welsh lights at the
end of the month, while observers in Yorkshire and North Wiltshire
drew attention to the great scarcity of Redwings in 1913.

During the first week in March a movement on a small scale was noted
at Whitby Light, at the Kentish Knock Light-vessel (Essex) and at
Cambridgeshire ; there was an influx at the Eddystone Light (Cornwall)
and at the Caskets, and about the same time a few birds were noted
passing Bardsey Light (Carnarvonshire).

On the llth/12th small parties of Redwings were observed at Spurn
Head Light (Yorkshire), and a few days later in the neighbourhood of
Cheltenham (Gloucestershire) and Caerleon (Monmouthshire). After the
middle of March migration was active and continued until the 10th of
April, especially on the east coast, though a few odd birds were noted at
the Skerries Light (Anglesey) as late as the 29th/30th. On the 18th.
20th and 30th of March great numbers were reported from Aldringhain
(Suffolk), on the 23rd from Kingswood (Surrey) and from Bedfordshire
on the 24th, whilst there was an influx at Spurn Head Light on the
oOth/31 stand at Newarp Light- vessel (Norfolk) on March 31st/April 1st.

During the early part of April important movements were recorded at
Aldringham on the 4th, 6th and 15th, at Otterburn (Northumberland) on
the 6th, at Hickling (Norfolk) on the 7th, the Dudgeon Light-vessel
(Norfolk) and Outer Dowsing Light-vessel (Lincolnshire) on the
9th/10th, Fakenham (Suffolk) on the 10th and St. Catherine's Light
(Hampshire) on the lOth/Hth. After that date the height of the
migration was over, but a solitary bird was noted at Bardsey Light on
the lOth/llth, while a few stragglers were observed in Surrey on the
12th, in Somersetshire and Lincolnshire on the 13th and at Arvesburv
(Worcestershire) on the 21st,

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THE FIELDFARE (Turdus pilaris)'.

Flocks of Fieldfares were noticed during January at Felsted (Essex),
Ackworth (Yorkshire), in Warwickshire and North Wiltshire. From
the 1st to the 6th of February birds of this species were numerous in the
neighbourhood of Felsted, but no other movement was recorded during
that month, though from the end of the month till the 9th of March
a few flocks seem to have passed near Cambridge. During March the
only records received from the west were those of a single bird, procured
at Bardsey Light (Carnarvonshire) on February 28th/March 1st, and of
small parties seen in Monmouthshire during the middle of March, and at
Dowdon (Cheshire) at the end of the month, but in other parts of the
country Fieldfares were assembling in large flocks, numbers being re-
ported from Tenterden (Kent) on the 22nd, Felsted from the 1st to the
15th, Otterburn (Northumberland) ou the 16th, Fakenham (Suffolk)
ou the 19th, Bedfordshire on the 24th, and Loughborough (Leicester-
shire) on the 26th.

At the beginning of April a general movement set in throughout the
country, which lasted up to the end of the month, though it was scarcely
noticed in the south of England. On the east coast small parties of
Fieldfares were noted at Spurn Head Light (Yorkshire) on the 9th, and
during the next few days considerable numbers were reported from
Fakenham, Ilickling (Norfolk), Cromer (Norfolk), and Normanby (Lin-
colnshire), while at the end of the month there was an influx at Spurn
Head. About the same time small flocks were passing the coasts of
Lancashire and Wales, but the movement was more marked inland, large
numbers being recorded from Neston (Cheshire) between the 7th and
and 10th, Ulverstone (Lancashire) on the 13ih, Oswestry (Shropshire)
from the 1st to the 8th, and Shrewsbury (Shropshire) on the 15th and
Kith, whilst observers reported that Fieldfares were gathering in large
flocks in Yorkshire, Berkshire, Middlesex and Surrey. The only
southern light-records were one of a small number at the Caskets Light
(Channel Islands) on the 24th/25th of April, and of a single bird at the
same light on the 6th/7th of May.

By the end of April the height of the migration was over, but
Stragglers were observed in Breconshire and at Cheltenham (Gloucester-
shire) on the 2nd of May and at Spurn Head Light on the 4th/5th ; a large
floi k was observed in the Eden Valley (Cumberland) on the 4th, and a
single bird was taken at the Skerries Light (Anglesey) on the 9th/10th.

THE BLACKBIRD {Turdus merula).

The records of this species with but few exceptions came from the
light-stations and were practically confined to the months of February
and March ; when the nights were bright, there was an almost entire
absence of returns.

On the east coast large numbers of Blackbirds were observed at Spurn
Head Light (Yorkshire) on the 12th of January, but after that date, with

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the exception of a few birds Been at Spurn Head Light and the Outer
Dowsing Light-vessel (Lincolnshire) early in February and at Whitby
Light (Yorkshire) on the 27th/28th, no other movement was recorded
till the 4th/5th of March. This movement, which was only noticed at
Spurn Head (though a single bird was noted at Cromer Light (Norfolk) on
the 3rd/4th), reached its height on the 9th/10th, when there was a passage
of a considerable number of birds. After the middle of the month no
records came to hand till the end of March, when there was a decided
influx at the Outer Dowsing Light-vessel and at Spurn Head Light on
the 30th/31st. A few stragglers were reported at Cromer and Spurn
Head Lights during April, and the last birds seen were at Spurn Head
Light on the 4th/5th of May.

On the west coast only a few Blackbirds were seen at the Welsh
lights during January, but in February a movement took place similar to
that which occurred on the east coast in March. Birds began to pass
along the coasts of Lancashire and Wales on the 3rd of February, and the
movement culminated in a large influx which was observed at Bardsey
Light (Carnarvonshire) and North Light, Lundy Island (North Devon)
on the 13th/14th, whilst smaller numbers were noted at St. Tudwal's
Light (Carnarvonshire) and South Stack Light (Anglesey). This
movement was renewed towards the end of the month, when there was
a very large passage at Bardsey Light on the 27th, 28th, while smaller
numbers were reported from some of the other Welsh lights. After
this no further record of importance was received, but a few stragglers
passed some of the Welsh lights during the first half of March and
Bardsey on the 3rd/4th of April.

During the same period migration was also active on the south coast.
It commenced on the 3rd 4th of February, when some numbers werenoticed
at the Caskets Light (Channel Islands) and reached its height at the
middle of the month, when there was a large influx at St. Catherine's
Light (Hampshire) on the 12th/13th and at theEddystone Light (Corn-
wall) on the 14th/15th, while a few birds were seen at Hanois Light
(Channel Islands) on the 15th/16th. After this no further records were
received until the 26th/27th, when a few birds were noted at the Caskets
and St. Catherine's Lights on the 27th 28th. A large immigration
was uuticed at Hurst Light (Hampshire) on the 2nd/3id of March, and
a few stragglers passed the Caskets and St. Catherine's Lights during
the first half of the month. The last movements recorded were at
St. Catherine's Light on the 10th, 11th and the 27th '28th of April.

THE STONECIIAT (rralineola rttbicola).

Feb. 1st. Goathland (Yorkshire), returned to breeding-quarters,

„ 11th. Caskets Lt. (Channel Islands), one.

., 12th. Ambleside ^Westmoreland), one seen.

25th. Cambridge, two males passing-,

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Feb. 27tli/28th. Bardsey Lt. (Carnarvon), one.
March lOth/llth. St. Catherine's Lt. (Hampshire), one.

„ 11th. Caskets Lt., one; Martock (Somerset), one seen.

„ llth/12th. St. Catherine's Lt., one.

„ 12th. Pevensey (Sussex), eight passiug ; Ash (Somerset),

one seen.

„ 18th. Caskets Lt., one.

,, 14th. Martock, two seen.

,, 14th/15th. Caskets Lt., a few.

,, 15th. Lowestoft (Suffolk), increase.

,, 16th. Marbury (Cheshire), one passing; Leek (Staffordshire),

four or live pairs seen.

„ 20th. Lowestoft, decrease.

„ 21st. Myfield (Staffordshire), one seen.

„ 22nd & 23rd. S.E. Suffolk coast, several arrived.

,, 25th. Clifton (Derby), one passing.

April lOth/llth. St. Catherine's Lt., one.

THE GOLDCREST {Reyulus cristatus).

Feb. 3rd to 5th. Lydiard Millicent (Wilts), great influx.

,, 24th. Cambridge, summer residents appeared.
Mar. 12th/13th. Cromer Lt. (Norfolk), two.

„ 22nd/23rd. Whitby Lt. (Yorkshire), one.

„ 25th/26th. Morecambe Bay Lt.-v. (Lancashire), several.

„ 27th/28th. Caskets Lt. (Channel Islands), two ; Cromer Lt., one :
Withernsea Lt. (Yorkshire), two.

., 28th. Aldi'ingham (Suflolk), one on beach.

,, 30th/31st. Spurn Head Lt. (Yorkshire), three ; "Whitby Lt., one.

,, 31st. Spurn Head Lt., three ; near Smiths Knoll Lt.-v.
(Suffolk), one taken on a boat ; Aldringham, influx.
April 3rd/4th. Cromer Lt., one.

„ 7th. Lowestoft, three brought in from North Sea on fishing-

boats.

„ 9th. Shambles Lt.-v. (Dorset), one.

Jan. 1st & 4th
,. 5th, 7th,

THE PIED WAGTAIL {Motacilla lugubris).

Clifton (Lancashire), several seen.

C Altrincharn (Cheshire), a few.

Feb. 8th & 11th. Caskets Lt. (Channel Islands), one each day.

„ 11th. Kentish Knock Lt.-v. (Essex), several flying N.W.

„ 25th. Lowestoft (Suffolk), first seen.

„ 26th/27th. St. Catherine's Lt. (Hampshire), one.

„ 28th/Mar. 1st. Caskets Lt., two.

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March 3rd. Altrincharn, considerable numbers.
>, 9th. Ipswich (Suffolk), considerable numbers.

„ 10th. Aldringham (Suffolk), breeding-birds returned.
„ lOth/llth. St. Catherine's Lt., one.

» 11th. Lowestoft, a pair returned to breeding-haunt.
„ 12th. Lowestoft, two more arrived ; Caskets Lt., two.
„ 13th. Lowestoft, two flying N.E. ; Caskets Lt., several.
„ loth. Lowestoft, increase.

,, 16th. Cheadle (Staffordshire), several returned to breeding-
haunts.
„ 21st. Berewood (Dorset), numbers seen.
„ 22nd & 23rd. Kostherne (Cheshire), few passing.
April 2nd. Lowestoft, one to X.

» 3rd. Altrincham, several passing.

i> 6th. S.E. Suffolk coast, passage of large numbers.

,, 6th, 13th, I v , . , r. ...
16th & 21st f °rtllwlf;h (Cheshire), many passing.

„ 17th. Ackworth (Yorksliire), a pair at breeding-site.

„ 23rd. Lowestoft, one to N.

„ 24th. Alderley Edge (Cheshire), many passing.

THE MEADOW-PIPIT (Ant/ms pratensis).

Jan. 25th. Parkstone (Dorset), about thirty.
Feb. 5th. Felsted (Essex), a few.

& lOth/llth Caskets Lt. (Channel Islands), two or three.

„ lOth/llth. St. Catherine's Lt. (Hampshire), two.

„ 11th. S.E. Suffolk coast, two arrived from the sea.

„ 12th. Lowestoft (Suffolk), a flock to N.

,, 18th. Aldringham (Suffolk), influx.

„ 20th. Lowestoft, increase of residents.

,, 24th. Eden Valley (Cumberland), large arrival.

„ 24th to 28th. Otterburn (Northumberland)," usual numbers.

" & °6tl ( -^y^al (Westmoreland), a few.
,, 30th. Lowestoft, residents in full numbers and breeding.
„ 31st. Caskets Lt., several ; Outer Dowsing Lt.-v. (Lincoln),
one.

., „ ,°) Shambles Lt.-v. (Dorset), two to seven flvine: N.E,
April 10th, I , , • b

r ' C each dav.

16th&17th.J J

April 3rd/4th. Spurn Lt.-v. (Yorkshire), a few.

,, 5th. Marbury (Cheshire), considerable numbers.

"*^]§5ffi | <"■"*.•*••

„ !Uh. Bloxham (Oxford), small parties passing.

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April 12th&17th. Eden Valley, decided movements.
„ 12th. Dudgeon Lt.-v. (Norfolk), four to S.W.
„ 20th. Scarborough (Yorkshire), large flocks on moors.
„ 22nd. Rydal, a few.
„ 26th&27th. Rydal, many.

,, 26th. Upton Heath (Cheshire), small flock.
,, 30th/Maylst. Bardsey Lt. (Carnarvon), one.

THE CHAFFINCH {Fringilla caelebs).

The migration of this species was practically confined to the months
of March and April, and almost all the records came from the east
oast.

The only returns in January and February were from the Caskets
Light (Channel Islands), where a single bird was seen on the 29th/30th
of January, and a few were observed flying N.W. on the 11th of
February. Although some few birds occurred at Cromer Light
(Norfolk) early in March, migration did not begin in earnest until the
12th, when a flock was seen at Lowestoft (Suffolk) coasting S., and
another on the following day flying N". After that date migration was
active on many parts of the east coast between Spurn Head (Yorkshire)
and the Longsand Light-vessel (Essex), and a passage of considerable
numbers was noticed inland at Aldringham (Suffolk) on the 17th, 24th
and 28th. The movement apparently reached its height between the
28th and the 31st of that month, during which time the species was
recorded from no fewer than eleven stations, the largest numbers being
seen at Lowestoft on the 30th (many flocks to the S.), and at the
Kentish Knock Light-vessel (Essex) (large numbers to the S.W.). On
the 1st of April a few birds were noticed off the Hutch coast as well as
at some of the east coast lights, and numbers were seen at Epping
Forest (Essex) on the 6th. On the 7th many Chaffinches were brought
into Lowestoft on boats and there seems to have been an increase at
Aldringham on the 10th, but after the latter date the only records
were those of a few passing stragglers seen at the Outer Gabbard Light-
vessel (Suffolk) on the 19th and 22nd, at Portsmouth (Hampshire) on
the 25th, and at the Girdler Light-vessel (mouth of the Thames) on
the 30th.

On the 13th of May a solitary bird was noted from the Outer Gabbard
Light-vessel coming in from the E.

THE BRAMBLING {Fringilla montifringiUa).

Jan. 1st. Alderley Edge (Cheshire), a few seen.

„ 10th. Hastings (Sussex), one seen.

11th. Mere (Cheshire), one seen.

,, 12th. "Wilton (Cheshire), numbers seen.

Feb.

7th.

Mar.

31st.

April

6th.

12th.

,,

13th.

,. 1;

5 th & 22

,,

19th.

,.

20th.

..

22nd.

26th.

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Jan. 15th to 30th. Lydiard Millicent (Wilts), a few seen at intervals.
„ 18th. Knutsford (Cheshire), one seen.
S.E. Suffolk coast, one seen.
Kentish Knock Tit. -v. (Essex), a few flying S.W.
Beverley (Yorkshire), three seen.
Kingswood (Surrey), a pair seen.
Epping Forest (Essex), one seen,
loth & 22nd. Ackworth (Yorkshire), single birds seen.
Caterham (Surrey), one seen.
Berkhampstead (Herts), many passing-.
Lowestoft, two coasting N.

North Sea, one taken on a boat, thirty miles N.W. of
Cromer.

THE HOUSE-SPARROW (Passer domestieus).
THE TREE-SPARROW {Passer montanus).
Mar. 13th&15th. Lowestoft (Suffolk), a few going N. (P. domestieus).
„ loth. Kentish Knock Lt.-v. (Essex), a small flock to N.W.
„ 22nd. Longsand Lt.-v. (Essex), several seen.
,, 24th. Kentish Knock Lt.-v., a few to S.W.
,, 31st. Outer Dowsing Lt.-v. (Lincoln), a small flock to N.W.
April 1st. Outer Dowsing Lt.-v.. twenty on board.
„ 2ud. Lowestoft, a flock to N. (P. montanus).

„ 9th. Aldringham (Suffolk), numbers coasting N. (P. dome-

stieus).
,, 10th. Aldringhani, a flock near the sea (P. domestieus).
„ 18th. Outer Gabbard Lt.-v. (Suffolk), a few to the S.W.
„ 20th. Lowestoft, a few lots to N. (both species) ; Girdler

Lt.-v. (Thames), two to W.
„ 22 ad. Lowestoft, a few lots to N. (P. domestieus).
„ 23rd. Lowestoft, a few lots to N. (P. montanus).
„ 24th. Girdler Lt.-v., a few to W.

29th. Outer Dowsing Lt.-v., five on board (P. montanus).
.. 29th/30th. Outer Gabbard Lt.-v., one (P. montanus).
May 7th. Outer Gabbard Lt.-v., one to W.
„ 9th. Girdler Lt.-v., one on deck.

„ loth. Lowestoft, two brought in on boats from North sea
(/'. montanus).

THE LINNET (Linota cannabina).

A large flock of this species was seen at Dungeness (Kent) on the
18th of January. In February some were observed at the Caskets Light
(Channel Islands) on the 11th, a flock was seen to have the Northum-
berland coast at Cullercoats on the 17th on an eastward course over the
sea, and migrants were arrivingat Cambridgeshire on the 25th and 27th.

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During the early part of March Hocks of Linnets were observed on
passage at Spurn Head (Yorkshire), Lowestoft (Suffolk) and at Cam-
bridgeshire ; towards the end of the month movements were again noticed
at Aldringham (Suffolk), Spurn Head and Lowestoft, whilst on the 31st
small parties were passing the Caskets from dawn till noon. On the 6th
of April at Weils (Somerset) it was noted that the large flocks had
broken up into pairs. From the 2nd to the 16th a migratory move-
ment took place at intervals on many pans of the east coast, more
particularly at Lowestoft on the 22nd (forty-seven small lots seen in
fifty minutes), and on the 23rd (fifty-three lots in forty minutes). On
the 23rd there seems to have been an influx at Rostherne (Cheshire) ;
on the 25th large numbers again visited the Caskets and strngglers were
observed at the same light on April 30th/May 1st, and on the 7th, 10th
and 13th of May.

THE LESSER REDPOLL (Linota rufescens).

Feb. 2nd. Felsted (Essex), a pair.

,, 16th. Felsted, increase.

,, 18th. Cambridge, one flying N.

„ 23rd. Canford (Dorset), three seen.

Mar. 1st & 2nd. Canford, considerable numbers.

,, 8th. Cambridge, a few.

„ 9th. Felsted, a small flock.

„ 10th. Sutton Coldfield (Warwick), about forty passing.

,, 10th to 21st. Cheltenham (Gloucester), a few seen at intervals.

April 6th. Woodford (Essex), a few with Siskins.

May 12th. Battle (Sussex), a pair.

THE STARLING (Sturnus vulgaris).

Almost all the records of the movements of this species came from the
light-stations, and when the nights were clear there was a great paucity
of records.

The reports received in January from the east coast were scanty. A
few birds were observed from time to time at Cromer Light (Norfolk) and
the Outer Dowsing Light-vessel (Lincolnshire) dining the month ; there
was a considerable passage at Spurn Head Light (Yorkshire) on the
12th/13th, and numbers were seen at Cromer during the daytime on the
25th. During February only irregular movements of small parties were
reported at intervals from Whitby Light (Yorkshire), ^Vinterton and
Cromer Lights (Norfolk), and the Kentish Knock Light-vessel (Essex).
On the 7th a few birds were observed from a boat going N.W. over the
North Sea, and there was a passage on a large scale past Spurn Head
Light on the 24th/25th and 26th/27th. With the advent of March
migration became more active, but the only movement of any size in the

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first half of the month was at Spurn Head Light on the 3rd/4th, though
there -were records of small numbers from Spurn Head and Cromer
Lights and the Kentish Knock Light-vessel, while at Lowestoft
(Suffolk) birds were observed going N. and N.E. on the 12th and 13th.
Between the 15th/16th and 25th/26th there were no records, but from
the latter date till the 9th/10th of April extensive movements were
reported from many stations on the east coast between Whitby Light
(Yorkshire) and the Kentish Knock Light-vessel, the greatest influxes
occurring at Spurn Head Light on the 27th/28th and 30th/31st of March
and the 8th/9th and lOth/llth of April, at Withernsea Light (York-
shire) ou the 27th/28th and 30th/31st of March, and at Cromer Light on
the 9th/10th of April. In the daytime large flocks were observed at
Havering (Essex), flying W. on the 26th, 27th and 28th of March ;
numbers were observed at Winterton Light on the 29th, and at Cromer
flocks were moving E on the 30th of March and N.W. on the 2nd of
April, while a few birds were noted flying S.W. at the Kentish Knock
Light-vessel on the 31st of March, and at the Dudgeon Light-vessel
(Norfolk) on the 1st of April. A few Starlings were observed off the
Dutch coast on the 1st of April, and the last migrants on the east coast
were three stragglers seen flying N. at Lowestoft on the 22nd of April.

On the south coast no records were received from the east of St.
Catherine's Light (Hampshire). On the 5th/6th of February there was
an influx at the Eddystone Light and on the 12th/13that St. Catherine's,
while during the first half of the month flocks were passing the Caskets
Light (Channel Islands) at intervals and single birds were seen at
Hanois Light (Channel Islands). After that there was an absence of
records till the end of the month, when considerable numbers were again
reported from the Caskets, from Hurst Light (Hampshire) and St.
Catherine's Light, and a few from Hanois Light. This movement con-
tinued till the middle of March and was most marked at Hurst Light on
the 2nd3rd, and at the Eddystone and St. Catherine's Lights on the
5th/Gth. After the middle of March no further migration was observed
till early in April, when a few birds were again noticed passing the
Caskets; on the 8th, 9th and lOth/llth there was an influx at St.
Catherine's, and a few odd birds were noted at Hanois Light on the
8th/9th and at the Eddystone Light on the 12th/13th.

From the west coast no records were received during January, with
the exception of a few birds at the North Welsh lights at the middle
and end of the month. In the early part of February a few flocks
were moving along the coasts of Lancashire and North Wales, and between
the 12th/ 13th and 15th/13th migration was still more marked in the same
localities. After the latter date there were no records until the end of
the month, when a vast influx was noticed at all the North Welsh lights,
more particularly at Bardsey Light (Carnarvonshire) on the 26th /27th
and 27th/28th. From the 28th of February to the 17th of March small

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numbers were reported at intervals from the same lights, after which
no movement was recorded until the end of the month, when great
numbers were seen and many killed at the Bardsey and Anglesey Lights.
Stragglers were observed up to the 8th/9th of April at Morecambe
Bay Light-vessel (Lancashire) and till the 9th/10th at Bardsey Ligkt.

THE JACKDAW (Corvtis monedul*).

March 12th. Aldringham (Suffolk), a few to E.

„ IStb.. Lowestoft (Suffolk), a flock to E.

„ 19th. Aldringham, seven seen.

„ 20th. Lowestoft, a flock to N.

„ 23rd. Lowestoft, a flock to E.

„ 24th. Aldringham, a large flock seen.

„ 26th. Outer Dowsing Lt.-v. (Lincolnshire), one to N.W.

,, 28th. Aldringham, many seen, but wind and weather pre-
vented migration.

„ 30th. Lowestoft, flocks to S.E. and E.
April 2nd. Lowestoft, a flock to E. driven back by fog; another
coasting N.

„ 0th. Aldringham, a large arrival.

„ 10th & loth. Aldringham, a few seen.

„ 17th. Lowestoft, a flock to E., driven back by fog.

„ 20th. Lowestoft, a flock to E.

THE HOODED CTiOW {Corvus comix).

Near Dover (Kent), many.

Cambridge, one flying N.

Spurn Head Lt. (Yorkshire), several to S.W.

Cambridge, one flying N.

Lowestoft (Suffolk), a flock to S.E.

Lowestoft, two to E.

Great Fakenham (Suffolk), one seen.

S.E. Suffolk coast, nearly all gone.

Lowestoft, single birds to E. and S.E.

Lowestoft, flock to E., but driven back by fog.

Tresco (Scilly Isles), one seen.

Hickling (Norfolk), still numerous.

Aldringham (Suffolk), influx of migrants.

Thornton-le-Dale (Yorkshire), still present.

Goathland (Yorkshire), still a few on the moors.

Hickling, a few seen.
Lowestoft, twro coasting- S.

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THE HOOK (Corvus frugilegus).

As lghtbouse-keepers often do not distinguish between Rooks and
Crows they arc here treated under one heading; probably the majority
of the records belong to the Rook.

On the 13th of January a large flock of Rooks arrived on the S.E.
coast of Sullblk. The only records received during February were of a
few " Crows" living N.W. past the Kentish Knock Light-vessel (Essex)
on the 13th, and of a large flock of the same birds making fur the X.
past Cromer (Norfolk) on the 22nd. On the 11th of March migration
began in earnest, and lasted till the end of the month. If we except the
Caskets Light (Channel Islands), where a few "Crows" were seen at
the end of April and the b< ginning of May, the movement was confined
to the east coast, and no migration was reported from any station north of
Spurn Head Light (Yorkshire) or south of the Longsand Light-vessel
(Essex). The largest numbers were seen at Spurn Head (1 lth, 12th,
16th, 19th, 21>t, 22nd and 31st), at Cromer (17th and 30th), and at
Lowestoft (12th, loth, 20th, 23rd and 30th). In most cases the direction
of flight was towards the N.X.E., E., or S.E., but some birds seen at
Spurn Head on the lGth and 22nd and at the Newarp Light-vessel on the
12th, were making for the S.W. On more than one occasion migration
■was stopped by fog or haze. At the beginning of April the height of the
migration was over, but a few stragglers were reported from several
parts of the Norfolk and Suffolk coasts at the beginning and in tie
middle of the month, while on the 17th, 20th and 22nd flocks were
noticed at Lowestoft, flying to the east or north.

THE SKY-LARK (Alauda arvensis).

Almost all the records came from the ligbt-statijns, and, when the
moon was full, few, if any, were received.

Large flocks of Sky-Larks were seen at Dungeness (Kent) on the 18th
of January, and on the 25th a few were noted at Cromer (Norfolk)
making for the north.

From the lst/2nd to 14th/15th of February, and again at quite the end
of the month, migratory movements of no great size were reported from
several stations on the east coast between AYhitby Light (Yorkshire) and
the Kentish Knock Light-vessel (Essex), while from the 11th to the 14th at
Carlisle many birds of this species were heard paesing at night, and on the
12th at the Kentish Knock light-vessel a few birds were seen flying N.W.
During the first half of March migration was active along the same
extent of coast, the largest numbers being noticed at the Kentish Knock
Light-vessel on the 3rd/4th and at Spurn Head Light (Yorkshire)
on the 3rd/4th and 9th/10th. After the loth no records were received
till quite- the end ol the month, when large numbers were reported, more

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particularly from Spurn Head Light on the 30th /31st, from Whitby Light
on the 31st/April 1st, and from Cromer Light on the lst/2nd of April.
During the daytime a few Sky-Larks were noted on the 4th of March
at Spurn Head, going S.W., at Lowestoft on tbe 13th some were flying
E., whilst at the Dudgeon Light-vessel (Norfolk) others were observed
flying in a westerly direction. On the 1st of April a few Sky-Larks
were noted at the Spurn Light-vessel and off the Dutch coast, whilst on
the 10th they were still passing Cromer in considerable numbers.

The records of this species from southern stations were very scanty.
On the 5th/6th of February there was an influx at the Eddystone Light ;
during the first half of the month small pailies were noticed from time
to time at the Caskets Light (Chancel Islands), whilst a few odd birds
were passing St. Catherine's Light (Hampshire) at the end of the month,
and the same light and the Caskets early iu March. The only other
records were those of single birds at Ilanois Light (Channel Islands),
on the Sth/9th and 13th/14th of April.

On the west coast a few individuals were seen passing the Skerries
Light (Anglesey) in the middle and at the end of January, while on the
30th some flocks were seen at Morecambe Bay Light-vessel (Lancashire),
going S.E. Between the 9th/10th and 15th/16th of February there were
further records of a few flocks from the Lancashire and Welsh lights.
After the latter date, no migration was observed till the end of February,
when there was a decided infl ux at Bardsey Light (Carnarvonshire). At
the end of the first week in March a few birds of this species were again
noted at that light and at the Skerries Light in the middle and at the
end of the month, while on the 13th of March several were noted at
Bardsey Light in the daytime flying towards the S.E. Beyond this
there was no further record for the month, but a few stragglers were
observed at Bardsey Light towards the middle of April.

THE MALLARD (Anas bosccts).

Itomney Marsh (Kent), two only, on all the Fleets.
Iiomney Marsh, twenty-eight on one Fleet, and many

out at sea.
Dungeness (Kent), thirty, but only a few out at sea.
Bomney Marsh, sixty-five seen, six out at sea.
Romney Marsh, many on the Fleets.

THE WIG EON (Mareca penelope).

11th. Sutton Coldneld (Warwick), single birds seen at

intervals.
12th. Northwich (Cheshire), four seen.
19th. Knutsford (Cheshire), four seen.

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Jan. 25th. Rostherne (Chesbire), about fifty.
Feb. 2nd. Ilostlierne, two seen.

„ 9th & 23id. Tatton Mere (Cheshire), about fifty seen.

,, 27th. Near Cambridge, a single bird.
Mar. 5th & 9th. Agecroft (Lancashire), single birds seen.

„ 9th. Romney Marsh (Kent), five seen.

„ 10th. Rostherne, one seen.

„ 20th. Dungeness (Kent), hve flying S.W.

,, 2l.-t. Roniney Marsh, about fifty seen.

., 30th. Tatton Mere, about three only left.
April 7th. Silveidale (Lancashire), some going N. by night.

,, 8th. Silverdale, some resting for the day.

„ 12th. Marbury (Cheshire), a pair.

„ 14th. Hornsea Mere (Yorkshire), a big flock; Tatton Mere,
one.

,, 17th. Ilostlierne, one.

„ 23rd. Sutton Coldfield, one.

,, 20th & 27th. Roniney Marsh, six seen each day.

THE WATER-RAIL {liah'us aquaticus).

Jan. 21st & 22nd. Felsted (Essex), one seen.
Mar. 24th/25th. Bardsey Lt. (Carnarvon), three.

„ 29th/30th. Bardsey Lt., fifty seen, font-teen killed ; Skerries Lt.
(Anglesey), twelve seen, eight killed.
April 1st. North Sea, one taken on a boat, 22 miles from Lowestoft
(Suffolk).

„ 3rd/4th. Bardsey Lt., one.

,, 7th. Lowestoft, one brought in from North Sea.

,, 8th/9th. Longsand Lt.-v. (Essex), one.

„ lOth/llth. Spurn Head Lt. (Yorkshire), two.

„ 24th/25th. St. Catherine's Lt. (Hampshire), one.

„ 27th. Wells (Somerset), only a few of winter-residents left.

THE STONE-CURLEW ((Edicnemus scolopax)

March 11th. Great Fakenham (Suffolk), first seen.

„ 18th. Warminster (Wiltshire), one seen.

,, 24th. Mildenhall (Suffolk), three pairs seen.

„ 25th. Buckholt (Hampshire), pair seen.

„ 30th. Leiston (Suffolk), two seen ; Hollington (Sussex), two
passing.
April 3rd. Hollesley (Suffolk), first heard.

„ 12th. Aldringham (Suffolk), first heard ; Sudbourne (Suffolk),
several seen.

„ 13th. Mildenhall, egg found.

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April 14th. Buckholt, two pairs seen.

„ 19th. ITavant (Hampshire), two pairs on hreeding-ground.

„ 22nd. Thornton-le-dale (Yorkshire), three seen.

„ 28th. Leiston, two pairs on hreeding-ground.

May Gth. Leiston, egg found.

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THE GOLDEN PLOVER (Charadrius pluvialis).

Spurn Head Lt. (Yorkshire), many.
Skerries Lt. (Anglesey), two.
. Felsted (Essex), a very large flock.
Felsted, common throughout the mouth, especially 1st

to 7th.
Lynn Well Lt.-v. (Norfolk), one.
Goathland (Yorkshire), on the nesting-ground.
. Cambridge, several passing.
Felsted, some throughout the month ; an increase on

the 18th.
Spurn Head Lt., several.
Cambridge, a small flock.
Eddystone Lt. (Cornwall), a small flock.
Aldringham (Suffolk), a big iiock.
Aldringham, single birds seen.
. Bowdon (Cheshire), many.
. Normanby (Lincolnshire), a few.
. Andover (Hampshire), many.
Bowdon, a few.

Hornsea (Yorkshire), many flocks; Bowdon, several ;
Oare (Devonshire), a few.
25th. Oswestry (Shropshire), last migrants seen, residents

breeding on Berwyns.
27th. Barnard Castle (Yorkshire), some nesting.
11th. Normanby, a few passing.

THE LAPWING {Vanellus vulgaris).
Jan. All. Ackworth (Yorkshire), many large flocks.

" S/S 1 0romer Lt- (Noi'f°ik)> a f«w-

„ lOth/llth. Skerries Lt. (Anglesey), a flock.

„ 12th/13th. Spurn Head Lt. (Yorkshire), many.

„ 13th/14th. Bardsey Lt. (Carnarvon), about twenty; Skerries Lt.,

a few.
„ 15th to 31st. Between Portsmouth (Hampshire) and Chichester

(Sussex), a very large flock.
„ 29th/30lh. Altrincham (Cheshire), many passing.

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Feb. 1st ,2nd. Spurn Head Lt., Beveral.

„ "tli- Ackwortb, a large flock.

„ 9th/10th. Bardsey Lt., several.

,, 19th. Fakenham (Suffolk), returning to breeding-liaunts.

„26th/27th&|

27th 28th. f Bardsey Lt"' a kw'

March All. Felsted (Essex), large flocks gone, but more than usual

staying to breed.

„ 1st. Bardsey Lt., a flock on tbe Island.

„3rd/4th,9th/10tk I „ TT . _ x

o -.-. , r|„ i J" Spurn Head Lt., numbers, especially on Qth/lOth.

„ 6th/7tb. Caskets Lt. (Channel Islands), small flock.

„ lOth/llth. Cromer Lt., several,

,, 11th to loth. Mungrisdale (Cumberland), many seen daily.

„ 12th. Lowestoft, a flock to the S.E.

20th & 23rd! I Aldrinnuam (Suffolk), passing flocks.

" «*Otl Kl t I ^uter Dowsing Lt.-v. (Lincolnshire), numbers.

April 9th/10th. Outer Dowsing Lt.-v., several.
„ 13thT4th. Caskets Lt., some.

THE DUNLIN [Tringa alpina).

J m 14th/15th ' ^ ^0C^ ot a^out ^tv sPent the winter near Cambridge.

I Cromer Lt. (Norfolk), one.
Feb. 8th. Clifton (Lancashire), two passing.

„ 26th/27th. Spurn Head Lt. (Yorkshire), one.
March 8th. Cambridge, flock much smaller.

,, 9th. Clifton, two passing.

„ llth/12th. Spurn Head Lt., flocks passing,

„ 23rd. Aldriugham (Suffolk), some arrived.

„ 28th. Clifton, two passing.

„ 28th/29th, Lynn Well Lt.-v. (Norfolk), six.

„ 30th. Lowestoft (Suffolk), three passing.
April 29th/30th. Bardsey Lt. (Carnarvon), large numbers, thirty killed,
left to S. at dawn.

„ 30th/ May 1st. Bardsey Lt., two.
May 1st & 9th. Clifton, a few passing.

„ 3rd 4th. Skerries Lt. (Anglesey), one.

,, oth, 6th. Bardsey Lt., six.

,, 8th, 9th. Oxford, many passing.

„ 19th. Rostherne (Cheshire), one passing.

„ 20th & 21st. Sutton Coldtield (Warwick), a few passing.

2oth. Ulverston (Lancashire), many small parties passing

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THE COMMON REDSHANK (Totanus calidris).

Cambridge, one seen.

Lowestoft (Suffolk), returned to breeding-haunts.

Hampton-in-Arden ("Warwick), arrival of breeding-
birds.

Cambridge, two seen.

Bardsey Lt. (Carnarvon], one.

Cambridge, five seen.

Stone (Staffordshire), returned to breeding-ground.

Thornton-le-Dale (Yorkshire) and Forvery (Bedford),
returned to breeding-haunts.

Mungrisdale (Cumberland), three seen.

Great Fakenham (Suffolk), two seen.

Cheltenham (Gloucester), about twenty seen.

Rampside (Barrow-in-Furness), numbers seen.
„ I3th/14th. Caskets Lt. (Channel Islands), a few.
„ 17th. Ulverston (Lancashire), some passing at night.
,, 20th. Harrow (Middlesex), one passing ; Stom», ten pairs

breeding (increase).
„ 24th. Cheltenham, eight seen.
„ 26th. Barnard Castle (Yorkshire), some nesting.
May 22nd. Sutton Coldfield (Warwick), two seen.

THE CURLEW (Niunenius arquata).

Jan. llth/12th k\n T, /w nn

14tl /lrtl f Cromer I-"-- (Norfolk), some.

" Fe^klsvfnd. f SPnrn IIead Lt' (Yorksllire)> man7-
Feb. 10th. Grasmere (Westmoreland), some flying N.
,, 20th. Otterburn (Northumberland), first seen.

" 2 27th/28th [ Bard8ey Lt- (Carnarvon), some.
March 1st. Tring (Herts), one passing.

„ 2nd. Leek (Staffordshire), four near breeding-ground.

„ 3rd. Oxford, a few passing at night.

„ 3rd/4th, 4th/5th, ")

9th/10th, > Spurn Head Lt., several, most on 9th/10th.
& llth/12th. J
„ 8th. Leek, ten near breeding-grounds.

„ 11th to 23rd. Mungrisdale (Cumberland), a few daily.

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Lowestoft (Suffolk), two to E.
Onre (Devon), returned to breeding-grounds.
Goathland (Yorkshire), returned to breeding-grounds.
Otteiburn, usual numbers.

Silveidale (Lancashire), a great influx during the night.
Thornton-le-Dale (Yorkshire), returned to the moors.
„ 28th/29th. Outer Dowsing Lt.-v. (Lincolnshire), numbers.
„ 30th. Knutsford (Cheshire), one passing ; Aldringhani

(Suffolk), many passing at night.
„ 30th/31st. Spurn Heed Lt., a few ; Outer Dowsing Lt.-v.,

numbers.
„ 31st/April 1st. Aldringham, many passing ; Cromer Lt., large
flock to S.
April 1st; 2nd. Battle (Sussex"), two flocks passing at 10 p.m.
„ 2nd/3rd. Outer Dowsing Lt.-v., five.
„ 8th/9th. Morecambe Bay Lt.-v. (Lancashire), a flock.
„ 9th/10tk. Outer Dowsing Lt.-v., several; Beading (Berks),

numbers passing.
„ I3th/14th. Bardsey Lt., some.
„ 26th. Barnard Castle (Yorkshire), nesting; Bortsmouth

(Hampshire), heard passing.
„ 27th. Langstone Harbour (Hampshire), a large flock resting.

THE WHIMBREL (Numenius vhaopm).

April 20th. Bowdon (Cheshire), one or two heard.

„ 21st. Dee Estuary (Cheshire), three passing; Benrhyn-
deudraeth (Merioneth), one seen.

„ 22nd & 23rd. Conway Estuary (Carnarvon), three passing.

„ 26th. Bomney Marsh (Kent), two seen.

„ 28th &30th. Benrhyn-deudraeth (Merioneth), a few seen.

„ 29th. Ferryside (Carmarthen), two.

„ 30th. Havant (Hampshire), one heard at night.
May 1st to 4th. Benrhyn-deudraeth, several seen daily.

„ 1st. Wells (Norfolk), three seen.

„ 2nd. Havant, six ; Bradfield (Essex), thirteen ; Lowestoft

(Suffolk), a few.

„ 4th/5th. Caskets Lt. (Channel Islands), a few.

„ 0th. Bardsey Lt. (Carnarvon), a few on the Island.

„ 6th/7th. Caskets Lt., two flocks.

„ 7th. Bradfield, two seen.

„ 10th. Swanage (Dorset), one seen.

„ 14th. Lowestoft (Suffolk), five going N.

„ 14th/15th. Bardsey Lt., one.

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THE LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL {Zarus fuscus).

March 15th. Pevensey (Sussex), flocks passing.

„ 18th. Erskine Ferry (Clyde), first seen.

„ 22ud. Greenock (Clyde), plentiful.

„ 24th & 28th. Otterburu (Northumberland), several passing.
April 12th. Marbury (Cheshire), one seen.

,, 21st. Bowdou (Cheshire), several passing.

„ 27th &30th. Bowflon, tliree passing.
May 10th. Hornsea (Yorkshire), three passing.

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ISOLATED RECORDS

SINGLE OBSERVATIONS.

The Mistle-Thrush {Tardus viscivorus). Several, Morecambe Bay
Lt.-v. (Lancashire), February Stli/Otli ; single birds killed,
Bardsey Lt, (Carnarvon), 13th/14th, and Caskets Lt. (Channel
Islands), 24th/25th, March 5th/Gth and 9th/10th ; small flock,
Sidmouth (Devon), April Gth.
The Alpine Rixg-Ouzel (Tardus t. alpestris). Female shot, near

Brighton (Sussex), March 29th.
The Eastern Desert- Wheatear (Sa.vkvla deserii albifrons). Male

shot, Scotney, Bomney Marsh (Kent), May 21st.
Tue Black Redstart (Ruticilla tdys). Single birds seen, Penge
(Surrey), February 20th, Lowestoft (Suffolk), March 23rd, and
Conway Estuary (Carnarvon), 24th ; three, Padstow (Cornwall),
March 20th.
The Redbreast (Erithacus rubeeula). One, Outer Dowsing Lt.-v.
(Lincoln), March 29th ; one, Caskets Lt. (Channel Islands), 31st.
The Fire-crested Wren (Regidus ignicapillus). A pair (winter-
residents), last seen Tunbridge Wells (Kent), January 10th ;
one seen, Clifton (Gloucester), February 16th.
The Hedge-Sparrow {Accentor inodularis). One seen, Caskets Lt.

(Channel Islands), February 11th.
The Common Wren {Troglodytes parvulus). One, Bardsey Lt. (Car-
narvon), and two, Spurn Head Lt. (Yorkshire), April 30th/May
1st.
The Grey Wagtail (Motacilla melanojie). One seen, Ambleside
(Westmoreland), March 3rd; last seen, Felsted (Essex), 5th;
two pairs, mated, Leek (Staffordshire), 12th; a pair, Llangollen
(Denbigh), 16th ; one, Goathland (Yorkshire), 22nd ; pair
arrived, Otterburn (Northumberland), 26th, increase 27th and
28th ; two still in winter quarters, Marbury (Cheshire), April
6th ; one, Bowdon (Cheshire), 14th.
The Blue-heated Wagtail (Motacilla Jtava). Single bird seen,
Thanet (E. Kent), April 14th and loth ; one seen, Llandudno

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(Carnarvon), 25th, and a pair on 27th; a pair seen, Seaton
(S. Devon), May 26th.

The Grey-headed Wagtail (Motacilla Jlava thunbergi). One, Isle
of May (Fife), May 16th.

The Red-throated Pipit (Anthus cervinus). Two males shot, Hooe
(Sussex), May 22nd.

The Rock-Pipit {Anthus obscurus). One, Tlanois Lt. (Channel Islands),
February 28th/March 1st; four, Caskets Lt. (Channel Islands),
March lst/2nd ; several, Kentish Knock Lt.-v. (Essex), 3rd/4th ;
one, Bardsey Lt. (Carnarvon), 24th/25th.

The Golden Oriole (Oriolus galbula). Heard, Tresco (Scilly Isles),
May 9th.

Tke Great Grey Shrike (Lanius e.vcubitor). One seen, Skelman-
thorpe (Yorkshire), April 17th.

The Waxwing (Ampelis garrulus). One seen, Thornton-le-Dale (York-
shire), March 17th to 23rd ; one seen, Ambleside (Westmore-
land), April 23rd, aud two on 24th.

The Greenfinch (Ligurinus chloris). Five, Caskets Lt. (Channel
Islauds), February 11th ; first spring flock seen, Cambridge, 24th,
increase on 25th; several, Caskets Lt., March 13th; flocks
coasting S., Lowestoft (Suffolk), March 30th, and April 2nd ; a
few flying N.W., Kentish Knock Lt.-v. (Essex), April 1st ; a few
flocks coasting N., Lowestoft, 20th ; several, Caskets Lt., 25th.

The Goldfinch (Carduelis elegans). About sixty passing, S.E. Suffolk
coast, and many arriving, Wells (Somerset), April 6th.

The Siskin (Chrysomitris spinus). Thirty seen, Winsford (Cheshire),
January 19th; flock (12), New Forest (Hants), April 5th; one
Woodford (Essex), 6th ; flock of thirty, Delamere (Cheshire),
12th ; a pair, Aldringham (Suffolk), 15th.

The Crossbill (Loxia curvirostra). Three, Aldringham (Suffolk),
February 4th, and a pair on March 22nd; one, Oxshott (Surrey),
April 27 tli.

The Yellow Bunting {Emberiza citrinella). Last flock seen, Cam-
bridge, February 27th ; single birds, Caskets Lt. (Channel Islands),
April 8th/9th, Bardsey Lt. (Carnarvon), lOth/llth, and Outer
Gabbard Lt.-v. (Suffolk), 21st.

The Cirl Bunting (Emberiza cirlus). One seen, Melton Mowbray
(Leicester), February 16th ; three, Felsted (Essex), March 29th.

The Reed-Bunting (Emberiza schazniclus). One, Bardsey Lt. (Car-
narvon), February 27th/28th ; large arrivals of males, Lowestoft
(Suffolk), March 23rd, and Snape (Suffolk), 24th.

The Snow-Bunting- (Plectrophena.v nivalis). Two flocks coasting S.,
Cullercoats (Northumberland), January 11th ; a few coasting S.,
Cullercoats, February 2nd ; sixteen seen, Lowestoft (Suffolk),
March 12th, two on 13th and four on 15th ; ten seen, Thorpe
Mere (Suffolk), 20th.

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The Carrion-Crow (Corvus corone). One seen, Tresco (Sally Isles),

April Gili.
IlooroE (Upupa epops). One seen constantly, New Milton (Hants),

March 23rd to April 3rd ; two seen, Freshwater (Isle of Wight),

in April.
The Short-eared Owl (Asio accipitrinus). One seen, Oare (Devon),

April 11th.
The Marsh-Harrier (Circus cerugiiiusus). One seen, Rostheme

(Cheshire), May 4th and 5th.
The Honey-Buzzard (Pernis ajjicorus). One, Lerwick (Shetland),

May 25th.
The Peregrine Falcon (Falcon pcregrinus). Two seen, llomney

Marsh (Kent), March 9th ; one passing, Oare (Devon), 18th.
The Greenland Falcon (Faleo candicans). Single hirds seen or

shot on Barra (Outer Hebrides), February 21st and March 24th,

on Bartragh Island (co. Mayo), March 2nd and May 4th, on

Unst (Shetland), March loth, at Tresco (Scilly Isles), March 20th,

21st, 30th, and April 6th, on Colonsay (Argyll), March 31st,

and at Dungiveen (co. Derry), April 13th.
The Iceland Falcon (Falco islandus). One, Barra (Outer Hebrides),

March 31st.
The Hobby (Falco subbuteo). One shot, Beaulieu (Hants), May 6th ;

pair seen, Aldershot (Hants), 11th; one seen, Sunningdale

(Berks), 22nd.
The Merlin (Falco asalon). Single birds seen, Canford (Dorset),

March 2nd, Oare (Devon), 19th, and Lowestoft (Suffolk),

May 31st.
The Kestrel (Falco tinnuneulus). Single birds, Caskets Lt. (Channel

Islands), March 13th and May 11th.
The Gannet (Sula bassana). Several flying S., South Stack Lt.

(Anglesey), March 7th and loth.
The Common Heron (Ardea cinerea). Two, trying to fly out to sea E.,

failed, and turned S., Lowestoft (Suffolk), April 17th.
The Sqttacco Heron (Ardea ralloides). Male seen, Butt of Lewis

(Outer Hebrides), June 5th.
The Bittern (Botaurus stellaris). One shot, near Yarmouth (Norfolk),

January 18th.
The White Stork (Ciconia alba). One seen (one leg broken), near

Bampton (Somerset), April 29th.
The Spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia). Two, Breydon (Norfolk),

May 1st,
The Whoopee (Cygyuis musicus). One seen, Romney Marsh (Kent),

March 9th.
Bewick's Swan (Cyynus beicicki). Three seen (one shot), Claverley

(Shropshire), in January.

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Grey Geese {Anser sp. ?). Fifty flying S., Ambleside (Westmoreland),
January 14th ; 100 flying N., Cartmel (Cumberland), February 8th,
and fifty to S. on 11th ; many flying N., Grasmere (Westmoreland),
10th, and to S. on 28th ; large flock flying N.E., Lydiard Milli-
cent (Wilts), 28th; two (Grey Lags) seen, Great Fakenham
(Suffolk), and three (Pink-footed), the last of -winter-residents,
Neston (Cheshire), April 8th ; ten winter-residents (White-
fronted) departed, Tresco (Scilly Isles), May 1st.

Tiie Bernacle Goose (Bernicla leucopsis). One shot, Yarmouth
(Norfolk), January lGth ; two seen, Great Fakenham (Suffolk),
April 8th.

The Brent Goose (Bernicla brent a). Large flocks arrived on Sussex
coast after gales in January ; one caught, Burton-on-Trent
(Derby), January 9th; many coasting S., Yarmouth (Norfolk),
10th, and to N. on 18th ; two flying S., Cullercoats (Northumber-
land), 11th, and some to N. on 13th.

The Common Sheld-Duck (Tadorna cornuta). Two pairs. Dee
Marshes (Cheshire), April 8th ; eight seen, Barrow-in-Furness
(Lancashire), 9th, increase on 10th; seven flying N.E., Spurn
Head Lt. (Yorkshire), 18th.

The Shoveler {Spatula elypeata). One seen, Tatton Mere (Cheshire),
February 0th ; none, Romney Marsh (Kent), March 9th, twelve
pairs on 14th, fifteen pairs on 21st, and four pairs (residents) on
April 2Gth ; one, Dungeness (Kent), and three pairs, Bye Har-
bour (Sussex), March 20th.

The Pintail {D afi la acuta) . Male seen, Chingford (Essex), January 2Gth
and February 2nd ; none, Romney Marsh (Kent), March 9th, two
pairs on 21st : a pair, Rye Harbour (Sussex), 14th.

The Teal (Nettion crecca). None, Romney Marsh (Kent), March 9th,
eight pairs on Uth, eighty birds on 21st.

The Pochard (Fuligula ferina). One, Sutton Coldfield (Warwick),
January 12th, gone on 18th ; Lingay Fen (Cambridge), none in
January, a pair, February 13th, and gone by end of month ; one
passing, Cambridge, March 8th.

The Ferruginous Duck {Fuligula wjroca). One seen, Romney Marsh
(Kent), May 21st.

The Golden-Eye (Clausula glaucion). Four, Marbury Mere (Cheshire),
January 12th, eleven on 26th, six on February 9th, and seven on
17th ; three, Tatton Mere (Cheshire), February 9th, and two
on 23rd ; two, Rostherne (Cheshire), March 30th ; three, Oakmere
(Cheshire), April 12th ; eleven, Hickling (Norfolk), 13th ; pair,
passing, Thirlinere (Cumberland), 25th ; one, near Bowdon
(Cheshire), 27th.

The Common Eider {Somateria mollissima) . Two males seen, Colwyn
Bay (Denbigh), March 15th.

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The Common Scoter {(Edemia nigra). Five, Marbury (Cheshire),
April 5th.

The Goosander (Mergus merganser). Eight, Otterburn (Northumber-
land), March 16th ; a pair, Llyn Ogwen (Anglesey), April 2nd.

The Red-breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator). Adult male flying
N., Cullercoats (Northumberland), February 12th; three, Brad-
field (Essex), March 18th, and a pair on 20th ; eight, Tresco
(Scilly Isles), 2Gth, two on 27th, and four on April 5th.

The Ring-Dove {Columba palumbus). Large influx, Lydiard Millicent
(Wilts), January 28th and 31st; one, Moreeambe Bay Lt.-v.
(Lancashire), February 10tb/l lth; large influx, Felsted (Essex),
March 1st to 14th, decrease 23rd; three arrived from sea,
S.E. Suffolk coast, 17th ; four or five arrived from S.E., three
hits coasted S., Suffolk coast, April 2nd; large numbers seen,
Wells (Somerset), 20th; one, Caskets Lt. (Channel Islands),
24th 25th.

The Quail {Coturniv communis). Three, Ciliau Aeron (Cardigan)
.May 26th.

The Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus). Single birds taken, Skerries Lt.
(Anglesey), March 29th/30th, and Bardsey Lt. (Carnarvon),
April 9th 10th and May oth/Cth.

The Coot {Fulica atra). Increase, Cambridge, between January 21st
and February 5th, decrease between 27th and March 8th.

The Cream-coloured Courser (Cursorius gallicus). A pair shot,
Jury Gap, Romney Marsh (Kent), February 21st.

The Black-winged Pratincole (Glareula nordmanni). Male shot,
Bye (Sussex), April 30th, a pair on May Lt, acd a female on
the 3rd.

The Dotterel [Eudromius morinellus). Many (two killed), Spurn
Head Lt. (Yorkshire), April 30th/May 1st, and a few,
May 4th 5th ; one seen, Mull of Galloway (Wigtown), 3rd.

The Ringed Plover {JEgiaWis hiatinda). Returned to breeding-
haunts, N.W. Suffolk, February 10th, and Otterburn (Northum-
berland), March 30th ; five, Spurn Head Lt. (Yorkshire),
February 26th/27th ; passing birds, Cambridge, 27th and March
8th, Marbury (Cheshire), April 26th, Portsmouth (Hants),
26th/27th and 27th 28th, Clifton (Lancashire), 28th.

The Grey Plover (Sijitatarulu helvetica). Four, Littlehampton
(Sussex), April 1st ; one, Lowestoft (Suffolk), 5th ; numbers,
Cromer Lt. (Norfolk), 29th/30th ; one, Eilean Mor (Outer
Hebrides), June 10th.

The Avocet (Reeurvirostra avocelta). Four seen, Stonehouse (Glou-
cester), iu March.

The "Woodcock (Seolopa.v rusticula). One, Caskets Lt. (Channel Islands),
March 4th; one, Hurst Lt. (Ilau'.s), 26th/27th; one seen,.

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Leiston (Suffolk), 29th ; several, Outer Dowsing Lt.-v. (Lincoln),
30th/31st; one, Aldringham (Suffolk), 31st, and five on April 1st ;
a few, Spurn Head Lt. (Yorkshire), lOth/lltk.

The Common Snipe (Gattinago ccelestis). Five, Bardsey Lt. (Car-
narvon), January 13th/14th ; large increase, Shropshire, 13th and
14th, all gone 16th ; one, Bardsey Lt., March 7th/8th and
April 9th/10th ; one, Skerries Lt. (Anglesey), March 29th/30th ;
few, passing, Wells (Somerset), 30th.

The Jack Snipe (Gattinago gallinula). Several, Spurn Head Lt.
(Yorkshire), January 12ch/13th; five, Bardsey Lt. (Carnarvon),
13th/14th, and one, March 29th/30th ; one seen, Hickling (Nor-
folk), April 8th and 14th, two on 19th and 20th ; one, Hanois Lt.
(Channel Islands), April 8th/9th ; three seen, Oswestry (Shrop-
shire), 22nd.

The Little Stint (Tringa minuta). Four, Littlehampton (Sussex),
April 1st.

The Knot (Tringa canutus). Many, Spurn Head Lt. (Yorkshire),
January 12th/13th, and ten, February lst/2nd ; one, Irwell
Valley (Lancashire), 8th; forty, Lynn Well Lt.-v. (Norfolk),
9th/10th ; fifteen, passing, Castletown (Isle of Man), March 25th
and 26th, and five on May 11th ; one, Bardsey Lt. (Carnarvon),
March 29th/30th.

The Spotted Sandpiper (Tringoides macularius). Pair shot, Pevensey
Sluice (Sussex), May 23rd and 24th.

The Green Sandpiper ( Totanus ochropui,). Single birds seen orshot, Kir-
kintilloch (Dumbarton), January 9th, two, Northwich (Cheshire)
12th, Marbury (Cheshire), February 9th, Northwich, April 6th,
Bradfield (Essex), two, 22nd, 23rd, and one May 15th.

The Bar-tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica). One, caught on a boat
in the North Sea, May 10th.

The Biack Tern (Hgdrochclidon nigra). T«n, Bradfield (Essex), and
two, Weybourne (Norfolk), April 21st ; six, Bradfield, 22nd ; one,
Marbury (Cheshire), 26th ; two, Marbury, May 14th ; two, flying
W., Eilean Mor (Outer Hebrides), 23rd; three, Leek (Stafford-
shire), and two, Skipworth (Yorkshire), 25th.

The Gull-billed Tern (Sterna anglica). One picked up, Pentland
Skerries, May 7th ; male shot, Winchelsea (Sussex), June 18th,
a female on the 21st, and a second male on the 23rd.

The Caspian Tern (Sterna caspia). Male shot, Rye Bay (Sussex),
June 4th.

The Sandwich Tern (Sterna cantiaca). A few passing, Padstow
(Cornwall), March 18th ; first arrivals, Ravenglass (Cumberland),
26th, increase 28th ; one passing, Lea Valley (Herts), May 3rd ;
many passing, S.E. Suffolk coast, 4th ; three, Conway Estuary,
21st.

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Tiik Arctic Tern (Sterna macrura). Many passing, S.E. Suffolk
coast, April 28th to 30th ; three seen, Llandudno (Carnarvon)
20th ; large numbers living N., Dungeness (Kent), during week
ending May 18th.

The Black-headed Gull (Larus ridibundus). Increase, near Cam-
bridge, February 19th and 25th, and Otterburn (Northumber-
land), March 26th ; thirty seen, Oswestry (Shropshire), April 6th,
and five on 16th.

The Herring-Gull (Larus argentatus). Parties flying N., Shrewsbury
(Shropshire), May loth.

Tue Iceland Gull (Larus leucopterus). One seen, Minehead
(Somerset), April 13th and 14th.

The Common Guillemot (Uria troile). Seen in numbers for the first
time, South Stack (Anglesey), February 9th ; one caught,
Thornton-le-Dale (Yorkshire), April 9th.

The Puffin (Fratercula arctica). First seen, Tresco (Scilly Isles),
March 24th, increase on 27th, all left again on April 6th.

The Little Auk (Mergulus atte). Two seen, Outer Dowsing Lt.-v.
(Lincoln), January 20th ; single birds picked up on Northumber-
land coast on the 21st, 29th, and February 17th.

The Great Northern Diver (Colymhus glacialis). Three seen,
Sidmouth (Devon), April 16th and 17th, and one on 19th.

The Great Chested Grebe (Podicipes cristatus). One arrived, Sutton
Coldfield (Warwick), February 9th, and a second on 16th ; a pair
seen, Colwyn Bay (Denbigh), May 17th.

The Red-necked Grebe (Podicipes griseigena). Adult seen, Tring
(Herts), March 16th.

The Eared Grebe (Podicipes niyricollis). One seen, Hickling (Norfolk),
April 14th and 15th.

The Manx Shearwater (Puffinus anglorum). A few seen, Scilly
Isles, March 21st, and numbers on 27th ; two, Bardsey Lt.
(Carnarvon), March 29/30th and April 29th/30th, and single
birds, Oth/lOth and 24th/25th.

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DETAILS OF THE
CHIEF MOVEMENTS OBSERVED AT THE LIGHT-
STATIONS DURING THE SPRING OF 1913.

Jan. 2nd. Cromer Lt. — Two Starlings flying S. at 8.10 a.m. and
a flock of Sky-Larks at 9.30 a.m. Wind S.S.W. 3.

,, 4tli/otb. Barclsey Lt. — Six Blackbirds between 12 and 4 a.m.
Wind E.N.E. 2. Overcast, rain.

„ 5th/6tli. Skerries Lt.— Two Blackbirds at midnight. Wind S. 3.
Rain.

,. 7th. New Moon.

,, 9th/10tb. Cromer Lt. — A Starling at 12.40 a.m. and some Lap-
wings at 6.20 a.m. Wind E.S.E. 7. Overcast,
misty.

„ lOtb/lltb. Skerries Lt. — Two Blackbirds and a flock of Lapwings
at 3 a.m. Wind S.S.E. 3. Overcast.

,, lltb/12tb. Cromer Lt. — A few " Plovers " and Curlews at 3.30 a.m.
Wind E.S.E. 7.

,. 12tli/13tb. Spurn Head Lt. — Large flocks of Fieldfares, Blackbirds,
Starlings, Goklen Plovers, Lapwings, Knots and Cur-
lews, witb a few " Thrushes " and Jack Snipes, from
7.30 p.m. to dawn. Wind S.W. to W. 4. Fog and
mist.

,, 13tb/14tb. Bardsey Lt. — A few Song-Thrushes, Blackbirds, Star-
lings, Lapwings, Common and Jack Snipes from 3 to
5 a.m. Wind S. 4 Cloudy.

Skerries Lt. — Six Song-Tbrusbes and a few Lapwings
at 3 a.m. Wind S.E. 5. Rain.

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Jan. 14th, loth. Cromer Lt. — Several Dunlins and Curlews at 2 15 a.m.
Wind S.S.E. 5. Overcast, rain.

Skerries Lt. — A Sky-Lark at midnight. Wind S.S.E.
4. Drizzle.

15th. Moon, First Quarter.

,, 10th/17th. Cromer Lt. — A Starling at 3.50 a.m. Calm. Overcast.

Sherries Lt. — A few Song-Thrushes, Blackbirds and
Starlings at 3 a.m. Wind S.S.E. 2.

„ 17th/18th. Skerries Lt.— Two Golden Plovers at 3 a.m. Wind S. 4.
Clear.

22nd. Full Moon.

„ 28th/29th. Skerries Lt.—A few Song-Thrushes, Blackbirds and

Sky-Larks at 2 a.m. and Starlings at 4 a.m. Wind
S.S.W. 3. Cloudy.

„ 29th. Moon, Last Quarter.

„ 30th. Morecambe Lt.-v. — Six "Wild Ducks" flying W. and
several flocks of Sky-Larks to the S.E.

lst/2nd. Caskets Lt. — A few Eedwings at midnight. "Wind W. 0.
Clear.

Kentish Enoch Lt.-v. — A few Sky-Larks at 9.30 p.m.
Wind N.W. 2. Overcast, rain.

Spurn Head Lt. — A few Lapwings, Dunlins, Knots,
Curlews and " Kitti wakes " between 6.30 and
11.35 p.m. Wind S.S.W. 3 to S.W. 6. Cloudy,
misty, fog at times.

Winterton Lt. — A few Starlings and Sky-Larks from
4 to 4.30 a.m. Wind 2s. 4. Cloudy, misty.

., 2ud/3rd. Caskets Lt.—A few Redwings at 11 p.m. AVind W. 6.

Clear.

3rd. Caskets Lt.—A few Blackbirds at 5 a.m. Wind W.S.W.5.
Clear.

Winterton Lt. — A few Song-Thrushes and Starlings
at 1 a.m. Wind S.W. 5. Cloudy.

4th, 5th. Caskets Lt. — A few Song-Thrushes, Starlinps and
Sky-Larks between 10.30 p.m. and 2 a.m. Wind
S.W. 3 to S. 3. Overcast.

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Feb. 4th/5th. Eddystone Lt. — A few Song-Thrushes and Blackbirds
{contd.). bfifore midnight. Wind S.W. 3. to W.S.W. 3.

Clear.

Ilanois Lt. — Three Song-Thrushes and a Blackbird at
3 a.m. Wind S. 3. Dark.

Kentish Knock Lt.-v. — A few Sky-Larks at 11.40 p.m.
Wind W.S.W. 3. Clear.

Outer Dowsing Lt.-v. — A few Blackbirds, Starlings
and Sky-Lsrks from 8 to 10 p.m. Wind SW. 3.
Overcast.

Winterton Lt. — A few Starlings at 3.30 a.m. Wind
S.W. 4. Cloudy, misty.

„ 5th. Outer Doivsing Lt.-v. — A Song-Thrush on board at

noon. Wind S.W. 4. Clear.

„ 5th/6th. A few Song-Thrushes, Starlings, Sky-Larks and
" Plovers " before and after midnight. Wind
W.S.W. 2 to S.W. 4. Drizzle to clear.

Spurn Head Lt. — A few Song-Tb rushes, Blackbirds and
Sky-Larks between 9.40 and 11.55 p.m. Wind
S.S.W. G to W. 4. Cloudy.

„ 6th. New Moon.

„ 7th/8tk. Caskets Lt.—A few Sky-Larks at 2 a.m. Wind W. by
N. 7. Clear.

,, 8th/9th. Morecambe Bay Lt.-v. — Several Mistle-Thrusbes at
1 a.m. and Starlings at 4.30 a.m. Wind S.S.W. 7
to 8 to S.W. 6. Clear to overcast, rain.

„ 9th/10th. Bardsey Lt.—A few Song-Thrushes, Blackbirds, Star-
lings, Sky-Larks and Lapwings from 12 to 6 a.m.
Wind S.W. 4. Overcast, rain.

Caskets Lt. — A few Song-Thrushes and Skj'-Laiks from
1 to 1.15 a.m. Wind S.S.E. 5. Clear.

Kentish Knock Lt.-v. — A few Sky-Larks at 9.30 p.m.
Wind W.S.W. 2. Overcast, mhsty.

Lynn Well Lt.-v. — A few Song-Thrushes and Knots
at 3 a.m., left to JS.W. Wind S. 2. Overcast,
rain.

1 89

Feb. 9th/10th. Morecambe Bay Lt.-v.—A few Song-Thrushes, Blaek-
(eoritd.). birds, Starlings and Sky-Larks between 1 and

4.20 a.m. Wind S.S.E. 2 to 3. Overcast, misty,
lain.

Outer Doivsiny Lt.-v.—A. few Starlings and Sky-Larks
from 12 to 2.45 a.m. and a Song-Thrush at 6.30 a.m.
Wind S. 3 to S.W. 3. Overcast, rain to drizzle.

Skerries Lt— Many Starlings with a few Song-
Thrushes and Blackbirds between 10.30 and
11.45 p.m. Wind S.S.E. 2 to S.E. 2. Cloudy to
rain.

, lOtb/llth. Caskets Lt.—A few Song-Thrushes, Blackbirds, Star-
lings and Sky-Larks at 4.30 a.m. Wind S.S.E. 3.
C'ear.

Lynn We'd Lt.-v.—A few Song-Thrushes and Sky-
Larks at 12.30 a.m. Wind S.S.W. 1. Thick fog.

Morecambe Bay Lt.-v.— Many "Thrushes," Starlings
and Sky-Larks at 1 a.m. and a Ling-Dove at 1.20 a.m.
Wind S.S.E. 1. Fog.

Outer Dowsing Lt.-v.— Several Starlings and Sky-
Larks all night. Wind W. 2. Fog.

Spurn LLeadLt.—A few Song-Thrushes and Sky-Larks
between 10.30 and 12 p.m. Wind S.W. 3. Misty.

„ 11th. Caskets Lt. — A few Greenfinches and "Linnets" on
the rock at 9 a.m. and Chaffinches flying N.W.

„ llth/12th. Spurn Head Lt.—A few Sky-Larks at 7.20 and
9.45 p.m. Wind S.S.E. 2 to 3. Fog.

„ 12th. Kentish Knock Lt.-v.—A few Sky-Larks at 9.20 a.m.
and Starlings at 9.40 a.m., flying N.W. Calm.
Cloud}r, misty.

„ LJtli 13th. Kentish Knock Lt.-v.— A few Starlings and Sky-Larks
between 9 p.m. and 3 a.m. Wind, variable, 0 to 1.
Overcast.

St. Catherine's Lt. — Many Song-Thrushes, Blackbirds
and Starlings from 4 to 6 a.m. Wind E. 1. Overcast.

St. Tudwal Lt. — A few Song-Thrushes, Blackbirds
and Starlings from 5 a.m. to dawn. Wind S.W. 1.
Fo?.

100

Feb. 12th/13th. Skerries Lt.—\. few Song-Thrushes at 4 a.m. Wind
\cmtd.). S.S.E. 3. Hazy.

Spurn Head Lt. — A few Sky-Larks between 7 and
9 p.m. Wind S.E. 2. Fog-.

„ 13th. Kentish Knock Lt.-v. — A few "Crows" at 10.30 and
Starlings at 11 a.m., flying N.W. Wind, variable.
Cloudy, misty.

., 13th/14th. Bardsey Lt. — Many Blackbirds and Starlings, with a
few Song-Thrushes and Sky-Larks and a Mistle-
Thrush from 1 to 7 a.m. Wind W.S.W. 2. Over-
east, hazy.

Eddystone Lt. — Four Blackbirds after midnight. Wind
N.W. 3. Clear.

Kentish Knock Lt.-v. — A few Starlings at 2.30 a.m.
Wind, variable, 1.

Lundy North Lt. — Many Song-Thrushes and Black-
birds from 5 to 6 a.m. Wind N.N.W. 2. Hazy.

Morecambe Bay Lt.-v. — A few Song-Thrushes, Star-
lings and Sky-Larks from 2.10 to 3.20 a.m. Wind
W.N.W. 2 to W. 2. Overcast.

St. Tudwal Lt. — Many Starlings, with a few Song-
Thrushes and Blackbirds from 4 a.m. to dawn. Wind
S. 1. Overcast, hazy.

Sherries Lt. — A few Sky-Larks at 1 30 a.m. Wind
S.E. 4. Hazy.

S. Stack Lt. — A few Song-Thrushes, Blackbirds and
Sky-Larks at 3 a.m. Wind S.S.W. Overcast.

., 14th. Moon, First Quarter.

.. 14th/15tb. Bardsey Lt. — A few Blackbirds, Starlings, and Sky-
Larks from 3 to 4 a.m. Wind E.N.E. 1. Clear.

Eddystone Lt. — Large numbers of Blackbirds and a few
Song-Thrushes and Sky-Larks after midnight. Wind
S.E. 2. Overcast.

St. Tudwal Lt. — A few Song-Thrushes, Blackbirds
and Starlings at 3 a.m. Calm. Overcast, slight
haze.

191

Feb. 15th/lGth. Bardsey Lt.—A few Blackbirds, Starlings and Sky-
Larks from 4.30 to 5 a.m. Wind S.E. 3. Clear.

Hanois Lt. — A few Blackbirds at 5 a.m., a " Thrush "
and a Blackbird on the roof at dawn. Wind E. 2.
Dark, passing rain.

,, lGth/17th. Skerries Lt. — A few Starlings at 3 a.m. Wind
S.S.E. 4. Drizzle.

21st. Full Moon.

24th. Cromer Lt.—A large flock of "Crows" flying N.
Wind S. 4. Cloudy, misty.

, 24th/25th. Caskets Lt. — A few Blackbirds and Starlings and a
Mistle-Thrush from 9 to 9.15 p.m. Wind S.E. 0.
Clear.

Spurn Head Lt. — Starlings passing, apparently S.W.,
from 2 a.m. to dawn. Wind S. 2. Cloudy, misty.

„ 25th/26th. Caskets Lt.—A few Starlings at 8.40 p.m. Wind
S.S.E. 5. Clear.

,, 26th/27th. Bardsey Lt. — Large numbers of Starlings, a few Song-
Thrushes, Redwings, Blackbirds, Sky-Larks, Lap-
wings and Curlews from 8 to 12 p.m. Wind
W.N.W. 2. Overcast, rain.

Caskets Lt. — A few Blackbirds and Starlings at 9 p.m.
and 1 a.m. Wind N.E. 4. Clear.

Cromer Lt.—A few Starlings and a Sky-Lark from
5 to 5.30 a.m. Wind S.W. 2 to W. 4. Overcast,
misty.

St. Catherines Lt.—A Pied Wagtail at 10.30 p.m.,
a Blackbird, a Starling and a Sky-Lark at 2 a.m.
Wind N.N.E. 2 to N.E. 1. Cloudy.

St. Tudwal Lt. — A few Blackbirds at 3 a.m. Wind
N.N.W. 1. Overcast to cloudy.

Skerries Lt. — Large numbers of Starlings.

Spurn Head Lt. — Starlings aud Sky-Larks passing all
night, a Dunlin at 11.55 p.m. and a Ringed Plover at
4.10 a.m. Wind S. 2 to W. 5 to W.N.W. 4. Misty,
cloudy.

192

Feb. 27th. Moon, Last Quarter.

„ 27th/28tli. Bard set/ Lt. — Large numbers of Blackbirds and Star-
lings, many Song-Thrushes, a few Lapwings and
Curlews, a Stonechat and a Reed-Bunting from

1 to 6 a.m. Wind S.E. 2. Overcast.

Hanois Lt.— Two Starlings at 10 p.m. Wind N. 3.
Park.

St. Catherine s Lt. — A few Blackbirds, Starlings and
Sky-Larks from 1 to 2 a.m. Wind N.N.E. 1.
Cloudy.

St. Tudwal Lto—A. few Blackbirds and Starlings at
4 a.m. Wind E. 2. Overcast.

»S'. Stack Lt. — A few Redwings, Blackbirds and Star-
lings at 11 p.m. Wind N.E. 3. Clear.

„ 28th. Caskets Lt.— Fouv flocks of Starlings flying E.

,, 28th/March 1st. Bardsey Lt.—A few Song-Thrushes, Fieldfares,
Blackbirds, Starlings and Sky-Larks from 10 p.m. to

2 a.m. Wind S.W. 5. Clear.

Caskets Lt. — A few Starlings and two Pied Wagtails
between 7 and 9 p.m. Wind E. by S. 3. Overcast.

Hanois Lt. — A few British Song-Thrushes and Star-
lings between 11.30 p.m. and 3 a.m., a Rock-Pipit at
4 a.m. Wind E. 2. Park.

Hurst Lt. — A few " Thrushes " and Starlings at
11.30 p.m. Wind N.E. 2. Hazy, passing showers.

St. Catherine's Lt. — Large numbers of Starlings at
2 a M. Wind E. 2. Cloudy.

St. Tudwal Lt.—A few Song-Thrushes, Blackbirds
and Starlings at 5 a.m. Wind S. 4. Overcast.

Skerries Lt. — A few Song-Thrushes and Starlings at
10.30 p.m. Wind S. 4. Clear.

S. Stack Lt.—A few Starlings at 10 a.m. Wind S. G.
Clear.

Spurn Head Lt. — A few Starlings between 8.40 and
10.50 p.m. Wind W. 2 to S. 4. Overcast to cloudy,
misty.

193

March lst/2nd.

2nd/3rd.

3rd/4th.

4 th.

4th/5th.

5th.

5th /6th.

Caskets Lt. —A few Starlings between 0 and 9.30 p.m.
and at 2 a.m., four Rock-Pipits at 2 a.m. Wind
S.S.E. 5 to S.W. 0. Overcast to rain.

Caskets Lt. — A few Song-Thrushes, Redwings, Black-
birds, Starlings and Sky-Larks from 1.30 to 4.30 a.m.
"Wind S.W. 5 to 6. Overcast to clear.

Cromer Lt. — Several "Thrushes," Sky-Larks and a
Chaffinch after midnight. Wind S. 4. Clear.

Hurst Lt.— Many Blackbirds and Starlings at 2 a.m.
Wind S.W. 2. Dark, passing showers.

Caskets Lt. — A few Song-Thrushes and Redwings at
12.30 a.m. Large numbers of birds heard passing

Kentish Knock Lt.-v. — Many Sky-Larks and a few
Song-Thrushes, Redwings and Rock-Pipits. Wind
W.S.W. to W. 3. Cloudy, clear.

Spurn Head Lt. — Large numbers of Song-Thrushes,
Blackbirds, Starlings and Sky-Larks, with a few
Golden Plovers, Lapwings and Curlews from
10.30 p.m. to dawn, apparently flying S.W. Wind
W. to S.S.W. 3 to 4. Overcast, misty to cloudy.

Caskets Lt.-
morning.

-A Woodcock on the rock

tlit

Spurn Head Lt. — Several " Thrushes,*' Blackbirds,
Hooded Crows and Sky-Larks flying S.AV. at
8.30 a.m. Wind W.S.W. 5. Cloudy, misty, dull.

Kentish Knock Lt.-v. — A few Song-Thrushes and Sky-
Larks. Wind W.S.W. 5. Cloudy, clear.

Spurn Head Lt.—A few "Thrushes," Blackbirds,
Starlings and Curlews from 11 p.m. to dawn. Wind
S.W. to W.S.W. 5. Cloudy.

Xacarp Lt.-v. — Twenty-four Starlings flying W. at
10 a.m. Wind W.S.W. 4. Clear.

Caskets Lt. — A few Mistle-Thrushes, Redwings and
Starlings at 9 and 10 p.m. AViud S.W. 4.

Eddystone Lt. — Large numbers of Redwings and
Starlings, a flock of Golden Plovers and a few
Song-Thrushes from 8 to 10 p.m. Wind S.S.W. G.
Drizzle.

194

31 arch 5th/6th. St. Catherines Lt. — Large numbers of Song-Thrushea
(contd.). all night, a Blackbird and a Sky-Lark at 3 a.m.

and many Starlings at 5 a.m. Wind W. 3. Cloudy
to overcast.

Spurn Head Lt. — A few Blackbirds, Starlings and
Sky-Larks between 11.30 p.m. and 4.15 a.m. Wind
S. to W.S.W. 7. Cloudy.

,, Gth/7th. Bardsey Lt. — A few Song-Thrushes, Redwings, Black-
birds, Starlings and Sky-Larks from 12 to 3 a.m.
Wind W.N.W. 7. Cloudy.

Caskets Lt. — A few Redwings and Starlings at 10 p.m.
and Lapwings at 1 a.m. WindS.W. 6. Clear.

Spurn Head Lt. — A few Starlings at 2 a.m. Wind
W. 3. Clear sky with clouds, misty.

,, 7 tli'Sili. Bardsey Lt. — A few Song-Thrushes, Redwings, Stnr-
lings and Sky-Larks, a Common Snipe and a Red-
shank between 12 and 4 a.m. Wind N. 4. Clear.

Caskets Lt. — A few Redwings and Starlings at 8 p.m.
Wind N.N.W.

Kentish Knock Lt.-v. — A few Sky-Larks from 1 to
5 a.m. Wind N.W. 4. Cloudy, clear.

Neivarp Lt.-v. — Four Sky-Larks at 11 p.m. Wind
W. 6. Clear.

8th. New Moon.

8th/9th. S. Stack Lt. — A few Blackbirds and Starlings from
8 to 12 p.m. Wind W. 5. Overcast, clear.

Spurn Head Lt. — A few "Thrushes," Blackbirds and
Starlings from 12 to 3.30 a.m. Wind W. 2. Cloudy,

misty.

9th/10th. Caskets Lt. — A few Song-Thrushes and Starlings with
single Mistle-Thrushes, Blackbirds and Meadow-
Pipits from 9 p.m. to 4 a.m. Wind W.S.W. 6.
Clear.

Neiva}-p Lt.-v. — Twelve Blackbirds flying N.W. at
6 a.m. Wind W. 5 to 6. Clear.

195

March Otli/lOth. Spurn Head Lt. — Large numbers of " Thrushes," Black-
(contd.). birds, Sky- Larks, Lapwings and Curlews from 12.30

to 4 a.m., apparently flying S.W. Wind S.W. 3.
Cloudy, misty.

., lOtli/llth. Caskets Lt.—X Meadow-Pipit at 11 p.m. Wind
W.S.W. 4. Clear.

Cromer Lt. — Several Lapwings at 10.35 p.m. and a
few " Thrushes,'" Starlings and Sky-Larks after mid-
night. Wind S.S.W. Overcast, misty.

Kentish Enoch Lt.-v. — A few Starlings and Sky-Larks
from 1 to 4 a.m. Wind W. 4. Cloudy, clear.

St. Catherines Lt. — A Stonechat and a Pied Wagtail
at 3 a.m. and two Meadow-Pipits at -5 a.m. Wind
\Y. 3. Overcast.

„ llth/12lh. St. Catheiines Lt. — A few Blackbirds -and Starlings
and a Stonechat between 11 p.m. and 2 a.m. Wind
N.E. 3. Cloudy.

Spurn Head Lt. — Flocks of Dunlins with a few Song-
Thrushes, Bedwings, Blackbirds, Starlings, Sky-
Larks, Lapwings and Curlews from 1 a.m. to dawn,
apparently flying S.W. Wind S.S. W. to W.N.W. 3.
Overcast, misty.

„ 12th. Netvarp Lt.-v. — Thirty " Crows " living N.W. at noon.
Wiud S.S.W. 2. Clear.

Spurn Head Li. — " Books " flying S.W. in lots of two
or three all day.

„ 12th/13th. Cashets Lt. — A few Wheatears (small race) and Chili-
chaffs from 10 p.m. to 1 a.m. Wind N.N.E. ^.
Clear.

Cromer Lt. — Two Goldcrests at 10 p.m. Wind S.W.
Overcast, misty.

St. Catherine's Lt. — A Blackbird at 3 a.m. and a
Chiffchaff at 5 a.m. Wind N.N.E. 3. Cloudy.

Skerries Lt. — A few Bedwings, Blackbirds, Starlings
and Sky-Larks between 2 and 4.30 a.m. Wiud
N.N.E. 4, Clear.

190

March 13th. Caskets Lt. — A few Wheatears, " Wagtails," Green-
finch.es, Starlings and a Stonochat on the rock at
dawn ; a few Blackbirds, Redbreasts, Chaffinches,
Sky-Larks and a Kestrel arrived during the morning.
Wind N.N.E. 3. Clear.

Skerries Lt. — Several Sky-Larks flying S.S.E. at
10.30 a.m. Wind S.S.E. 3. Clear.

Spurn Head Lt. — " Rooks" passing all day.

„ 13th/14th. Caskets Lt— Two Starlings at 11.15 p.m. Wind S.W. 6.

Overcast.

Skerries Lt. — -A few Song-Thrushes, Blackbirds, Star-
lings and Sky-Larks between 12.30 and 6 a.m.
Wind W.N.W. 4 to W. by N. 4. Rain.

Spurn Bead Lt. — A few Starlings at 8.30 p.m. Wind
S.S.E. 4. Overcast, misty.

,, 14th. Kentish Knock Lt.-v. — Several Chaffinches and Sky-
Larks flying N.W. between 7 a.m. and noon. Wind
S.W. 4 to 5. Overcast, clear.

,, 14th/15th. Caskets Lt. — A few Stonechats atll p.m. Wind S.W. 4.
Clear.

„ 15th. Moon, First Quarter.

Kentish Knock Lt.-v. — Thirty " Sparrows " flying N.W.
at 11 a.m. Wind S.W. 4 to 5. Overcast, clear.

„ loth/lGth. Kentish Knock Lt.-v.- A few Starlings from 8 to
10 p.m. Wind S.W. to W.S.W. 6. Cloudy, clear.

„ 16th. Spurn Head Lt. — Large flocks of " Rooks " flying S.W.
at 7 and 7.50 a.m.

„ 17th. Cromer Lt. — A large flock of " Crows " flying N. at
5.15 p.m. Wind N.W. 7.

,, 19th. Spurn Head Lt. — "Rooks" passing in a continuous
stream from 9.30 a.m. to 2.30 p.m.

,, 21st. Spurn Head Lt. — "Rooks" passing in lots of two or
three all day.

22nd. Full Moon.

197

March 22nd. Kentish Knock Lt.-v— A. few Sky-Larks at 10 and
(contd.). " Linnets" at 11 a.m., flying N.W. Wind S.E. 4 to

3. Clear.

Longsand Lt.-v.— Several Chaffinches and "Sparrows"
during the day. Wind S.W. 4. Clear.

Spurn Head Lt.—" Rooks" flying S.W. all day.
Wind S.S.W. to S.E. 4 to 6. Cloudy.

„ 22nd/23rd. Wmterton Lt.- A few Starlings at 10 p.m. Wind S. 6.

„ 24th. Kentish Knock Lt.-v. — A few Chaffinches flying AY. at
2 p.m. and " Sparrows " to the S. W. at 5 p.m. Wind
N.E. 4 to N.N.E. 4. Clear.

„ 24th/2oth. Bardsey Lt. — Large numbers of Starlings, and a few
Rock-Pipits and Water-Hails from 10 p.m. to 2 a.m.
Wind S. 3. Clear.

„ 25lh. Longsand Lt.-v. — Twenty-four " Rooks " flying N.W. at
noon. Wind E. 3. Clear.

„ 2oth/26tb. Morecambe Bag Lt.-v. — Several Goldcrests at 1.30 a.m.
Wind S.S.E. 3. Fog.

Outer Dowsing Lt.-v. — Several Starlings at 3 a.m.
Wind S.E. 4. Cloudy.

„ 2Gth. Longsand Lt.-v. — Several "Rooks" flying N.W. at
8.30 am. Wind E. 5. Clear.

Outer Doivsing Lt.-v. — A Jackdaw flying N.W. at
8 a.m. and three Starlings to the S.W. at 9 a.m.
Wind E.S.E. 4. Cloudy.

„ 26th/27th. Cromer Lt.—A Blackbird at 5.30 a.m. Wind E. 3.
Overcast, misty.

Hurst Lt.—A Woodcock at 8.40 p.m. Wind N.E.
Dark, hazy.

Older Dousing Lt.-v. — Two Sky-Larks at 11 p.m. Wind
E. by S. 3. Overcast.

Wmterton Lt. — A few Starlings from 12 to 3 a.m.
Wind E.N.E. 3. Overcatt.

„ 27th. Outer Dowsing Lt.-v.— A Chiflchaff at 1.30 p.m. Wind
E, 1. Fog, rain,

198

March 27th/28th. Caskets Lt.-- Two Goldcresta aud Chaffinches at 2 a.m.
Wind S.E. 5. Clear.

Cromer Lt. — Two Goldcre9ts at 4 a.m. and a Starling
at 5.30 a.m. Wind S.S.E. 3. Fog.

Longsand Lt.-v. — Large numbers of " Thrushes " and
Starlings from 8 to 12 p.m. and 1 to 3 a.m. Wind

S.S.E. 1 to 2. Misty.

Outer Dowsing Lt.-v. — Several Starlings and Lap-
wings between 8 and 12 p.m. Wind, calm to S.W. 1.
Fog.

Spurn Head Lt. — A Wheatear at 10 p.m. and large
numbers of Starlings from 11 p.m. to dawn. Wind
E. 4. Overcast, drizzle and fog.

Spurn Lt.-v.— & few Starlings at 2.30 a.m. Wind
S.E. 1. Fog.

Trevose Head Lt.—A few Starlings at 3 a.m. Wind
N.W. 3. Cloudy.

Winterton Lt.—A. few Starlings at 2 a.m. Wind
E.S.E. 3. Fog.

Withernsea Lt. — Large numbers of Starlings from
9 p.m. to dawn, two Goldcrests at 1 a.m. Wind E. 3.
to S.E. 4 to 6. Mist to rain.

„ 28th. Caskets Lt. — Several Blackbirds, Chaffinches and
" Wrens " on the rock at dawn.

Spwn Lt.-v. — Several small flocks of Chaffinches and
Starlings arrived from the N.E.

, 28th/29th. Cromer Lt. — Several Sky-Larks and a "Flycatcher"
at 3 a.m. Wind S. 3. Misty.

Lynn Well Lt.-v. — A few Chaffinches and Dunlins at
5 a.m. Wind S.W. 3. Overcast.

Outer Dowsing Lt.-v. — Large numbers of Starlings and
Curlews from 9 p.m. to 4 a.m. Wind S.S.E. 3.
Fog.

Spurn Head Lt. — A few Starlings from midnight to
dawn. Wind E.S.E. 2. Fog and drizzle.

199

March 28th/29th. Spurn Lt.-v.— A few Starlings at 1.45 a.m. Wind
(contd.). S. 3. Clear.

Winterton Lt.—A few Starlings from 12 to 3 a.m.
Wind S.E. 2. Overcast, misty Inter.

,, 29tk. Moon, Last Quarter.

Lone/sand Lt.-v.—A few Chaffinches and Starlings at
10 a.m. Wind E. S.E. 4. Misty rain.

Outer Dowsing Lt.-v.— Large numbers of "Crows"
flying S.E. at 7.4o a.m.; a Starling on board at
10 .a.m. and a Redbreast at 10.30 a.m. Wind E.S.E.
to E. Overcast.

„ 29th/30tb. Bardsey Lt. — Large numbers of Starlings, fifty Water-
Kails (14 killed), and a few Song - Thrushes,
Wheatears (small race), Jack Snipes, Knots and
Manx Shearwaters from 10.30 p.m. to 5 a.m. Wind
E. to N.E. 3. Overcast, rain.

Shipwash Lt.-v.— A few Starlings at 3 a.m. Wind
S.S.W. 4. Clear.

Sherries Lt.— Many Starlings and Lapwings with a few
Song-Thrushes, Redwings, Sky-Larks, and Water-
Rails, a Common Snipe and a Moorhen at 3 a.m.
Calm. Drizzle.

South Stack Lt.— Many Starlings at midnight. Wind
E.N.E. 5. Overcast, rain.

Spurn Lt.-v.—A few Starlings at 3 a.m. Wind S. 5.
Clear.

Whitby Lt. — Many Starlings from 12 to 4 a.m. Wind
S. 3. Cloudy.

30th. Bardsey Lt. — Large flocks of Starlings on the Island.

Cromer Lt.-A large flock of "Rooks" riving N.W.
and several large flocks of Starlings to the E. Wind
S.W. 4.

Kentish Knack Lt.-v. — A few Starlings flying N.W. at
1 p.m. Wind S. 4. Blue sky.

.. 30th/31st. Cromer Lt.—A few Starlings and Sky-Larks from
1 to 4 a.m. Wind S.S.W. 1. Cloudy, misty.

200

March 30th/31st. Longsand Lt.-v. — A few Starlings and Sky-Larks from
(contd,). 2 to 3 a.m. Calm. Fog.

Lynn Well Lt.-v. — A few Starlings at 11 p.m. Wind
W. 2. Clear.

Outer Doivsing Lt.-v. — Large numbers of Blackbirds,
Starlings, Lapwings and Curlews, and a few
" Ducks," " Stone-runners " and Woodcocks from

8 p.m. to 2 a.m. Wind S.S.W. 3 to S.W. 1. Fog.

St. Catherines Lt. — A few Wheatears (small race),
Chiftchaffs, Willow - Warblers and Starlings at
2 a.m. Wind N.N.E. 2. Overcast.

Spurn Head Lt. — Large numbers of Redwings, Black-
birds, Starlings and Sky-Larks, and a few Curlews
from 12.30 a.m. to dawn. Wind S. 3. Overcast,
misty.

Spurn Lt.-v. — A few Starlings at 2.15 a.m. Wind
W.S.W. 2. Clear.

Winterton Lt. — A few Starlings from 11 to 12 p.m.
Wind S.W. 4. Cloudy, misty.

Withcrnsea Lt. — Large numbers of Starlings all nigbt.
Wind S. 2. Misty.

„ 31st. Caskets Lt. — Two Redbreasts, several " Redstarts " and
" Titlarks " and a Starling on the rock at dawn ;
" Brown Linnets " passing from sunrise to noon.
WindS. Clear.

Dudgeon Lt.-v. — Thirty Sky-Larks flying W. at

9 a.m. Wind S. 1. Cloudy, misty.

Iventish Knock Lt.-v. — A few Bramblings at 11 a.m.,
Chaffinches at 11.30 a.m., and large numbers of
Chaffinches and Starlings at 3.20 p.m., flying S.W.
Wind N.N.W. 1 to N.N.E. 3. Overcast, misty rain,
to rain.

Outer Doivsing Lt.-v.— Five Starlings and a "Titlark"
on board at 3 p.m. Wind E. 1. Fog.

Spurn Head Lt. — "Crows" passing continuously to
S.W. from 9.30 to 11.50 a.m., three Goldcrests at
11.35 a.m. Wind S. 3. Overcast.

2()1

Mar.31at/Apl.lst. Ca&keU Lt.—\ Wheatear (small race) at 11 p.m.
Wind S. Clear.

CromerLt. — A large flock of Curlews flying S. at
10. 30 p.m.; several Blackbirds, Chaffinches, Star-
lings and Sky-Larks from 12 to 12.30 p.m. Wind
S. 2. Overcast, misty.

Kentish Knock Lt.-v. — Many Starlings and a few Chaf-
finches from 8 p.m. to 4 a.m. Wind N.N.E. 2 to
N.N.W. 2, to S. 1, to W. 3. Overcast, rain to
drizzle, to clear.

Lynn Weil Lt.-v. — A few Chaffinches and Starlings at
9 p.m., left to S.W. Wind S. 1. Overcast.

Newarp Lt.-v. — Numbers of Re '.wings Chaffinches
and Starlings from 3 to 7 a.m. Calm. Fog and
rain.

Outer Dowsing Lt.-v. — A Chaffinch and thirty " Spar-
rows " on board at 6.30 p.m., departed N.W. Many
Starlings and several Blackbirds and Chaffinches
from 7 p.m. to 2 a.m. Wind S.S.AV. 2. Clear.

Shipwash Lt.-v. — A few Chaffinches, Starlings and
Sky-Larks at 12 p.m. and 2 a.m. Wind S.W. 1 to
S.S.W. 2. Overcast.

Spurn Lt.-r. — Many Starlings at 1.15 and 3.30 a.m.
Wind S.S.E. 2 to*S.W. 2. Clear to fog.

Whitby Lt.— Many Starlings and Sky-Larks from 12
to 4 a.m. Wind W.S.W. 2. Cloudy.

Winterton Lt. — A few Chaffinches aud Starlings from
11 to 12 p.m. and at 3 a.m. Wind N. 1 to S. 1.
Rain and mist to overcast and rain.

April 1st. Dudgeon Lt.-v. — A. few Starlings flying W. at G a.m.

and a "Crow" to the W. at noon; four Chaffinches
arrived at 6 a.m. and stayed all day. Wind S.S.W. 2.
Overcast, misty.

Kentish Knock Lt.-v. — A few Greenfinches at 9 a.m.
and Chaffinches at 11 a.m., flying N.W. Wind
S.S.W. 5 to 3. Cloudy.

Outer Dowsing Lt.-v. — Twelve Chaffinches on board
all day and twenty "Sparrows" at 4 p.m. Wind
S.S.W. 2. Clear."

O

202

April 1st. Shipwash Li.-v. — A few Redwings and Starlings flying
(cotitd.). S.W. at 8 a.m. Wind S. by W. 2. Clear.

Spurn Lt.-v. — Several Chaffinches and Sky-Larks on
board all day.

„ lst/2nd. Cromer Lt. — Many "Thrushes," Starlings, Sky-Larks
and Curlews from 3 to 4 a.m. Wind W. 4. Cher-
cast, rain.

Kentish Knock Lt.-v. — A few Starlings at 2 a.m. Wind
W. 4. Overcast.

Spurn Lt.-v.— A few Starlings and Sky-Larks at
3.40 a.m. Wind W.S.W. 3. Clear.

„ 2nd. Cromer Lt. — Six " Crows " flying S. at 5.30 a.m. and

a large flock of Starlings to N.W. at 12.15 p.m.
Wind W.S.W. 3 to S.S.W. 4. Misty to clear.

Dudgeon Lt.-v. — Four Meadow-Pipits and two Star-
lings arrived and went W.S.W. at 3 p.m. Wind
S.S.W. 3. Clear.

Longsund Lt.-v. — A few Chaffinches at 9 a.m. Wind
S.W. 3. Clear.

Klupirash Lt.-v. — Twenty Chaffinches flying S.W. in
the forenoon. Wind S. by W. 3. Clear.

„ 2nd/3rd. Ci.sJcets Lt.—A Wryneck at 1 a.m. Wind E. 6.
Clear.

Outer Dousing Lt.-v. — A few Chaffinches, Starlings
and Curlews at 8 p.m. Wind W. 3. Clear.

„ 3rd. Outer Dousing Lt.-v. — Ten Chaffinches on board all

day. Wind E. 4. Clear.

,, 3rd/4th. BardSey Lt. — A few Song- Thrushes, Blackbirds,
Whea tears (small race), Willow-Warblers, Star-
lings and Water-Rails frcm 10 p.m. to 1 a.m.
Wind E. to N.E. 4. Clear.

Cromer Lt. — Two Starlings and aGoldcrestat 3.35 a.m.
Wind N.N.E. 7. Overcast.

Kentish Knock LA. -v. — A few Starlings at 9 p.m.
Wind N.E. by E, 5. Overcast, misty rain.

203

April 3rd/4tb. Outer Dowsing Lt.-v. — A few Starlings from 12 to
(eontd.), 4 a.m. and four Chaffinches at G a.m. Wind N.E. 4.

Clear.

Sptim Lt.-v. — A few Meadow-Pipits at 8.20 a.m.
Wiud N.E. 4 to 5. Clear.

„ 4th. Spurn Lt.-v. — Several large flocks of Starlings arrived

from the N.E.

,, 4tb/5th. Hanoi's LA. — Two Wheatears (small race) at 10 p.m.
Wind E.N.E. 0. Hazy.

„ Gth. Xew Moon.

Caskets Lt. — A Ring-Ouzel, two Wheatears, a " Red-
start" and several "Tit-Laiks" on the rock at
dawn.

,, 7th/8th. Hanois LA. — A few Wheatears (small race) at 11 P.M.
Wind E.X.E. 5. Dark, gloomy.

„ 8th. Caskets Lt. — Several Ring-Ouzels and a Turtle-Dove on

the rock at dawn.

„ 8th/9th. Caskets It. — Large numbers of Wheatears (small race)
and a few Ring-Ouzels, Willow- Warblers and
Starlings with single Blackcaps, Meadow-Pipits
and Vellow Buntings from 10 p.m. to dawn. Wind
N.E. 4. Clear.

Llanois Lt. — Many Wheatears (small race), a few
Willow-Warblers, a Starling, a Sky-Lark and a
Jack Snipe between 11 p.m. and 3 a.m. Wind E. 8.
Dark, gloomy.

Kentish Knock Lt.-v.— A few Starlings at 11 p.m. and
2.30 a.m. Wind N.N.E. 4 to N. 4. Overcast,
passing drizzle.

Longsand Lt.-v. — A Water-Rail at 2 a.m. Wind
N.N.E. 5. Clear.

Morecambe Bay Lt.-v. — A flock of Curlews at 10 P.M.,
two Fieldfares and a few Starlings at 2.30 a.m.
Wind E. 1. Overcast.

Oirers Lt.-v. — Four AVrynecks at midnight. Wind
N.E. 4. Hazy.

., 9

204

April 8th/9th. St. Catherines Lt.— Many Starlings and a Blackcap
(contiL). between 12 and 4 a.m. AVind N.E. 3. Clear.

Spurn Head Lt. — Large numbers of Starlings and a
few Redwings, Fieldfares and Blackbirds from 12
to 2.30 a.m., apparently Hying S.W. Wind S.S.W. 4.
Overcast.

Spurn LJ.-v. — A few Starlings at 9 p.m. Wind
N.N.E. 5. Clear.

„ 9th 10th. Bardsey Lt. — A few Song -Thrushes, Fieldfares,
Willow-Warblers, Starlings, Sky-Larks and Cur-
lews, a Moorhen, a Common Snipe and a Manx
Shearwater from 11 p.m. to dawn. Wind N.N.E. 3
to 5. Clear.

Caskets Lt. — Large numbers of Wheatears (small
race) with a few Willow-Warblers and single Song-
Tlirushes, Tree-Pipits and Wrynecks from 11 p.m.
to 4 a.m. AVind W.N.W. 3. Clear.

Cromer Lt. — Many Starlings and Sin-Larks from
12 to 4 a.m. AA'ind N.AAr. 5. Overcast, misty
rain.

Dudgeon Lt.-v. — A few Song-Thrushes, Redwings and
Starlings at 2 a.m., left to AV.S.AV. at 4 a.m. AVind
AY.N.AV. 4. Overcast.

Hanois Lt. — Many Wheateara (small race) and a few
Willow-Warblers from 10 p.m. to 4 a.m. Wind
N.E. 2 to N.AV. 2. Dark, gloomy to overcast.

Lynn Well Lt.-v. — A few Starlings at 6 p.m., left
to W. Wind W.S.W. 1. Overcast.

Outer Dowsing Lt -v. — Large numbers of Redwings,
Starlings and other "small birds" with a few
Lapwings and Curlews from 9 p.m. to 4 a.m. AVind
N.AV. 4. Misty.

Owers Lt.-v. — A dozen Willow- A\rarblers at 4 a.m.
Wind N.E. 2. Hazy.

St. Catherine's Lt. — Large numbers of AVheatears
(small race) and AArillow-AA7arblers with a few
Blackcaps, Cniffchaffs, Tree-Pipits and AA'rynecks
from 11 p.m. to dawn. Wii.dN.AV. 2. Overcast.

205

April 9lh/10th. Spurn Lt.-v.— Three Redwings at 11 p.m.
(contd.). W.S.W. 3. Overcast but clear.

Wind

10th/ 11th. Bardsey Lt.—A Sky-Lark at 10 p.m., a Redwing, a
Northern Willow-Warbler and a Yellow Bunting
between 2 a.m. and dawn. Wind N. 5 to 3.
Cloudy.

Caskets Lt. — Large numbers of Wheatears (small
race) and a few Willow- Warblers from 12.30 a.m.
to dawn. Wind N. by W. 4 to N.N.E. 5. Clear.

Hanoi's Lt. — A few Wheatears (small race) and
Willow- Warblers from 1 to 4 a.m. Wind N.K.W. 2.
Overcast, dark.

Oioers Lt.-v. — A few Wheatears (small race) at 1 a.m.
AVind N. W. 4. Misty rain.

St. Catherine's Lt. — Many Redwings and Starlings,
two Blackbirds and a Stonechat from 2 to 3.30 a.m.
Wind N.E. 2. Raiu.

Spurn Head Lt.— Large numbers of Starlings with
a few Redwings, Blackbirds, Water-Rails and
Woodcocks all night. Wind N. Overcast.

llth/12th. Caskets Lt. — Several Wheatears (small race) and
Meadow-Pipits at 4 a.m. Wind N.E. 3. Clear.

Spurn Lt.-v.— A few Starlings at midnight. Wind
E.S.E. 6. Overcast, with showers, but clear.

1 2th/13th. Eddpstone Lt. — A large number of small birds (" Stone-
chats and Willow-Wrens"), a Song-Thrush and a
Starling killed. Wind S.S.E. 3. Clear.

Hanoi's Lt. — Many Wheatears. Wind E. 1. Over-
cast.

Morecambe Lt.-v.
S.S.E. 2. Foy.

-Three Fieldfares at 3 a.m. Wind

13th/14th. Caskets Lt.— Large numbers of Wheatears (small race)
and Willow- Warblers, with a few Song-Thrushes,
Chiffchaffs, Starlings, Lapwings, Redshanks and
Curlews from 11 p.m. to 4 a.m. Wind S.E. 3.
Clear.

206

April 13tb/14th. Hanois Lt. — Many Wheatears (large race) and a few
(contd.). Meadow-Pipits and Sky-Larks and a White Wagtail

from 1 to 4 a.m. Wind S.W. 3. Dark, passing
showers.

St. Catherines Lt. — Large numbers of Willow-
Warblers and many Wheatears (both races) from
12 to 2 a.m., two Redstarts, a Continental Song-
Thrush, a Cbiffchaff and a Wryneck at 3 a.m. Wind
S.W. 3 to 2. Cloudy.

Sovthu-old Lt. — A Willow-Warbler at 2 a.m. Wind
S.W. 3. Cloudy, rain.

„ 14th. Moon, First Quarter.

„ 14th/15th. Caskets Lt—A few Wheatears (both races) and
Willow- Warblers from 1 to 4 a.m. Wind S. ly
W. 4. Clear.

19th. Outer Gabbard Lt.-v.— Seven Chaffinches flying N.W.
at 3 p.m. Wind W. 5. Clear.

„ 20th. Full Moon.

,, 20th/21st. Caskets Lt.—A few Willow-Warblers at 11 p.m.
Wind S.E. Rain.

„ 22nd. Outer Gabbard Lt.-v. — Two Chaffinches flying W. at
10 a.m. Wind E. by N. 1. Clear.

,, 24th/25th. Bardsey Lt. — A few Willow-Warblers, a Fieldfare and
a Manx Shearwater between 12 and 3 a.m. Wind
N.W. 4. Cloudy.

Caskets Lt. — Large numbers of Wheatears (large race),
Willow- and Sedge-Warblers, a few Whitethroats,
several Redstarts, Garden- Warblers and Swallows,
three Fieldfares, a Ring-Dove and a Land-Rail
between 9.15 p.m. and 2.45 a.m. Wind S. by W. to
W.S.W. 4 to 5. Rain, to passing showers.

Cromer Lt. — A Wheatear at 11.50 p.m.

St. Catherine's Lt. — Large numbers of Whitethroats,
Willow- and Sedge-Waibleis, many Wheatears
(pmall race), Whinchats, Redstarts, Blackcaps,
ChirTchaffs and Pied Flycatchers, several Garden-

207

April 24tli 25th. Warblers, a Nightingale, a Lesser Whitethroat, a
(cu)Ud.). Northern Willow- Warbler, a Grasshopper- Warbler,

two House-Martins, a Sand-Martin and a Water-
Rail (at least 500 birds killed). Wind S.W. 2.
Overcast, drizzling rain.

Withernsea Lt. — Many Sedge- War biers at 2.10 a.m.
Wind S.L. 4. Cloudy to overcast.

„ 25th. Caskets Lt. — Large numbers of " Linnets," several

Wheatears, Blackcaps, Willow- Warblers, Yellow
Wagtails and Greenfinches on the rock at dawn.

„ 26th/27th. Trevose Had Lt.—A Cuckoo killed. Wind S.W. 5.
Heavy rain.

„ 27th/28th. Caskets Lt. — Large numbers of Wheatears (large race),
Whitethroats, Willow- and Sedge-Warblers, many
Redstarts, a few Ring-Ouzels, Whinchats, Garden-
Warblers and Chiffchaffs and two Grasshopper-
Warblers between 9.15 p.m. and dawn. Wind
S.W. 5 to S. by W. 5. Passing showers.

St. Catherines Lt. — Many Wheatears (both races),
Whitethroats, Willow- and Sedge-Warblers, a few
Redstarts, Nightingales, Blackcaps and Garden-
Warblers, a Blackbird, a Whinchat, a Northern
Willow-Warbler, a Wood- Warbler, a Pied Fly-
catcher and a Nightjar between 11 p.m. and dawn.
Wind S.W. to N.W. 3. Overcast.

„ 28th. Moon, Last Quarter.

Caskets Lt— Two "Crows" flying W. at 10 a.m.
Wind S. by E. 4. Clear.

„ 28th, 20th. Caskets Lt.—A few Willow- and Wood- Warblers from
11 p.m. to 2.30 a.m. Wind S. 2. Clear.

Eddystone Lt.— Large numbers of Whitethroats and
Willow- Warblers after midnight. Wind S. 4.
Clear.

Withernsea Lt. —A Wheatear at 1 a.m. Wind S. 3.

Clear.

,, :29th. Outer Dowsing Lt.-v. — Several Trer Sparrows all day
and a Song-Thrush at 7.20 a.m Wind S.S.L. 2
Clear.

208

April 291,1^30111. Bardsey Lt. — A few Whitethroats, Willow- and Sedge-
Warblers and Water-Rails and one Grasshopper-
Warbler from 9.30 p.m. to 1.30 a.m. Many Dunlins
all night, went S. at dawn. Wind S.E. 3. Overcast,
rain.

Caskets Lt. — A few Wheatears (large race), Redstarts,
Whitethroats and Sedge - Warblers from 12 to
2.30 a.m. Wind S.W. 3. Clear.

Cromer Lt. — Many Whitethroats, Willow-Warblers
and Grey Plovers from 12 to 3.30 A.M. and a Swallow
at 1 a.m. Wind S. 5. Rain.

„ 30th. Girdle.r Lt.-v. — Two Chaffinches on deck at 6 a.m. and
a "Swallow" flying S.W. at 10.15 a.m. Wind
S. W. by W. 4 to W. by S. 3. Clear.

Outer Gahbard Lt.-v. — A Tree-Sparrow found dead on
deck at 8 a.m.

..oOth/May 1st, Bardsey Lt. — A few Wheatears (large race), White-
throats, Willow'-, Sedge- and Grasshopper- Warblers,
a Common Wren and two Dunlins from 1 to 2.30 a.m.
Wind S.S.W. 3. Clear.

Caskets Lt. — Two Starlings at midnight. Wind
W.S.W. 4. Clear.

Cromer Lt. — Several Fieldfares, Whitethroats and
Grasshopper- Warblers from 11 to 12 p.m. Wind
IS'.N.E. 3 to N. 1. Overcast, misty rain to mist.

Skerries Lt. — Three Willow- Warblers and a Common
Sandpiper between 1 and 2.30 a.m. Wind S.S.E.
Cloudy.

Souihwold Lt. —Two Lesser Whitethroats. Wind N. 2.
Overcast, rain.

Spurn Head Lt. — Many Fieldfares, "Flycatchers" and
Dotterels, with a few Starlings and two Common
Wrens all night. Wind calm to S.S.W. 1. Over-
cast.

May 1st, Caskets Lt.— Three "Rooks "flying W. at 9.30 a.m.

„ lst/2nd. Xewarp Lt.-v. — Many Song-Thrushes from 3 to 4 A.ii.
Wind W. 2. Mistv rain.

209

May lst/2nd. Southwold Lt. — A Lesser Wlntethroat and a Sedge-
(contd.). Warbler. Wind S.E. 2. Cloudy.

„ 2nd, 3rd. Caskets Lt.—A Reed-Warbler at 1.30 a.m. Wind S. 4.
Clear.

,, 3rd/4th. Southioold Lt. — A Lesser Wlntethroat and a Willow-
Warblei at 3 a.m. Wind S.E. 2. Cloudy.

„ 4th, oth. Caskets Lt. — Many Wheatears (large race), Chiffchaffs
and Willow- Warblers and a few Whitethroats.
Sedge- and Grasshopper- Warblers, Tree-Pipits and
AYhimbrels from 11.30 p.m. to dawn. Wind W. 4.
Overcast. Many of the above left the rock at dawn
and flew E., towards Alderney.

<SY. Catherine's Lt. — A few Wheatears (small race) and
Whitethroats, a Blackcap, a Red-backed Shrike and
a Sky-Lark between 11 p.m. and 2 a.m. Wind
N.X.W. 2. to calm. Overcast, rain.

Skerries Lt. — Three Fieldfares and a Wheatear (small
race) at 2.30 a.m. Wind N.N.E. 6. Rain.

Spurn Head Lt. — A few Fieldfares, Blackbirds, Wheat-
ears (large race), Willow-Warblers and Dotterels
from 10 to 12 p.m. Wind S.S.W. to W.N.W.
Overcast, misty.

,. 5th/6th. Bardsey Lt. — A few Wheatears (large race), White-
throats, Willow-, Sedge- and Grasshopper-AVai biers,
Spotted Flycatchers, Land-Rails, Dunlins and a
Moorhen from 10.30 to 12 p.m. Wind S. 4. Over-
cast, rain.

Lundy North Lt. — A Wlntethroat and a Willow-
Warbler killed.

St. Catherine's Lt.—A. few Whitethroats and Willow-
AVarblers, a Blackcap and a Tree-Pipit from 1 to
2 a.m. Wind N.W. 2. Cloudy.

Skerries Lt. — A few Willow-Warblers at 1 a.m. Wind
S. by E. 4. Rain.

„ 6th. New Moon.

210

May Gth/7tk. Caskets Lt. — Large numbers of Wliitethroats am
Sedge - Warblers, many "Wbeatears (large race),
Willow- Warblers and Curlews, a few Blackcaps,
Garden- Warblers and. Turtle-Doves, a Fieldfare, a
Northern Willow-Warbler and a Spotted Flycatcher
from 10.30 p.m. to dawn. Large numbers went E.
at dawn. Wind S.S.W. 4 to S.W. 5. Overcast to
clear.

„ 7th. Caskets Lt. — Several Whinchats and Redstarts on the

rock and " Brown Linnets "' flying W. in the fore-
noon.

„ 7th/8th. Bardsey Lt- -A few Wliitethroats from 12.30 to 2 a.m.
Wind S.S.E. 4. Overcast, rain.

Caskets Lt. — Large numbers of Wbeatears (large race),
Wliitethroats, Garden-, Willow- and Sedge- Warblers
and a few Chiflchaffs from 10.30 p.m. to dawn.
Large numbers left the rock at dawn, riving E.
towards Alderney. Wind S.S.E. 6. Overcast.

Sark Lt.—A Spotted Flycatcher killed. Wind S. 6.
Dark.

„ 8th/9th. Caskets Lt. — Large numbers of Wbeatears (large race),
Wliitethroats, Willow- and Sedge- Warblers from
10.15 p.m. to dawn. Wind S.S.E. 3. Clear.

,, 9th. Girdler Lt. — A "Sparrow'' on deck at 8 a.m. and a

dozen "Swallows" flying S.W. and N.W. between
8 a.m. and noon. Calm, overcast, rain.

„ 9th/10th. Caskets Lt. — Large numbers of Wbeatears (large race),
Wliitethroats, Willow- and Sedge- Warblers, two
Spotted Flycatchers and a Northern Willow- Warbler
from 12 to 3 a.m. Wind S. by W. 4 to 5. Clear.

Skerries Lt. — A Fieldfare and several AVheatears be-
tween 11.30 and 11.45 p.m. Wind S.S.E. 3. Clear.

„ 10th. Caskets Lt. — Two Whinchats on the rock, a "Rook"
flying N.E. and several "Brown Linnets" to the W.
at 10 a.m.

Girdler Lt.-v. — Many "Swallows" passingN.W. almost
continuously from 5 a.m. to 1 p.m. and from 4.30
to ti p.m. Wind S.W. 2. Clear.

211

May lOtb/llth. Caskets Lt. — Large numbers of Wheatears (large race),
Whitethroats and Sedge-Warblere and a few Black-
caps, Garden-Warblers, Tree-Pipits and Spotted Fly-
catchers from 1.30 to 2.30 a.m. Wind S. by W. 5.
Clear.

„ 1 1 tli. Caskets Lt. — Large numbers of small birds (cf.
loth 11 tli) on the rock at dawn, flew E. during the
day. A Kestrel seen at 11 a.m.

,, 1 1 tli .'12th. Caskets Lt. — Large numbers of Whitethroats and
Sedge- Warblers with a few Garden-Warblers and
Turtle-Loves from 2 to 2.15 a.m. Wind S.E. 5.
Rain.

„ 12th. Caskets Lt. — Many Wheatears and other small birds

(cf. llth/12th) and about thirty Turtle-Doves on the
rock at dawn, flew E. and N.E., a Cuckoo seen at
10.30 A.M.

„ 12th, 13th. Bardsey Lt. — A few Whitethroats and Sedge-Warblers
from midnight to dawn. Wind E. 3. Clear.

Caskets Lt. — Many AVhitethroats and Sedge-Warblers
at 2 and 2.10 a.m. Wind E.S.E. 3. Overcast,
rain.

St. Catherine's Lt.—A few Whitethioats, Garden-
Warblers, Spotted Flycatchers and a Whinchat.
Wind E. 1. Overcast, rain.

,, 13th. Moon, First Quarter.

Caskets Lt. — Two Whinehats, several Redstarts and
" Brown Linnets " on the rock at 9 a.m.

Outer Qahbard Lt.-v. — A Chaffinch arrived from E. at
5.30 p.m. Wind N.N.E. 3. Clear.

„ 13th/14th. Caskets Lt. — A few Whitethroats and Sedge- Warblers
at 2.15 a.m. Wind N.E. 4. Clear.

„ 14th/15th. Bardsey Lt. — A Whimbrel at 11 p.m. Wind X.E. 4.
Overcast, rain.

Caskets Lt. — Many Spotted Flycatchers, with a few
AVhitethroats and Sedge-Warblers at 2.30 a.m.
Wind X.E. 5. Cloudy,

212

May 19tli/20th. Caskets Lb — Many Spotted Flycatchers, with a few
White throats, Garden- and Sedge- Warblers and
Turtle-Doves at 2.20 a.m. Wind W. by S. 4. Over-
cast, rain.

„ 20th. Full Moon.

„ 20th/21st. Caskets Lt.—One Sedge- Warbler killed.

,, 23rd/24th. Morecambe Bay Lt.-v. — Six Spotted Flycatchers at
2.30 a.m. Wind S.W. 4. Overcast, rain.

„ 26th/27th. Morecambe Bay Lt.-v. — Three Willow-Warblers at
1 a.m. Wind S. 2. Clear.

,, 27th. Caskets Lt. — A Nightjar seen on the rock.

„ 28th. Moon, Last Quarter.

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N OTES

MIGBATORY MOVEMENTS

THE AUTUMN OF 1912.

Pay Migration is denoted thus: September 30th.
Night Migration is denoted thus: September 29th/30th.

THE MISTLE-THEUSB {Tardus mucivorus).

The records of this species are too scanty to throw much light on its
migration. No movement of importance was reported till the latter
part of August, when Hocks were seen at Braernar (Aberdeen) going
east on the 20th, at Hindhead (Surrey) and Ulverston (Lancashire) on
the 23rd, and at Cheltenham (Gloucestershire) on the 25th.

During September a few isolated movements were recorded. Con-
siderable numbers were seen on the Sussex coa^t on the 2nd, and at
Hindhead on the 6th; there was an influx near Cheltenham on the
1-lth; single birds were reported from Holy Island (Northumberland)
on the 18th and 22nd ; and there seems to have been a passage to the
south-west at Pontefract (Yorkshire) on the 25th, and at Stocksfield
(Northumberland) on the 26th, while a few winter-residents arrived in
mid-Kent towards the end of the month.

Some passing migrants were noticed at Spurn Head (Yorkshire) on
the 3rd and 4th of October, and single birds at Holy Island on the 6th
and 12th ; there was a decided increase on the Sussex ccast on the 10th
and 11th, and about the same time flocks were seen passing near Cheadle
(Staffordshire), especially on the 16th. After the middle of the month
a movement of some magnitude was in progress near Wooler (Northum-
berland), more particularly on the 22nd and 23rd, and at Lowestoft
(Suffolk) there was a passage towards the south on the 21st and 22nd,
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The only records received from the west were of single birds at
Bardsey Light (Carnarvonshire) on the 3rd/4th, 9th/10th and 22nd/23rd,
aud at tha Skerries Light (Anglesey) llth/12th.

In Scotland, movements to the east were noticed in the Tay Valley
from the 22nd of September to the 1st of October, while single birds
were recorded on the Isle of May (Fife) on the 28th and 30th of
September and the 1st of October; at Auskerry (Orkney) on the 30th
of September, at the Isle of May Light on the 9th of October, and on
Tiree (Argyll) and Fair Isle (Shetland) on the 22nd. Movements to the
west were recorded in the Tay Valley from the 6th to the 2Gth of
October.

THE SONG-THRUSH ( Turdus musicus).

The first movement of this species recorded was on the 22nd/23rd of
July, when a few Song-Thrushes were observed at the Chicken Bock
(Isle of Man).

On the 17th of August large numbers were seen flying S. at Romsey
(Hampshire), and by the end of the month observers in Northumberland,
"Wiltshire and Suffolk reported that the local birds had passed on, while
from the 23id of August to the 30th of September small parties of
Thrushes, probably of the British race, were on the move on both sides
of the mainland of Scotland.

During September migration became general. From the 1st to the
loth there was an almost continuous passage in Staffordshire; a few
migrants were seen at St. Catherine's Light (Hampshire) on the 9th/10th,
and numbers at Dowles (Shropshire) on the 12th; from the 18th/19th
to the 20th/21st movements were recorded from several of the western
lights, more particularly from the Chicken Rock Light on the 18th/19th ;
there was an arrival in N.W. Suffolk and in Northumberland on the
20th, while small parties of migrants (some Continental) were arriving
on Holy Island (Northumberland) and at Spurn Head (Yorkshire)
during the latter part of the month. In Scotland migration began on
the 21st of September and lasted uctil the 2nd of October, large numbers
being reported from Fair Isle (Shetland), the Pentland Skerries,
luchkeith (Forth), and the Isle of May (Fife), and it is probable that
the majority of these migrants belonged to the Continental form.

Migration continued throughout October. On the east coast there was
an occasional passage of sm::ll numbers at Holy Island from the 2nd to
the 18th, birds of both forms being procured ; and at Spurn Head Light
from the 1st to the 4th, and again on the 20th/21st and the 24th/25tk ;
the movement was also noticed on the coast of Suffolk, especially on the
1st, the 9th and the llth, at the Kentish Knock Light-vessel (Essex) on
the 23rd when large numbers were seen flying S.W., and at Whitby
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coast which was more particularly noticed at Bardsey Light (Carnarvon-
shire) on the 5th/6th, at Carnarvon Bay Light-vessel on the 21st/22nd,
and in Anglesey on the 24th. On the south coast there was an influx at
St. Catherine's Light on the 2nd/3rd (both forms procured), and
smaller numbers were also reported from Hanois Light (Channel
Islands) (both races), and from the Eddystone Light (Cornwall) at
intervals during the month. In Scotland there was a great arrival at
luchkeith and at the Pentland Skerries on the 9th ; and another
large movement took place on the 13th and 14th, which was noted at
many stations on the east coast. From the 22nd to the 30th a series
of influxes took place in the Northern Isles, the Hebrides, and on both
sides of the mainland. It is probable that in all these cases the majority
of the birds, if not all, belonged to the Continental form.

During November migration was noted at the Dudgeon Light-vessel
(Norfolk) on the 6th/7th and the 16th/17th,and small parties of migrants
were noticed at various parts of the east coast till the 18th/19th ;
irregular movements of insignificant numbers were reported from
Hanois Light from the 1st to the 15tb, and an influx at the Eddystone
Light on the 15th/16th. Thrushes were moving in great numbers along
the west coast from the Chicken Bock Light to Lundy (North Devon)
between the 1st and the 18th/19th, numbers being reported from North
Light (Lundy Island) on the 2nd/3rd, the Chicken Bock Light on the
3rd/4th, Carnarvon Bay Light-vessel on the 7th/8th and 15th/16th, and
South Bishop Light (Pembroke) and Bardsey Light on the ]4th/15th.
In Scotland there was an influx at the Isle of May on the 3rd/4th
and at Inchkeith on the 4th/5th, after which date the November move-
ments, though constant, were small, and a few birds on passage were
noted up to the 5th of December. After the 19th of November migra-
tion was practically over on all other parts of the coast, though a few
stragglers were observed at some of the western lights up to the
19th/20th of December.

THE BED WING (Turdus iliacus).

The migration of this species began towards the middle of September
when Redwings were observed in localities as far apart as Cheltenham
(Gloucestershire) on the 14th, Auskerry (Orkney) on the loth, Thanet
(E. Kent) on the 16th, Tarbatuess Light (E. Ross-shire) on the 20th,
Fair Isle (Shetland) on the 21st, the Isle of May (Fife) on the 26th, and
Spurn Head (Yorkshire) on the 24th, the 26th and 28th.

With the advent of October migration became more general, and
apparently reached its height during the first ten days of November. On
the east coast the area of arrival extended from the Shetlands 1o Kent.
In Scotland three large movements were noticed between the 29th of
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30th of September to the 3rd of October, followed by a larger one from
the 8th to the 17th, and by another from the 21st to the 30th. These
influxes were chiefly observed at the Orkney. and Shetland stations and
down the east coast, but records of arrivals came also from the Outer
Hebrides, Tiree (Argyll), and the Solway Firth. After the oOth only
small movements were recorded. When the direction of flight was
noted it was to the south-west. During the first half of October, Red-
wings were arriving at Holy Island (Northumberland), at Spurn Head,
and in Lincolnshire, Cambridgeshire, Essex and Kent. From the 16th
to the 18th passage-movements were noticed at Canterbury (Kent), and
arrivals were noted at Withernsea (Yorkshire) on the 19th/20th, and at
Overstrand (Norfolk) on the 23rd, while at the end of the month there
was a marked increase in Lincolnshire, Cambridgeshire and Suffolk.
Between the 5th/6th and the 9th/10th of November a movement on a large
scale along the coast seems to have taken place, which was noted at
many stations between Withernsea and the Kentish Knock Light-vessel.
This movement was renewed at the Kentish Knock Light-vessel on the
14th/15th and at Spurn Head Light on the 20th/21st, after which date
migration seems to have stopped. From the 1st to the 10th Redwings
were reported as being very plentiful in Essex.

On the west there was an irregular movement lasting throughout
October. It was noticed at many of the Welsh lights, more particularly at
Rardsey Light (Carnarvonshire) on the oth/6th, at Carnarvon Ray Light-
vessel on the 22ncl/23rd, and in Anglesey from the 23rd to the 2oth, while
during the first half of October small parties (if migrants were arriving in
Avrshire, Renfrewshire, Lanca-hire and North Devon, the numbers in
most cases increasing towards the end of the month. On the 3rd/4th of
November there was a marked passage at the South Stack Light
(Anglesey), and at Rardsey Light on the 5th/6th, and an occasional
passage was noticed at some of the Welsh lights up to the 18th/19th,
after which date migration practically ceased, though a few stragglers
were seen at Rardsey Light on the 28th/29th, and a large flock, probably
of weather migrants, at Oare (North Devon) on the 30th.

On the south coast the only records during October were of a few
migrants observed at Hanois Light (Channel Islands) and the Eddystone
Light (Cornwall) on the 22nd/23rd. In November, with the exception
of influxes at St. Catherine's Light (Hampshire) on the 6th/7th and the
13th/14th, no movement was reported beyond that of insignificant
numbers observed at St. Catherine's Light, Hanois Light, and the
Eddystone Light at intervals between the 2nd/3rd and the 19th/20th.

A few isolated movements were recorded inland. Flocks were seen
at Turvey (Eedfordshire) on the 14th of October, and small parties from
time to time in Surrey during the month. During November, Redwings
were numerous near Pontefract (Yorkshire) ; some were observed flying
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17th, bat in a favourite locality in North Wiltshire, Redwings were
entirely absent. An observer at Foisted (Essex) reported that the main
body of Redwings in that district had left by the end of November,
but stragglers were passing the Outer Dowsing Light-vessel (Lincoln-
shire) on the 3rd/4th and 5th/6th of December, and Ilanois Light on
the 3rd/4th and the llth/12th.

THE FIELDFARE (Tardus pilaris).

Single birds were observed in Thanet (E. Kent) on the lGth of
September, at Spurn Head (Yorkshire) on the 18th, and on Fair Isle
(Shetland) and at three other stations on the east coast of Scotland
between the 20th and 26th.

With the adveut of October the regular migration commenced, be-
coming more marked towards the end of the month. In Scotland from
the 26th of September to the 12th of October small numbers only continued
to arrive, but there was an influx at the Flannan Isles (Outer Hebrides)
on the 3rd and 8th. An immigration took place between the 12th and
the 18th, large numbers being noted in the Orkney and Shetland Islands
and the Outer Hebrides, with smaller passages at more southerly
localities. A fresh influx began on the 22ud and lasted till the end of
October, great movements taking place at many of the northern, eastern
and western stations. When noted, the direction of the flight was to the
south-west. Small movements continued in Scotland up to the 16th of
November, after which date migration practically ceased. Small parties
were arriving at Spurn Head on the 2nd of October, at Holy Island
(Northumberland) between the 4th and 18th, at Maidstone (Kent) from the
7th to the 21st, and at Whitby (Yorkshire) on the 27th, while from the
19th to the 31st arrivals were reported from Northumberland, Lincoln-
shire, Cambridgeshire, Suffolk and Essex, and there was a great influx on
the S.E. coast of Suffolk on the 18th. In the west, early in October, sin°le
birds were observed in Cheshire and Worcestershire, and a flock arrived
at Brampton (Cumberland) on the 7th. During the latter part of the
month Fieldfares were passing S. along the coasts of Renfrewshire
Lancashire and Anglesey ; the earliest migrant was seen in North Devon
on the 28th, while on the 31st many were observed in Worcestershire
flying to the south-west. About the same time records from Yorkshire,
Warwickshire, Wiltshire, Surrey and Oxfordshire, appeared to indicate
that birds of this species were moving inland.

On the east coast of England migration was at its height from
the 1st to the 10th of November, large numbers being reported from
Northumberland, Cambridgeshire and Essex, while a continuous passage
was noticed at many stations along the coast from Spurn Head to the
Shipwash Light-vessel (Suffolk). After the 10th migration began to
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(Suffolk) on the 12th/13th, and the Shipwash Light-vessel on the 16th
and 17th. On the west between the 5th/Gth and the 17th/18th an
irregular movement took place, being noticed in W. Cheshire, at Bardsey
Island (Carnarvon) and at some others of the Welsh lights; Fieldfares
were numerous in Brecon on the 13th and at Cheltenham (Gloucester-
shire) on the 23rd and 30th, while there was a big influx, probably of
weather-rnigrants at Oare (North Devon) on the 30th.

Inland, numbers appeared in North Wiltshire on the 10th of November,
but they did not remain long : there was a passage all day at Ilampton-
in-Arden (Warwickshire) on the 17th and at Bloxham (Oxford) on the
24th. On the south coast the only records received were of a few birds
at Hanois Light (Channel Islands) during the first half of the month.

By the end of November, Fieldfares seem to have settled down in their
winter-quarters. They were reported as numerous at Bloxham on the
23rd of December, but it is probable that most, if not all, of the move-
ments recorded during December were due to stress of weather.

THE BLACKBIRD (Twdus menda).

Single birds of this species were noted on the Pentland Skerries
on the 17th, 21st and 31st of July, and at the Bass Bock Light
(Forth) on the 23rd of August.

Scattered records show that migrants were on the move throughout
the country during September. There was an influx in Staffordshire
from the 1st to the 15th, on the Sussex coast on the llth/12th, in
Northumberland on the 20th, and in North Wiltshire towards the end of
the month, while arrivals were reported at intervals between the 15th
and 29th from the Orkney and Shetland Islands, the Outer Hebrides, the
coast of Yorkshire and at some of the western lights.

During October the only records received from the east coast were of
comparatively small numbers passing at Spurn Head (Yorkshire) from
the 1st to the 4th, at Holy Island (Northumberland) from the 13th to
the loth, and on the coast of Norfolk and Suffolk from the 9th to the end
of the month. In Scotland from the 30th of September to the 3rd of
October a large arrival took place ; between the 10th and the 20th there
was a great influx, which was renewed on a larger scale on the 23rd and
lasted to the end of the month. This movement was noticed in the
Orkney and Shetland Islands and the Outer Hebrides, and at many stations
on the east and west coasts. On the west coast between the 3rd/4th and
the 12th/13th Blackbirds were passing Bardsey Light (Carnarvonshire) and
other western lights, after which date no movement of importance was
reported till the 21 st/22nd, when there was a great influx at Carnarvon
Bay Light-vessel and Bardsey Light, which was repeated on the following
night, while about the same time migration was reported from several
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Blackbirds early in October, but before the end of the month they had
all passed on.

From the 1st to the 12th/13th of November migration on the east coast
assumed large proportions, records of large movements being received from
many stations between "Withernsea Light (Yorkshire) and the Kentish
Knock Light-vessel (Essex), and more particularly from .Spurn Head Light,
where immense numbers were seen and hilled almost every night between
the lst/2nd and the lltb/12th. By the middle of the month the height
of the migration was over, but stragglers continued to arrive at Spurn
Head from the 17th/18th till the end of the month. At various points
on the west coast between the Isle of Man and Lundy (North Devon)
an irregular movement took place lasting from the lst/2nd to the
18th/19th. It was marked by vast influxes which were most in evidence
at the following lights : — Carnarvon Bay Light-vessel on the lst/2ud,
North Light (Lundy Island) on the 2nd/3rd, South Stack Light (Anglesey)
and the Chicken Bock Light (Isle of Man) on the 3rd/4th, Chicken Bock
Light on the 5th/6th, South Bishop Light (Fembroke), South Stack
Light and Bardsey Light on the 14th/loth, and Carnarvon Bay Light-
vessel and the Skerries Light (Anglesey) on the lotb/lGth. Afier this
the main body of migrants seems to have passed on, but a few stragglers
were reported from some of the western lights towards the end of
November. With the exception of a passage-movement at the Eddy-
stone Light (Cornwall) on the 15th/K)th, the only returns from the south
coast during the month were of small numbers at St. Catherine's Light
(Hampshire), the Eddystone Light, and Hanois Light (Channel Islands).
In Scotland small movements were recorded throughout November, and
numbers on one or two occasions, viz. : — at Incbkeith Light (Forth) on
the 4th, Tarbatuess Light (E. Boss-shire) and Auskerry Light (Orkney)
on the Oth, and at the Isle of May (Fife) on the 7th.

During the first week in December a few stragglers were still passing
the Skerries and Bardsey Lights, and the Outer Dowsing Light-vessel
(Lincolnshire),

THE EING-OUZEL (Turdus tovquatus).

The records of this species, consisting of single birds or small numbers,
are so disconnected that systematic treatment is impossible. A few
Bing-Ouzels, probably local birds, were noted near Great Gable (Cum-
berland) on the 9th and 18th of August, and on Skiddaw (Cumberland)
on the 9th of September. There is some evidence to show that this
species was on the move in small numbers during September. Flocks
were seen assembling in Danby Dale ( Yorkshire) on the 10th ; a few odd
birds were observed in Benfrewshiie, at the Chicken Bock Light (Isle
of Man), Lynton (Devonshire), Bishop Bock Light (Scilly Isles) and
Hanois Light (Channel Islands) in the middle of the month, and a move-

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ment of a similar character was observed at Holy Island (Northumber
land), Spurn Head (Yorkshire) and on the N.E. coast of Lincolnshire
and in Kent, between the 24th and 30th, while about the same time
single passing birds were seen in Surrey and Oxfordshire. There was a
passage-movement at Fair Isle (Shetland) from the 28th of September
to the 4th of October, and at the Isle of May (Fife) from the 29th of
September to the 2nd of October.

The same irregular movements continued throughout October. Early
in the month a few birds were seen on Holy Island, on the S.E. coast of
Suffolk and at Reigate (Surrey) ; migrants were reported from the Eddy-
stone Light (Cornwall) on the 9th/10th and 18th/19th, from Sidmouth
(Devonshire) on the ]2th, Hanois Light on the 15th/16th, mid-Devon on
the 24th and from Surrey on the 27th. In Scotland, one appeared at
the Pentland Skerries on the 13th, and seven were killed at Tarbatness
Light (E. Ross-shire) on the same night, while on the 14th and 22nd
several came to Auskerry Light (Orkney), and a few to Tarbatness
Light early on the 24th. Five were killed at this light on the 6th/7th
of November and two were recorded from the same station on the
3rd of November.

A solitary straggler was observed at Liscard (Cheshire) on the 18th
of November.

THE WHEATEAR (Saxicola cenanthe).

The migration of the Common Wheatear began in July, when two birds
of this species were killed at Skerryvore Light (Inner Hebrides) on the
14th, and on the 30th a male arrived at Pentland Skerries Light. After
that date, small movements were recorded steadily from stations all over
Scotland throughout August, but on the 9th and 10th many were seen at
the Butt of Lewis Light (Outer Hebrides), and there was a rush at
Tarbatness Light (E. Ross-shire) on the latter date. On the east coast
of England there was a passage-movement, which was noted on the
coast of Yorkshire in August, and in Suffolk at intervals from the 7th
to the 31st, apparently reaching its height at the latter locality on the
28th and 29th, after which date a decrease in numbers took place. On
the west coast a similar movement set in, single birds or small numbers
being noted during the month along the coasts of Lancashire, Cheshire
and N. Wales, while considerable numbers occurred at the Chicken
Rock Light (Isle of Man) on the 24th/25ch. About the same time a
few migrants were seen on many parts of the south coast from Sussex to
Devonshire, at Hanois Light (Channel Islands) on the llth/12th and
12th/13th, and there was a passage-movement of some magnitude at
St. Catherine's Light (Hampshire) on the 24th/2oth. Inland, migration
was less marked, but scattered records of single birds or small numbers
from Wiltshire, Worcestershire, Warwickshire, Surrey and Essex seem
to show that Wheatears were on the move throughout the month.

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Dining September small movements were noted all over Scotland, and
there was an influx at North Unst (Shetland) on the 21st and at the Outer
Hebrides on the 22nd and 23rd, but the most marked passage occurred
between the 24th of September and the 3rd of October, when migratiou
on a large scale was reported from many stations in the Orkney and
Shetland Islands, the Outer Hebrides and at the Isle of May (Fife).
Wheatears were passing throughout September along the coasts of
Northumberland, Yorkshire, Suffolk and Kent, the greatest numbers
being seen at Spurn Head (Yorkshire) on the 12th, Lowestoft (Suffolk)
on the 12th and 14th, Thanet (E. Kent) on the 23rd, and Withernsea
(Yorkshire) on the 25th and 26th. On the 1st of October there was an
influx at Whitby (Yorkshire) and at Spurn Head, though a few migrants
were noted on the coasts of Yorkshire and Suffolk throughout the month,
the last straggler being seen at Whitby on the 30th.

On the coasts of Sussex and Hampshire during September small parties
of Wheatears were noted; there was a considerable passage-movement
at Bishop Rock Light (Scilly Isles) on the lOth/llth and 17th/18tb,
and at St. Catherine's Light on the 14th/15th, while stragglers were
passing Hanois Light from time to time up to the 16th/17th. A few
Wheatears were reported from St. Catherine's on the 2nd/3rd of
October and single birds from Fowey (Cornwall) on the 20th, 24th,
25th and 31st.

In the west, observers at Oswestry (Shropshire) and Grange-over-
Sauds (Lancashire) reported that local birds had left by the 4th of
September, and the only other records received were of single birds
or insignificant numbers seen at intervals in localities as widely apart as
Renfrewshire, Beith (Ayrshire), the Isle of Man, Clifton Down and
Exeter. The last stragglers were seen at Clifton Down on the 7th of
October and at St. Anne's-on-Sea (Lancashire) on the 13th of October.
In Scotland late records came from Fair Isle (Shetland) on the 29th of
October and the 2nd of November, Auskerry (Orkney) on the 31st of
October and the Flannan Isles (Outer Hebrides) on the 4th of November.

The great majority, if not the whole, of the above notes refer to the
Common Wheatear.

The return movement of the Greenland Wheatear was first noted at
the Pentland Skerries on the 7th of August and at Port Mahomack
(E. Boss-shire) on the loth, after which date no records were received
until the 9th of September, when a passing bird was seen at Tunbridge
Wells ( Kent). After that date, migration became more general. Through-
out September small parties were arriving in the Shetlands and on the
Isle of May, on the 21st and 24th many were seeu at Fair Isle, and from
the 2oth of September to the 1st of October large numbers arrived both at
that station and at the Isle of May. On the 30th of September a single
bird was noted at Fairlie (Ayrshire), a few at Fair Isle and the Isle
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on the 7th. The last records iu Scotland were of one killed at the Mull
of Galloway Light on the 11th and several at Fair Isle on the 14th.
Wheatears of this race were passing Holy Island (Northiunherland) in
fluctuating numbers from time to time between the 23rd of September
and the 18th of October and Spurn Head between the 10th and the 30th
of September, especially on the loth, 14th and 20th, while small
numbers were noted at Flamborongh (Yorkshire) on the 15th and at
Lowestoft (Suffolk) on the 28th of September and the 1st of October. In
the west a few migrants were noticed on the coast of Lancashire from Hit'
21st to the 23rd of September and at Bardsey Light ; Carnarvonshire)
on the lOth/llth of October, while in the south there was a passage of
small numbers at Hanois Light from the 9th/10th to the 14th/15th
of September, an influx at Bishop Hock Light on the 17th/18th,
and a few occurred at St. Catherine's Light on the 9th/10th of October,
at the Eddystone Light (Cornwall) on the 12th/13th and at Hanois
Light on the 15th/16th.

THE STONECIIAT (Pratinaola rubicda).

A few scattered records seem to show that this species was on the
m >ve in small numbers during September. Some migrants were noted
at Tuubridge Wells (Kent) between the 5th and the 21st, and at Spurn
Head (Yorkshire) on the 12th; small numbers were recorded from
Dungeness (Kent) on the 17th and 18th and single birds from the Isle
of May (Fife) on the 13th»and 18th, while towards the end of the
month a few Stonechats were seeu passing in Bedfordshire and Shrop-
shire. During October there was a passage-movement on a small scale
at Spurn Head from the 1st to the 4th (many on the 2nd) and at
Dungeness (Kent) on the 8th and 9th (nineteen seen) ; single birds were
reported from Cambridgeshire and Caterham (Surrey) on the 12th,
St. Anne's-on-Sea (Lancashire) on the 13th, and from Hanois Light
(Channel Islands) on the 15th/10th, while between the 20th and 31st
many pairs were observed on the coast at Fowey (Cornwall).

In Scotland three came to the St. Abb's Light (Berwick) on the 6th
of October ; on the 8th one was noted from Stornoway (Outer Hebrides),
a pair at Loch Awe (Argyll) on the 17th and at Craignish (Argyll) on
the 28th of November. Solitary stragglers were reported from Cullercoats
(Northumberland) on the 30th of November and the 29th of December.

THE WHINCHAT (Pmtincola rubetra).

With but few exceptions the records of this species were of single
birds or insignificant numbers; so anything like a systematic treatment
of its movements is out of the question.

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intervals between the 9th of July and the 29th August, and some were
noted at Fair Isle (Shetland) during- the latter half of August. On the
1th, 5th and 16th of August considerable numbers were seen at Hornsea
(Yorkshire) ; towards the end of that month a few migrants were reported
from Shropshire, Tunbridge Wells (Kent) and St. Leonards (Sussex),
while about the same time observers in Shropshire and Cardigan reported
that the home-bred birds had disappeared.

Throughout September there seems to have been a movement on
a small scale down the east coast, single birds or small numbers being-
reported from Fair Isle, Spurn Head (Yorkshire) (4th to 14th), S.W.
Kent (6th to 25th), Lowestoft (Suffolk) (12th), Holy Island (Northum-
berland) (14th), Isle of May (Fife) (14th and 26th), Flamborough
(Yorkshire) (15th), Dungeness (Kent) (17th and 18th), Whitby (York-
shire) (24th), Lynn Well Light-vessel (Norfolk) (24th/25th) and
Fentland Skerries (30th), while Hocks were seen between Withernsea
and Hull (Yorkshire) on the 25th and 26th. A solitary bird was noticed
at Dowles (Shropshire) on the 30th. In the south of Sussex aud
Hampshire single birds were noted in the tir.-t and last weeks of the
month, while on the 17th/18th there was a passage-movement at Bishop
Rock Light (Scilly Isles) and a single bird was observed at Hanois
Light (Channel Islands). By the end of the month home-bred birds had
disappeared from the inland parts of Yorkshire, and stragglers were
observed in Cheshire on the 1st, in Renfrewshire on the 2nd and 9th,
and in Surrey on the 25th.

The only records received during October were of single birds or pairs
at Fair Isle on the 2nd and 3rd, on Holy Island on the 7th, at Dungeness
on the 9th, at Shrewsbury on the 10th, at the Inner Dowsing Light-
vessel (Lincolnshire) on the 16th, and at Fowey (Cornwall) on the
22nd.

THE REDSTART (Ruticilla phamicurus).

The first record came from Tarbatness (E. Ross-shire), where a single
bird was seen on the 12th of July. No further records were received
till the middle of August, during which month irregular movements of
single birds or small numbers seemed to indicate that this species was
leaving its summer-quarters. Single birds appeared at Largo (Fife) on
the 6th and Inchkeith (Forth) on the 22nd ; two struck the Inchkeith
Light on the 22nd/23rd, and one was seen at Lahill (Fife) on the 30th.
On the east coast of England single passing birds were noted in Kent
on the 10th and 22nd, in Northumberland on the 16th aud 19th, and on
the Suffolk coast on the 27th and 28th. A similar movement of small
numbers was observed in Cheshire on the 2nd, and towards the end of
the month in Elgin, Surrey, some of the western counties, at the Chicken
Rock Light (Isle of Man) and in Hampshire.

During September movements became more marked, especially on the

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east and south coasts. At Spurn Head (Yorkshire) passage-movements
took place on the 10th and 13th, and during the greater part of the month
a movement of small numbers was noted at Holy Island (Northumber-
land), Spurn Head, on the N.E. Lincolnshire coa-t, the coast of Suffolk,
and at Lungeness (Kent) and in inland parts of Kent. On the south
coast there was a passage at the Bishop Rock Light (Scilly Isles) on the
17th/ 18th; a few birds of this species were observed at St. Catherine's
Light (Hampshire) on the 9th/10th and 15th/16th and at Hanois Light
(Channel Islands) from the 9th/10th to the 17th/18th, while during the
latter part of the month a few stragglers were reported from several parts
of the south coast. At the same time returns from Yorkshire, Warwick-
shire and Surrey also show that this species was moving south in small
numbers. The only records from the west were of single birds noted at
Clifton (Lancashire) on the 9th. and on the S.W. coast of Scotland on
the 18th and 21st.

In Scotland, between the 21st of September and the 25th of October,
there was a steady stream of Redstarts on passage, which was observed
at Fair Isle (Shetland), several stations in the Orkney and Shetland
Islands, and at the Isle of May (Fife). On other parts of the coast, with
the advent of October the height of the migration seems to have been over,
but a few single birds were seen during the early part of the month at
Holy Island, Whitby (Yorkshire), Spurn Head, Lowestoft, St. Catherine's
Light and in Hampshire, the last stragglers being seen atFowey (Corn-
wall) on the 19th and 21st.

THE BLACK REDSTART {Ruticilla tithys).

Caterham (Surrey), one seen.

Isle of May (Fife), one seen.

Dungeness (Kent), one seen.

Holy Island (Northumberland), one passing.

Lerwick (Shetland), one.

Wells (Norfolk), one seen ; Orford (Suffolk), one.

Skerries Lt. (Anglesey), one.
„ 13th to 25th. Haytor (Devon), a pair at intervals.
,, 15th/16tli. Hanois Lt. (Channel Islands), one.
„ 15th & 18th. Holyhead (Anglesey), one seen.
„ 22nd. Penrhyn Manor (Anglesey), one seen.
„ 25th. S.E. Suffolk coast, one.
„ 31st. Fowey (Cornwall), one.
Nov. 2nd. Great Orme Head (Carnarvon), one seen.
„ 6th. Tarbatness Lt. (E. Ross-shire), one killed.

„ 6th &7th. Downderry (Cornwall), one seen each day.
}, 9th. Lerwick, a m-)le.

Sept.

25th.

Oct,

5th.

V

8th.

n

11th.

r>

12th.

n

13th.

ri

13th/14th.

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THE REDBREAST (JSrithacus rvbeada).

The first migrant was observed at the Bell Rock (Tay) on the 10th of
August, and from that date there was a small movement, probably of British
birds, which lasted till the 27th of September, returns being received from
Tarbatness (E. Ross-shire) (many) on the 22nd, Inchkeith (Forth) and the
Isle of May (Fife) in the east, and from Kyle Rhea (Skye), Tiree (Argyll)
and Little Ross (Kirkcudbright) in the west of Scotland. A few Red-
breasts were noticed on Spurn Head (Yorkshire) from the 4th to the 14th
of September, though there was no evidence to show that they were
migrating, but an irregular passage of Continental birds on a small scale
commenced there on the 24th and continued to the end of the month.
There was also a movement of a similar character, probably of Con'i-
nental birds, noted from time to time at Holy Island (Northumberland)
between the 24th of September and the 18th of October, on the coast of
Suffolk between the 9th and 19th of October (especially on the 12th and
13th at Orford) and at the Outer Dowsing Light-vessel (Lincolnshire) on
the 10th and 27th. A decided increase was observed on the Sussex
coast from the 10th to the 12th of September and on the 5th, 6th and
]lth of October, while a few Continental birds were passing Hanois
Light (Channel Islands) at intervals during September, October and
November.

In Scotland, from the 28th of September to the 3rd of October, large
arrivals, probably of Continental birds, were recorded from Fair Isle
(Shetland), the Pentland Skerries and the Isle of May. From
the 4th to the 22nd of October only small numbers were noted as
moving except at Inchkeith, where Robins were very numerous on
the 7th and 20th. Most of the records came from the southern stations,
and one killed at the Mull of Galloway Light on the llth proved to be
of the Continental form. A fresh immigration began on the 23rd and
developed into an influx, which lasted until the 30th, large numbers
being noted at stations in the Orkney and Shetland Islands and at Tiree,
and smaller numbers on the Isle of May, Bass Rock (Forth) and Sule
Skerry (W. of Orkney). Redbreasts procured on the coast of Skateraw
(E. Lothian) and at the Pentland Skerries during this time, proved to
belong to the Continental form, and the movement was probably a large
immigration of this race.

Small movements continued up till the 31st of November at many
stations in our Northern Isles.

THE WIIITETHROAT (Sylvia cinerea).

July 31st to \ wt • ^ ^ „.„„„
J } Warwick, decrease.

Aug. 6th. I
Aug. 6th/7th. Bardsey Lt. (Carnarvon), one.

„ 9th/10th. Spurn Head Lt. (Yorkshire), several.

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Aug.

lOth/lltli.

n

10th to 31st.

!>

11th.

11

14tb.

11

15th.

•1

19th/20th.

ii

20th/21st.

ii

23rd /24th.

„

24th.

ii

25th.

n

29th.

n

30th.

•i

31st.

Sept

1st.

i>

1st to 7th.

ii

3rd.

•■

5th to 13th.

ii

7th.

,,

9th/10th.

>!

lOth/llth.

V

10th.

11

llth/12th.

11

12th/13th.

11

14th.

11

14th/15th.

11

15th/16th.

11

16th/17th.

11

17th.

11

17th/18th.

n

20th.

ii

27th.

ii

29th.

n

30th.

Oct.

1st.

»

lst/2nd.

5)

2nd/3rd.

11

8th.

11

10th.

St. Catherine's Lt. (Hampshire), a few.
Suffolk, small numbers passing on the coast.
Warwick, slight increase.
Flannan Isles (Outer Hebrides), one passing.
Bass Rock (Forth), six passing.
Spurn Head Lt., several.
Spurn Head Lt., four.
St. Catherine's Lt., one.
Corsemalzie (Wigtown), last seen.
Kirkliston (Linlithgow), last seen.
Fair Isle (Shetland), two passing.
Pentland Skerries, one.
Kent, majority of residents gone.
Warwick, last seen.
Lancashire, residents left.
Sussex, residents left.
S.E. Yorkshire coast, a few passing.
IJeerness (Orkney), one.
St. Catherine's Lt., several.
Bishop Rock Lt. (Scilly Isles), large numbers; St.

Catherine's Lt., two; Hanois Lt. (Channel Islands),

one.
S.E. Yorkshire coast, an influx.
Bishop Rock Lt., large numbers; llano's Lt., one.
Hanois Lt., four.

Flamborough (Yorkshire), one ; Gloucester, last seen.
Spurn Head Lt., one ; St. Catherine's Lt., ten ; Hanois

Lt., two.
St. Catherine's Lt., twelve ; Hanois Lt., several; Isle

of May Lt. (Fife), two.
St. Catherine's Lt., twenty ; Hanois Lt., six.
Renfrew, last seen ; Essex, majority of residents gone.
St. Catherine's Lt., a few ; Hanois Lt., four.
S.E. Yorkshire coast, a few passing ; Surrey, last seen.
Hampshire and Kent, last seen.
Stornoway (Outer Hebrides), one.
Yorkshire, last seen.
S.E. Yorkshire coast, one passing,
St. Catherine's Lt., three.
St. Catherine's Lt., numbers.
Essex, last seen.
Fair Isle, one.

THE LESSER WHITETHROAT {Sylvia curruca).

Aug. 11th. Suffolk, one passing on the coast.

„ 20th to 31st. Shropshire, majority of residents departed.

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Aug. 24tli. Fair Isle (Shetland), one.

,, 27th. Suffolk, one passing on coast.

,, 30th. Fair Isle, oue.

Sept. 4th. Berks, last seen.

f% 6th. Suffolk, one passing on the coast ; Kent, two passing.

„ 8th. Kent, one passing.

" [ Holy Island (Northumberland), stragglers passing.

Oct. loth. I

„ 10th. S.E. Yorkshire coast, many arrived.

,, 12th/13th. St. Catherine's Lt. (Hampshire), one.

,; 12th to 30th. S.E. Yorkshire coast, stragglers passing.

„ 13th. Suffolk, two passing on coast.

,, 19th to j Fair Isle and Isle of May (Fife), small numbers on

Oct. 9th. i passage.
,, 22nd. Kent, two passing.
„ 25th. Kent, last seen.
,, 28th. Suffolk, one passing on the coast.
Oct. 2nd. Lerwick (Shetland), one.

„ 4th. Surrey, one.

THE BLACKCAP (Sylvia atricapilla).

Sept. 91h. S.E. Yorkshire coast, one passing.

„ 9th/10th. St. Catherine's Lt. (Hampshire), two.

,, 14th/15th. St. Catherine's Lt., two.

„ 16th. Suffolk, one passing on coast.

,, 17th. NrE. Lincoln coast, one passing.

„ 20th/21st. Isle of May Lt. (Fife), one.

„ 21st to ^ Lerwick and Fair Isle (Shetland), A uskerry (Orkney)
Oct. 17th. j auci Pentland Skerries, a steady passage.

,, 28th to | Fair Isle, extraordinary numbers of both sexes
Oct. 2nd. \ observed.

„ 30th. Devon, last seen.

Oct. 1st. Shropshire, one picked up under telegraph-wires.

,, lst/2nd. St. Catherine's Lt., two.

„ 1st to 8th. Sussex, all departed.

., 1st to 11th. Holy Island (Northumberland), stragglers passing.

,, 2nd/3rd. St. Catherine's Lt., numbers.

„ 4th. Surrey, last seen.

,, 7th. Kent, one passing.

,, lOth/llth. Bardsey Lt. (Carnarvon), one.

,, 12th. Kent, one passing.

,, 15th. N.E. Lincoln coast, one passing.

„ 23rd/24th. Isle of May Lt., one.

„ 30th. Fair Isle, one male.

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Nov.

6th.

Fair Isle, one female.

Dec.

6th.

Auskerry, one female

V

29th.

Bucks, a male seen.

THE GARDEN-WARBLER (Syhia hortensis).

July 29th. Pentland Skerries, one.

Aug. 7th. Fair Isle (Shetland), one.

„ 7th to ) Auskerry and Sule Skerry (Orkney) and Pentland

Oct. 2nd. ( Skerries, small numbers passing.

,, llth/12th. Hanois Lt. (Channel Islands), one.

„ loth/lGth. Spurn Head Lt, (Yorkshire), two.

,, 17th/18th St. Catherine's Lt. (Hampshire), three.

„ 21st/22nd. Spurn Head Lt., several.

„ 22nd/23rd. St. Catherine's Lt., several.

,, 31st. Hampshire, hulk of residents gone.

Sept. 5th. Kent, one passing.

,, 9th/10th. St, Catherine's Lt., two.

„ 13th. S.E. Yorkshire coast, one passing.
„ 13th to 16th. Hampshire, stragglers passing.

14th. Isle of May (Fife), one passing.

„ 14th/15th. St. Catherine's Lt., one; Hanois Lt,, one.

„ 15th/16th. Hanois Lt., several.

„ 16th/17th. Hanois Lt,, two.

,, 17th 18th. St. Catherine's Lt., one.

, 18th. Sussex, one passing.

,, 21st. Isle of May, one.

,, 29th. Holy Island (Northumberland), one passing.

Oct. 1st. Holy Island, three passing.

„ lst/2nd. Hanois Lt., two.

2nd. Fair Isle, one.

„ 2nd/3rd. Hanois Lt., numbers.

THE CHIFFCHAFF (Phylloscopus rufus).

An observer in Wiltshire recorded the departure of the main body of
Chifl'chaffs from his neighbourhood on the 19th of August.

In September there were reports of the departure of resident birds
from Lancashire and Shropshire during the first week of the month.
Small numbers were noted on passage in Sussex on the 7th and 27th, in
Devonshire on the 15th and 17th, and in Kent between the 23rd and
27th. On the Isle of May (Fife) a good many examples of the northern
form (PA. r. abietinus) were reported between the 28th of September and
the 3rd of October, and some of the common ChiffchalF on the 29th.
The light-records for September were as follows : — St. Catherine's Light

•2 2 9

(Hampshire), several on the 9th/10th, one on the lOth/llth, and one on
the 12tk/13th ; Bishop Rock Light (Scilly Isles), large numbers on the
llth/12th ; Hanois Light (Channel Islands), one on the 12th/13th, two
on the 14th/15th, and four on the 16th/17th.

In October several were seen on the Isle of May on the 1st and one on
the 2nd. The other records were those of passing stragglers in York-
shire, Suffolk, Dorsetshire, Hampshire and Kent. Two were taken at
St. Catherine's Light on the lst/2nd and one at Hanoi's Light on the
15th/16tb.

An observer in Somerset recorded the presence of three or four of this
species in a garden throughout October and until the 7th of November.

ChilLhaffs were last seen in Wigtown on the 25th of August, in
Shropshire on the 26th of September, in Devonshire and Sussex on the
.">0th, in Dorset and Hampshire on the 3rd of October, in Yorkshire on
the 4th and in Kent on the 9th.

Besides the examples of the northern ChiffchafF recorded above from
the Isle of May, others were reported from Fair Isle (Shetland) on
the 29th of September and the 2nd and 3rd of October, from Auskerry
(Orkney) on the 30th of September, and from near Lerwick (Shetland)
on the 28th of October and the Oth of November.

THE WILLOW- WARBLER (PhijUoscopus trochilus).

Two Willow-Warblers were reported from the Bell Rock (Tay) on
the 7th of July, and one at Inchkeith (Forth) on the 31st.

In August they were recorded as passing almost daily throughout the
month at Fair Isle (Shetland) and the Pentland Skerries. On the 3rd
a slight increase in numbers was observed in Suffolk and a decided
increase on the 10th was followed by a gradual decrease between the
19th and 21st. On the coast of the same county stragglers were passing
during the whole month. In Devonshire many were reported on passage
on the 20th, and a great influx was noted in Sussex on the 14th ; these
birds had passed on by the following day, but a further increase in
numbers took place on the 27th. The light-records for August were
fairly numerous, but with one exception the number of birds observed
was small. One Willow- Warbler was noted at the Morecambe Bay
Light-vessel (Lancashire) on the lst/2nd and thirty at Bardsev Li»ht
(Carnarvonshire) on the 0th/7th. At St. Catherine's Light (Hampshire)
a few occurred on the lOth/llth, one on the 23rd/24th, and several on the
24th/25th. At Spurn Head Light (Yorkshire) a few were reported on
the 12th/13th and 14th/15th, two on the 18th/19th, and several on the
19th/20th, 20th/21st and 21st/22nd; three were recorded at the Skerries
Light (Anglesey) on the 18th/19th, while a great influx took place at
Inchkeith Light on the 22nd, when numbers of birds were at the lantern
from midnight till davbreak.

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In September small numbers were passing at the Pentland Skerries
during the month and up to the 4th of October, while large numbers
were observed at Fair Isle during the same period. At Spurn Head
Light a good many were noted from the 10th to the 12th ; there was
an increase on the loth and passing stragglers were seen throughout
the rest- of the month. In Devonshire au increase took place on the loth
and 14th, many were recorded on the 17th, nearly all of which had gone
by the 19th, and a small influx was noticed on the 30th of September
and on the 1st of October. At Holy Island* (Northumberland) a few
stragglers were reported on the 12th, 24th and 30th of September, and
again on the 1st, 2nd and 4th of October. The light-records for
September were as follows: — St. Catherine's Light, twenty on the
9th/10th, one on the lOth/llth and 14th/15th ; Hanois Light (Channel
Islands), one on the lOth/llth, 12th/13th and 16th/17th, and two on the
14th/15th and 17th/18th ; Bishop Rock Light (Scilly Isles), large numbers
on the llth/12th and many on the 17th/18th ; Spurn Head Light, several
on the 12th/13th and three on the loth/16th. In October single birds
were recorded at St. Catherine's Light on the lst/2nd, and at St. Tudwal
Light (Carnarvonshire) on the lOth/llth. In November a solitary bird
was observed in Hampshire on the 5th.

Willow- Warblers were last seen in Shropshire on the 12th of
September, in Dundee on the 15th, in Wigtown and Dorsetshire on
the 22nd, in Renfrewshire and Linlithgowshire on the 23rd, in Suffolk
on the 28th, in Sussex on the 29th, in Surrey on the 1st of October, in
Hampshire on the 3rd and in Kent on the 9th.

THE SEDGE-WARBLER {Acrocephalw phragmitis).

July 16tb/17th. Hanois Lt. (Channel Islands), one.
„ 24th/25th. Hanois Lt., one.

Aug. 3rd/4th & [ g H d Lt (Yorkshire), several.

5th/6th. i "

„ 6th/7th. Bardsey Lt. (Carnarvon), six ; Isle of May Lt. (Fife),
thre •.

„ lOth/llth. Spurn Head Lt., five ; St. Catherine's Lt. (Hampshire),
a few.

,, llth/12th. Hanois Lt., one ; Isle of May Lt., some.

„ 14th/15th. Spurn Head Lt , one.

., 16th/17th. Skerries Lt. (Anglesey), two.

„ 17th/18th. Spurn Head Lt., six.

,, 18th/19tb. Spurn Head Lt., three ; Isle of May Lt., some.

„ 24th/25th. St. Catherine's Lt., two.

„ 26th/27th. Spurn Head Lt,, one.
Sept. 2nd. Renfrew, last seen ; Wigtown, last seen.

„ 9th/10th. St. Catherine's Lt,. ten.

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Sept. lOth/lltk. St. Catherine's Lt., one.

„ 12th. S.E. Yorkshire coast, one passing.

„ 12th/13th. St. Catherine's Lt., one.

„ 14th/15th. Spurn Head Lt., several; St. Catherine's Lt., two;
llanois Lt., one; Isle of May Lt., one.

,, loth/liUh. St. Catherine's Lt., twelve.

,, 10th/17th. Spurn Head Lt., two ; Ilanois Lt., one.

„ 17th. Kent, three passing.

„ 17th/18th. Ilanois Lt., one; St. Catherine's Lt., four.

„ 19th. Little Ross Lt. (Kirkcudhright), one.

,, 28th. Sussex, last seen.

Oct. 2nd/3rd. St. Catherine's Lt., one.

THE GOLDEN-CRESTED WREN {llecjulus cristatus).

The records of the migratory movements of this species were nearly
all from the eastern side of the kingdom. The first reports were of the
arrival of some in Suffolk on the 17th of August and the appearance of
three at the Chicken Rock Light (Isle of Man) on the 24th/25th.

In September small numbers were observed at Tarbatness Light
(E. Ross-shire), Girdleness Light (Kincardine), the Bell Rock Light
(Tay), and Little Ross Light (Kirkcudbright), between the 18th and
26th. A good many of the British race were recorded at the Isle
<>f May (Fife) on the 15th, and there were constant small arrivals of
Continental birds in Orkney, Shetland, and at the Isle of May between
the 28th of September and the 5th of October. At Holy Island
(Northumberland) two passing migrants were noted on the 14th of
September and one on the 16th and 25th respectively, these two latter
being of the Continental form, as also were numbers that arrived on the
29th. A portion of these had passed on by the next day, and the
remainder by the 6th of October. On the 8th of September, Goldcreets
were first seen at Spurn Head (Yorkshire), an increase was noted there
on the 12th and again between the 24th and 27th, followed by a gradual
decrease from the 28th to the 30th. On the opposite coast of Lincoln-
shire six were seen on passage on the 25th. Arrivals on the coast of
Suffolk were reported on the 6th and an increase in numbers on the 12th,
In E. Kent passing birds were observed throughout the month. The
light-records for September were : — One example of the British race at
Ilanois Light (Channel Islands) on the 12th/13th, a few at Withernsea
Light (Yorkshire) on the 14th, and a email influx at Little Ross Light
on the 17th/13th.

In October, Goldcrests were on passage in the Orkney and Shetland
Islands between the 22nd of that month and the 5th of November. A
straggler (British race) was recorded at the Isle of May on the 9th of
October, and one at the Pentland Skerries on the same date. A passing
bird was observed op Holy Island on the 16th, and stragglers at Spurn

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Head on the 1st, 2nd and 4th. On the Suffolk coast migratory movements
were noted on the 6th, 9th, 11th, 14th and 17th. Goldcrests Avere passing
in E. Kent on the 9th and a large arrival was reported in Wiltshire on the
14th ; these hirds passed on by the 16th, while a further increase in the
same county took place on the 29th ; of these arrivals only two remained
on the following day. The light-records in October were : — S. Goodwin
Light-vessel (Kent), one each day on the 2nd and 9th ; Bardsey Light
(Carnarvonshire), one on the 5th/6th ; Withernsea Light, some arrived on
the 9th; Spurn Head Light, one on the 9th/10th and one on the 13th/
14th ; St. Anthony's Light (Cornwall), a few on the 9th/10th ; Hanois
Light, one (Continental race) on the 15th/16th, and two of the same
race on the 22nd/23rd ; Cromer Light (Norfolk), one on the 19th/20th ;
Lynn Well Light-vessel (Norfolk), one on the 20th ; Outer Dowsing
Light-vessel (Lincolnshire), three on the 23rd ; and Dudgeon Light-
vessel (Norfolk), one on the 25th.

In November numbers were recorded at the Isle of May on the 23rd.
A great many arrived in Wiltshire between the 1st and 18th and passed
on by the 23rd. Single birds were taken at Chicken Hock Light on
the 4th/5th, at Withernsea Light on the 7th/8th, at St. Catherine's
Light on the 8th/9th, and at Hanois Light on the 14th/15th, while
on the 2nd of December a solitary bird was observed on the Flannan
Isles (Outer Hebrides).

THE PIED WAGTAIL (Motacilla lugnbris).

Migration commenced in the early part of July. A go.d many were
observed on the shore at Girdleness (Kincardine) on the 13th, numbers
of adults and young on the shore at Portmahomack (E. Poss-shire) on the
17th and a flock of old and young in Suffolk on the 30th.

h\ August a passing flock of about forty individuals was noted in
Cheshire on the 5th and many on the 7th and a few on the 20th. In
Lancashire large flocks were recorded between the 7th and 16th ; these
had nearly all gone by the 28th. An increase in numbers took place in
Kent on the 8th, the bulk of these had gone by the 11th, a few passing
birds occurring on the 12th and 14th. In Sussex migration commenced
on the 9th and an increase also took place in Suffolk, followed by a large
decrease on the following day. Some were passing on the coast of the
same county on the 21st, large numbers were seen there on the 25th, and
a decrease was noted on the 28th. In Northumberland an observer noted
the departure of a flock of about thirty on the 16th, which at dusk went
to the north-east. On the 17th a passing flock of forty was observed in
Devonshire. During the latter half of the month many were recorded
at Lerwick (Shetland) and numerous small parties on the coast of
Carnarvonshire.

In September a few Pied Wagtails were passing to the south-west in

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Sussex between the 1st and Gtli and again between the 14th and 16th.
Many were reported in Lancashire on the 2nd with a decrease on the 4ih ;
an increase on the following day was succeeded by a decrease on the
18th and a passing flock of about fifty was noted on the 22nd. In
Suffolk some were passing on the coast on the 3rd and 25th, and at
Broughton (Peeblesbire) a large flock was seen on the 4th. Small
numbers were passing on the coast of Yorkshire between the 4th and
30th except on the 18th, when large numbers were recorded. Pied
Wagtails were numerous in flocks at Old Aberdeen on the 10th, and in
great numbers in Brecon between the 10th and 30th. Iu Devonshire
large flocks of migrants were reported on the 19th and 20th and many,
both old and young, between the 26th and 28th. In Westmoreland,
Wagtails were on passage throughout the month, especially on the 2nd,
from the 12th to 14th and 18th to 21st ; on the 22nd flocks observed
were going to the south-east. There were only three light-records in
September, viz.: — St. Catherine's (Hampshire) on the 10th and 14th,
when many appeared in the fields about the lighthouse, and Bishop Bock
Light (Scilly Isles), where one occurred on the night of the lOth/llth.

On the 1st of October a large movement to the west-south-west took
place on the Sussex coast, and small numbers were travelling south-
west between the 2nd and 7th. In the same county large numbers were
on passage on the 10th and 11th, very large numbers on the loth, and
small numbers between the 18th and 25th. A large flock arrived in
Yorkshire on the 1st and left again on the 5th, and numbers arrived
in Somersetshire on the 17th and 18th. Great numbers were observed
in Brecon between the 1st and 6th. The light-records for October
were : — Hanois Light (Channel Islands), three on the 2nd/3rd ; Leman
and Ower Light- vessel (Norfolk), thirty on the 22nd/23rd and live on the
30th/31st.

A small movement to the south-west took place on the Sussex coast
on the 7th of November.

In December, Pied Wagtails were passing over Portsmouth in a
southerly direction on the 1st, 3rd, 4th and 8th.

THE WHITE WAGTAIL {Motacilla alba).
Aug. 25th. Isle of Man, several.
" o, . i Isle of Man, some small parties.

Sept. 2nd. Westmoreland, two passing. Gloucester, one.

„ 12th/13th. Hanois Lt. (Channel Islands), one.

„ 14th. Lancashire, one.

„ 15th. Westmoreland, one. Devon, large numbers.

„ 19th. Cardigan, five.

„ 24th. Lancashire, one.

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Sept. 25th, Lancashire, six.
„ 26th. Gloucester, our.

„ 29th. Gloucester, one.

Oct. 8th. Auskerry (Orkney), two.

„ 10th. Pentlancl Skerries, two.

„ 12th. Pentland Skerries, one.

,, 28th. Auskerry, one.

The main movements recorded from the Northern Isles
and east and west coasts of Scotland took place
between the 13th and 17th of August, hut migration
was more or less in progress from the 25th of July
till the 3rd of October.

THE GREY WAGTAIL {Motacilla melanope).

The migratory movement of this species began early in August. The
first records came from Sule Skerry ^Orkney), where stragglers were
recorded on the 9th and 17th, a small party of fifteen was observed at
Tiumpanhead (Outer Hebrides) on the 21st, large numbers at Girdleness
(Kincardine) on the 22nd and 31st and many at Tarbatness (E. Ross-shire)
on the latter date. Several small parties were reported in Westmoreland
on the 23rd and 24th and stragglers between the 28th and 31st.

In September single birds, which were probably migrants, were
recorded in Kent between the 10th and 18th and again on the 27th.
Grey Wagtails were passing in Somersetshire on the 16th and in ones and
twos in Suffolk on the 18th, 25ih and 28th. In Westmoreland stragglers
were passing throughout the month, but larger numbers were observed
on the 12th, and again between the 18th and 21st, while some noted in
the same county on the 22nd were moving to the south-east. A flock
was reported in Lancashire on the 25th.

In October single birds were noted on the Yorkshire coast on the 3rd,
in Warwickshire on the 6th, 8th and 11th, in Suffolk on the 8th, in
Somersetshire on the 19th and in Worcestershire on the 31st. A passing-
flock of about twenty-five was seen in Wiltshire on the 29th.

Two were reported at Fort William (Inverness) on the 10th of
November, and one at Lauder (Berwick) on the 3rd of December.

THE YELLOW WAGTAIL (Motacilla rati).

A few Yellow Wagtails were observed in Cheshire on the 5th of
August, many on the 7th and a few on the 20th, and a small number in
Cumberland on the 5th, 7th, 11th and 19th. An observer in Yorkshire
reported the departure of the bulk of the local birds between the 10th
and 20th. In Suffolk, Yellow Wagtails were noted as gathering in
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the coast of the same county on the 20th and 21st and many on the 25th.
Stragglers passing west were reported from Hampshire on the 16th,
22nd, 26th and 30th. In Lancashire many were recorded between the
18th and 22nd and again from the 26th to the 29th.

In September some few were passing during the first part of the month
in Ayrshire ; many recorded in Lancashire on the 2nd, 4th and 5th,
had decreased on the 10th, and very large numbers noted there on the
12th were reduced to a few on the loth. Yellow Wagtails were passing
daily in Hampshire from the 2nd to the 11th. In Suffolk a large gathering
took place on the 4th; these birds had all passed on by the 7th. The
other records for the month referred to stray passing birds or small
parties in Linlithgowshire, Wigtown, Yorkshire, Somersetshire, Devon-
shire and Kent. An observer in the last-named county noted that the
flocks of Yellow Wagtails collected in Romney Marsh had all disappeared
by the middle of the month and that only stragglers were seen afterwards.

There were two lighthouse records in September, both from Hanois
Light (Channel Islands), viz. :— Two birds on the 9th/10th and one on
the 14th/15th.

THE MEADOW-PIPIT {Antkm pratensis).

Migration commenced in Sussex in the first week of August. On the
Suffolk coast large numbers were observed on the 15th with an increase
on the 17th ; there was a slight decrease on the 19th, but large numbers
were again observed between the 20th and 30th and a further increase
took place on the 31st, when some were reported to be coming in from
the north. In Cumberland migration commenced on the 30th and on
the 31st four were seen going south-east. The light-records for August
were : — St. Catherine's Light (Hampshire), single birds on the 9th/10th
and lOth/llth.

In September the migratory movement increased greatly in volume.
At Fair Isle (Shetland) many were observed on the 1st and large numbers
between the 17th and 24th. On the coast of Suffolk large numbers were
recorded on the 7th, 12th, 14th, lGth, 18th and 23rd and decreased
numbers on the 8th, 17th, 19th to 21st and 24th. On the Yorkshire
coast many were moving in small parties between the 5th and 11th and
in more or less large flocks between the 12th and 18th ; after that date
the records referred to a few passing birds until the 27th, when a good
many were again noted on passage. At Corsemalzie (Wigtown) many
were reported on the 5th, also in Bedfordshire on the 7th, and in the latter
county hundreds were observed on migration on the 22nd. On the 7th
many were seen on the coast of Sussex, and an arrival of small numbers
took place there on the 10th ; all had passed on by the 12th. Small
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7tli and 2Gth going south-east, south and south-west. Large flocks
occurred in Gloucestershire on the 14th. Between the 17th and 24th
numbers of Meadow-Pipits were recorded at the Flannan Isles and Butt
of Lewis (Outer Hebrides) at N. Unst (Shetland) and at the Isle of May
(Fife). The light-records for September were : — Outer Dowsing Light-
vessel (Lincolnshire), one on thel3th/]4th ; Kentish Knock Light-vesstl
(Essex), one on board on the 16th, several on the 16th/17th and a few on
the 18th/19th ; Hanois Light (Channel Islands) one on the 16th/17th ;
Butt of Lewis Light, many on the 17th.

In October many were observed on the coast of Yorkshire on the 1st
and a few on the 2nd and 3rd, but all had gone on the following day.
Great numbers were recorded from the Flannan Isles on the 3rd and
many in Oxfordshire on the 3rd and 11th. Large numbers were
noted in Hampshire on the 8th and a few on the 20th, 23rd and 31st,
some of them going south ; at Inchkeith (Forth) many occurred on
the 7th. In Norfolk small numbers coasting to the north-west were
reported on the 5th and 6th. A good many were seen about Dungeuess
Lighthouse (Kent) on the 8th, and small arrivals took place in Sussex
on the 10th, which had all passed on by the 12th. A large flock was
observed in the same county going south- wTest on the 18th. In Anglesey
many small flocks were noted between the 14th and 25th, and some
numbers on the clift's on the south coast of Cornwall between the 20th
and 31st. Two arrived on the Suffolk coast from the east on the 29th.
The October light-records were : — St. Catherine's Light, two on the
21st/22nd; Hanois Light, many on the 2nd/3rd, three on the 14th/15th,
many on the 15th/16th, few on the 16th/17th, 17th/18th, 22nd/23rd
and 23rd/24th ; Eddystone Light (Cornwall), several on the 9th/10th ;
St. Anthony Light (Cornwall) a few on the 9th/10th; Spurn Head
Light (Yorkshire), two on the 13th/14th.

In November some were seen in the Flannan Isles on the 9th and at
Fair Isle on the 16th and 25th. Small numbers were seen on passage
in Hampshire on the 4th of December, two at Fair Isle on the 5th and
one on the 9th.

THE SPOTTED FLYCATCHER (Mtiscicapa grisola).

A number of Spotted Flycatchers were noted in Devonshire on the 5th
of August, a marked decrease took place on the 9th and many passing birds
were recorded on the 20th. Observers in Staffordshire and Warwickshire
reported the departure of local residents by the 20th and 24th respec-
tively. Reports from the lights for August were as follows : — Bardsey
Light (Carnarvonshire), two on the 6th/7th ; Isle of May Light (Fife),
one on the 9th ; St. Catherine's (Hampshire), two on the 24th/25th.

In September they were passing at Lerwick (Shetland) on the 3rd. In
Shropshire an observer noted that all the local birds had left during the
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Devonshire and birds wore passing daily at the Pentland Skerries
between the 25th and 29th. The light-records for September were: —
St. Catherine's Light, one on the 9th/10th, and twelve on the 15th/16th ;
Bishop Rock Light (Scilly Isles), large numbers on the llth/12th and
many on the 17th/18th ; Illinois Light (Cliannel Islands), three on the
9th/10th, two on the 1 1th, loth and three on the 16th/17th.

In October the only record was of two at St. Catherine's Light on the
2nd/3rd.

Spotted Flycatchers were last seen in "Wiltshire on the 24th of August,
in Northumberland on the 30th, in Lincolnshire on the 31st, in Berk-
shire on the 2nd of September, in Renfrewshire on the 6th, in Ayrshire
on the 7th, in Hertfordshire on the 9th, in Norfolk on the 10th, in
Bevonshire on the 15th, in Hampshire on the 14th and in Essex and
Gloucestershire on the 29th.

THE PIED FLYCATCHER (Musckapa atricapilla).

In August, Pied Flycatchers were noted on passage at the Pentland
Skerries on the 8th and at the Isle of May (Fife) on the 9th. A
female came on board II. M.S. ' Enchantress ' on the 25th at 4.30 p.m.
when the vessel was at anchor off Cromer. In Suffolk a few were
passing from the 27th to the 29th, and large numbers from the 29th to
the 31st. At Fair Is'e (Shetland), the Pentland Skerries and Isle of
May passing migrants were observed on the 30th and 31st.

In September, Pied Flycatchers were on passage throughout the mouth
at Fair Isle, the Pentland Skerries and Isle of May. A few were
passing in Suffolk on the 1st and 2nd, and stragglers on the coast of
Yorkshire between the 9th and 30th. In E. Kent numbers were re-
corded as passing from the 16th to the 18th and a few between the 18th
and 25th. One was reported at St Catherine's Light (Hampshire) on
the 9th 10th of September and one at Hanois Light (Channel Islands)
on the 14th/15th.

The only record in October came from Northumberland, where an
observer noted birds passing between the 1st and 4th.

THE SWALLOW (Hirundo rustica).

On the 4th of July a Swallow was observed at the Bell Rock Light
(Tay), two visited the Butt of Lewis Light (Outer Hebrides) on the
22ud, and stragglers were seen at Fair Isle (Shetland) on the 1st, 4th,
10th and 11th. A large departure was noted from Devonshire on the
28th, and some were seen flying south past the Owers Light-vessel
(Sussex) on the 29th.

Numbers were observed at Inchkeith (Forth) on several dates during
August, and notes of increases and decreases in various counties show
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The arrival of about a hundred at the Sussex coast was recorded on the
2nd, a considerable number left the same county on the 9th, and a
further large contingent arrived there on the 27lh. Swallows were
passing through Westmoreland in numbers on the 7th and 8th, they
were congregating in Cumberland on the 11th and had commenced to
leave Northumberland by the 14th. Small numbers were noted flying
S. in Warwickshire on the 11th and to the south-west on the 13th.
Numbers were congregating in Suffolk on the 12th aud again in larger
numbers on the 21st, while a few were passing south along the coast of
that county on the 29lh. In Kent a marked movement on the south-
east took place on the 30th. A passing flock of about two hundred
individuals was seen flying south in Wiltshire on the 25th, and a large
gathering was noted in Devonshire on the 30th which was followed by
a marked decrease on the following day. The only light-records for
August were of two flying south-west past the Outer Dowsing Light-
vessel (Lincolnshire) on the 7th and about thirty at the Skerries Light
(Anglesey) on the 23rd.

For September the reports were very numerous, as vast numbers of
birds were evidently moving southward down the Yorkshire coast ;
a passage to the south-east was observed on the 1st and a gathering of
large numbers on Spurn Head on the 5th and 6th ; further passage-
movements were noted in this county on the 9th and 13th, while many
were moving south past Flamborough Head on the 15th and 10th aud
at Spurn Head on the 27th. In Staffordshire large numbers were going
west on the 1st, and on passage (direction not recorded) between the
13th and 30th, especially on the 14th, 17th, 20th and 26th. Large flocks
Avere passing in Cheshire on the 3rd and again on the 15th. A flock was
recorded going west in the same county on the 19th and one to the north-
west on the 25th. A few arrived on the Isle of Wight on the 3rd and
passed on to the south. A great increase took place in Devonshire on the
4th followed by a decrease on the following day, and an observer in that
county reported that large numbers of local birds had left for the south on
the 7th and 8lh. Passage-migrants were also passing in Devonshire on
the 8th and 9th, very large numbers were going north-west on the 13th,
great numbers were again observed on the 16th, immense passing flocks
were seen on the 22ud and 23rd, large flocks were flying south on the 24th
and thousands in the same direction on the 28th. In Suffolk some were
going south down the coast on the 5th and 25th of September, on the
6th large flocks were leaving, an increase in numbers took place on the
7th and this was followed by a decrease on the 13th. In Lancashire
large numbers were passing on the 6th, and in Gloucestershire small lots
were dying south-west on the 7th and to the east on the 14th, while a large
Uncle was going south on the 25th. A large gathering took place in
Brecon on the 15th, the birds leaving on the following day. Swallows
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lGth, stragglers were noted between the 17th and 22nd, and many were
flying east along the coast during the afternoon of the 26th, while on the
28th many were again passing in small lots, but the direction of their
Bight was not stated. In Kent stragglers were passing between the
14 th and 10th and 18th and 29th. In the northernmost counties small
parties were passing south-east in Northumberland and south in West-
moreland on the 21st. Small numbers were passing south, south-west,
and north-west in Warwickshire on the 29th. A small lot was noted
going east in Hampshire on the 80th. The light-records for September
were : — Kentish Knock Light-vessel (Essex), several to the west on the
3rd and great numbers to west-north-west on the 7th; Bishop Rock
Light (Scilly Isles), twelve to the south-west on the Gth ; St. Catherine's
Light (Hampshire), one killed on the night of the lOth/llth, and large
numbers congregating on the 15th ; Spurn Head Light (Yorkshire),
thousands to the south-west from 8.45 to 10.45 a.m. on the 13th, the
birds passing in a continuous stream ; Ilanois Light (Channel Islands),
a few passing on the 22nd and 28th.

In October the emigratory movement continued up to the middle of
the month. Small numbers were on passage in Lancashire and Suffolk
on the 1st, and in the former county a few were passing west on the 4th
and another party (direction not stated) on the Gth. Swallows were
pa> dug in Wiltshire on the 4th and oth. On the former date a small
party was recorded going east in Sussex and large numbers to the south-
east on the 9th. A large flock was reported travelling from south-west
to north in Hampshire on the 7th, and about a hunched were noted on
passage in Somersetshire on the 9th. A considerable assembly was ob-
served in Essex on the 12th, the birds taking their departure that night ;
on the same date a few were going south in Suffolk and on the 13th large
numbers were passing to the south-west in Devonshire. The last record
of a migratory movement was that of a small passing flock in the Isle of
Man on the 10th. There were no light-records for October.

In November two Swallows were seen in Cornwall on the 2nd, two iu
Sussex on the 4th, and one in Hampshire on the Gth. Swallows were
last seen in Lancashire and Flint on the 30th of September, in North-
umberland on the 6th of October, in Ayrshire and Hampshire on the
8th, in Wiltshire on the 11th, in Cambridgeshire on the 12th, in Surrey
on the 15th, in Warwickshire on the 18th, in Lincolnshire, Shropshire
and Cornwall on the 22nd and in Brecon on the 2Gth.

THE HOUSE-MARTIN (Chelidon urbica).

On the 1st of August hundreds of House-Martins were reported on
the Sussex coast, a large passing flock was also seen on the 3rd and large
flocks on the 13th and 29th. In Warwickshire small parties were passing
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flying south down the Suffolk const and a few more on the 29th. A few
were seen on passage in Devonshire on the 24th, and large numbers left
Northumberland on the 27th.

In September migratory movements were more marked. An observer
in Staffordshire reported large flocks leaving his neighbourhood to the
west on tbe 1st and 3rd; on the 12th the adult local birds took their
departure and a large proportion of the young birds on the 26th, the latter
moving in a southerly direction. There was a small passage in Sussex
on the 1st and 6th and a very large one on the 9th, on the 12th small
flocks were passing all day and some numbers on the 17th. On the 23rd
very large numbers passed over the Isle of Wight going south, and in
Devonshire passing birds were recorded. On the Suffolk coast many
were going south on the 5th and smaller numbers on the 19th and 20th.
A few were travelling south-west in Gloucestershire on the 7th and
great numbers in the same direction on the 14th and to the south-east
on the 29th. In Warwickshire on the 8th many House-Martins were
passing from north-east to south-west and from south-east to north-west,
and small numbers from north-east to south-west on the 21st. On the
following day large numbers were again passing, but the direction of
their flight was not recorded. Numbers arrived in Yorkshire on the
9th and passed on by the 14th, many were also passing Flamborough Head
on the 15th. In Kent some were going south-west on the 10th and
others on the 14th and loth. Between the 13th and 28th House-
Martins were passing through Northumberland, especially on the 21st,
when large numbers were recorded. On the 14th, large flocks going
south were reported from Lauderdale (Berwick), and large numbers
were passing in Westmoreland between the 25th and 28th. On the 29th
a considerable movement took place in Somersetshire and thirty were
going south in Hampshire. Four were reported going west past the
Girdler Light-vessel (Kent) on the 28th.

On the 1st of October a few were flying south down the Suffolk coast,
and a flock went south-west over the Isle of Wight, where some were
also noted going south on the 5th. In Sussex a flock of forty was
recorded on the 8th, and on the following day an immense movement
took place, the birds arriving in small parties from the north and going
south-east. Large numbers occurred in East Lothian on the 16th, on
which date a small passing flock was also noted in Cumberland. The
light-records for October were: — Girdler Light-vessel, many to the
south-west on the 1st and 5th.

In November a single House-Martin was seen in Essex on the 7th
and three on the Suffolk coast on the 24th.

House-Martins were last seen in Renfrewshire on the 28th of Sep-
tember, in Warwickshire on the 3rd of October, in Lincolnshire on the
7th, in Brecon on the 9th, in Oxfordshire on the 10th, in Worcestershire
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10th, in Yorkshire on the 17th, in Suffolk on the 20th, in Kent and
Cumberland on the 21st, in Surrey on the 23th and in Cambridgeshire
on the 31st.

Nests with young birds were reported from Northumberland on the
6th of October and from Cheshire on the 9th,

THE SAND-MAKTIN (Cotile riparia).

Large numbers of Sand-Martins were observed ou the coast of Sussex
on the 1st of August, and reports of the departure or decrease in the
numbers of the local birds were received from Yorkshire, Warwickshire
and Sussex during that month. In September large numbers were
observed on passage in Suffolk on the 6th. On the 9th, 12th, 16th and
23rd considerable migratory movements took place in Sussex, that of the
12th being especially noteworthy, as a continuous stream of birds passed
between noon and dusk in a south-west and west-south-west direction.
In Devonshire immense numbers were passing on the 13th and large
numbers on the 22nd.

In October about two hundred were noted going south-east in Sussex
on the 9th, and about a hundred on the 18th.

In November a single bird was seen in Sussex on the 11th. Sand-
Martins were last seen in Gloucestershire on the 7th of September, in
Dundee and Yorkshire '~>n the 9th, in Linlithgowshire on the 10th, in the
Isle of May (Fife) on the 13th, in Shropshire on the 18th, in Devonshire
on the 25th, in Kent on the 27th and in Hertfordshire on the 30th.

THE GREENFINCH {Ligurinus chloris).

Three Greenfinches were seen on passage on the 7th of August at the
Pentland Skerries, a migrating flock was noticed in South Devonshire on
the 13th of September, on which day the first lots were seen coasting-
south on the Suffolk coast, a similar movement being noted on the South
Yorkshire coast on the 20th.

During the whole of October and up to the end of the first week in
November great numbers were seen moving south along the Suffolk
coast early in the morning of each day, except on the 28th and 29th, when
there was a very strong S.W. wind. Many were noted coasting south
on the morning of the 7th of November at Hunstanton (Norfolk).
Migrants were also noted coasting north on the Suffolk coast on the
4th and oth of October. Small arrivals were recorded during the last
half of October, and in November at the Flannan Isles (Outer Hebrides),
Auskerry (Orkney), Iuchkeith (Forth) and the Isle of May (Fife).

Greenfinches were seen coming in from the east on the Suffolk coast
on the 18th of October, and single birds were recorded from the Dudgeon
Light-vessel (Norfolk) on the 28th of October and Cromer Light
(Norfolk) on the 13th/14th of December, while many were seen at the
Shipwash Light-vessel (Suffolk) on the 7th/8th of November.

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THE GOLDFIXCH {CardueUs elegans).

Numbers of Goldfinches were noted on passage on several days in the
last half of September on the Stiff oik coast, while two on passage were
seen on the South Yorkshire coast

From the 24th to the 28th a decided increase was recorded in Kent.
During the first half of October migrants were again seen on the Suffolk
coast on several days, and an increase in numbers took place in S. Hamp-
shire and in Essex at the end of that month. Others were seen on passage
on the Suffolk coast on the 9th of November.

There is no evidence to show that any of these records refer to
immigrants from abioad.

THE SISKIN (Chrysomitris spinus).

The first arrivals were noted on Fair Isle (Shetland) on the 24th of
September, and from that time until the 1st of November arrivals of quite
small numbers were noticed almost every day at this station, Auskeny
(Orkney), the Isle of May (Fife) and the Bass Rock (Forth). One was
seen on Holy Island (Northumberland) on the 30th of September and on
the 2nd of October a flock of forty arrived with a strong N.E. wind, but
all were gone on the 4th. On the 4th of October three on passage were
noted on the South Yorkshire coast and on the first a flock was detected
in Cardiganshire. Oil the 7th some were seen at Yarmouth (Norfolk)
coasting from the north. Siskins were seen in Essex on the 17th of
November and in Brecon on the 18th.

THE CHAFFINCH {Fringilla Calebs).

The first migrants were noticed at the Outer Dowsing Light-vessel
(Lincolnshire) on the 18th of September and at the Girdler Light-vessel
(Kent) on the 24th and 25th. A large increase was detected on the
Sussex coast on the 12th, and in Kent, where there had been numbers
all the month, a decrease was noted on the 16th and 17th. Arrivals
were noted at the Isle of May (Fife) on the 24th of September and at Fair
Isle (Shetland) on the 25th. On the 29th and 30th with a strong S.E.
wind arrivals took place at Holy Island (Northumberland) where
they remained until the 6th of October ; on the same dates a similar
arrival was noted on the South Yorkshire coast, the flocks consisting of
males, and on the 30th an unusual arrival took place at the Isle of May.
From the end of September up to the 8th of November a steady flow of
immigrants was recorded at many Scotch stations, being especially
noticeable in the Outer Isles and in the north.

Throughout October almost daily arrivals of immigrants were recorded
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of their flight being towards some point between N.W. and S.W.
During the same month flocks were noted coasting south on the Suffolk
coast on many days. A temporary increase in numbers was noted on the
Sussex coast on the 11th. On the 23rd a movement was noted in
Lancashire, while on that and the two following days, large numbers
were flying from N.W. to S.E. past Holyhead (Anglesey).

During the first week in November immigrants were again recorded at
several east-coast light-vessels.

The first record from the west coast lights came from North Light,
Lundy Island (North Devon), on the 2nd/3rd of November, on the 6th
some were seen at the South Bishop Light (Pembroke) going S.E., while
a few were taken at Chicken Rock Light (Isle of Man) on the 6th/7th
and at Bardsey Light (Carnarvonshire) on the 14th/lo"th. A single record
came from Hanois Light (Channel Islands) on the 8th/9th of November.

THE BRAMBLIXG {FringiUa montif ring ilia).

The first immigrants were noticed at the Isle of May (Fife) on tho
19th of September and at Fair Isle (Shetland) on the 24th, and others
landed on Holy Island (Northumberland) on the latter date, while
Spurn Head (Yorkshire) was reached on the 25th and the Suffolk coast
on the 28th. An influx of immigrants was noted in Scotland from the
28th of September to the 2nd of October, more particularly in Shetland
and at the Isle of May ; there were also arrivals at Holy Island on
the 29th (with a strong S.E. wind) and on the 2nd of October (wind
N.E.), and at Spurn Head increased numbers were noted between
these same dates. The first Brambling was seen in Kent on the 9th
of October, in mid-Yorkshire on the 10th and in Surrey on the
12th. Another influx was observed in Scotland, more especially at
Fair Isle and the Pentland Skerries, from the 9th to the 14th,
while at Holy Island arrivals were noted on the 9th, 10th and
13th, and on two occasions in the afternoon immigrants were seen
coming in at the latter place from the N.N.E., the wind being S.S.E.
All these migrants passed quickly on. On the 9th and 10th passing
birds were detected on the Suffolk coast, and on the 9th/10th two
were killed at Spurn Head Light and on the 10th three more at
the Outer Dowsing Light-vessel (Lincolnshire). Further arrivals took
place at Holy Island on the 17th and passed on almost immediately,
and on the 17th many were also seen at Whitby (Yorkshire). On the
16th/l7th one was taken at Lynn Well Light-vessel (Norfolk). On the
21st flocks were passing south on the Suffolk coast and a great increase
was observed in the adjacent areas inland. From the 22nd to the 26th
a further influx was recorded in Scotland, being especially noted in
Shetland ; on the 22nd, 23rd one was taken at the Outer Dowsing Light-
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the Leinan and Ower Light-vessel (Norfolk). On the 27th a large flock
on passage was noted in Suffolk,

During November small lots were recorded in widely separated
localities without showing any definite movement, and on the 27th
a flock was seen at Whitby coming in from the sea.

THE HO CJSE-SPARROW (Passer domesticus) .

An increase was noted on the Suffolk coast on the 11th of October,
probably due to passage-migrants, as from the loth to the 2lst flocks
were seen coasting south nearly every morning. A great increase in
numbers was recorded at Bosham, ou the Sussex coast, on the 25th and
2Gth. These had gone by the 28th, but from the 5th to the 7th of
November and on the 12th there were further arrivals and flocks were
passing along the coast from east to west. Twelve were recorded from
Winterton Light (Norfolk) on the 8th/9th of November.

THE TREE-SPARROW (Passer montanus).

Practically all the records of this species are from the east coast.

Single birds were seen at Holy Island (Northumberland) on the 14th,
16th and 20th of September, and the first winter visitors were noted in
E. Kent on the 28th. On nearly every day in October flocks were seen
coasting south down the Suffolk coast and on the 1st and 21st flocks
were coasting north. On the 13th a flock was seen to come in over
the sea from the east at Orfordness (Suffolk). Flocks on passage were
noted ou the Holderness coast (Yorkshire) on the 3rd and 4th of
October, while at Holy Island quite small numbers arrived on the
2nd (with Bramblings), 9th, 12th and loth of October. From the east
coa.st light-vessels, from Yarmouth to the mouth of the Thames, there
were numerous records of " Sparrows " throughout the month migrating
by day in some westerly direction, and there are four records of night
migration between the 19th and 25th from the Lernau and Ower Light-
vessel (Norfolk) and Outer Gabbard Light-vessel (Suffolk). No doubt
many of these records relate to this species. On the 5th of November
flocks were again observed moving south on the Suffolk coast and some
were noted going west past the Outer Gabbard Light-vessel on the
following day.

THE LINNET (Linota cannabina).

Flocks of Linnets began to move early in August in Cheshire and
West Sussex.

On the 4th and 15th of September there appears to have been a
movement in some westerly direction on the coast of West Sussex.
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of the home-bred birds throughout the month and a temporary increase
in numbers was noted in Wiltshire. A large flock on passage was noted
at the Butt of Lewis (Outer Hebrides) from the 9th to the 11th, and on
the 13th there was a considerable passage at Spurn Head (Yorkshire)
of flocks from N.E. 10 8.W. On the 18th, 26th and 29th there were
small arrivals at Holy Island (Northumberland), while on the last
days of the month flocks were migrating south along the Suffolk coast.

Linnets were recorded in varying numbers as birds of passage at
the Pen tl and Skerries from the 22nd of September to the 29th
of October. On practically every d iy in October flocks were seen
moving south on the Suffolk coast, while from the 3rd to the 7th and
on the 21st flocks were also coasting north ; this same movement was
noticed on the Norfolk coast at Mundesley on the 5th and 6th and
at Spurn Head on the 2nd. On the 9th, 10th, 11th and 13th arrivals
were noted at Holy Island and, at least on one occasion, were f-ten
to come in over the sea from the N.E., while on the 9th flocks were
again arriving from the N.E. over the sea at Spurn Head and o-oino-
on to the S.W.

Temporary influxes were noted on the 20th of October on the Cornish
coast and on the 24th on the coast of West Sussex, while on the 23rd
24th and 2oth flocks were seen at Holyhead (Anglesey) coming in from
the NAY. and passing on to the S.E.

During the first ten days of November a few flocks were still travelling
south along the Suffolk coast, and on the 4th a further increase was
noticed on the coast of West Sussex, where flocks were noted going west
on the 12th. A flock was seen going S.W. at Kyle Rhea (Skye) on
the 1st, on the 17th a small flock visited the Bass Rock (Forth), while
others came to the Pentland Skerries on the 8th of December. The
numerous records of " Linrets " from light-stations are too vague to be
relied upon ; but a bird of this species was killed at the Dudgeon Li"ht-
vessel (Norfolk) on the 20th, 21st of October and another was taken on
a fishing-boat on the 19th of November ten miles ea-t of Lowestoft
(Suffolk).

THE SNOW-BUNTING [Plectrophenax nivalis).

The Snow-Bunting was first noted at the Flannan Isles (Outer
Hebrides) on the ISth of August and on Fair Isle (Shetland) on the 7th
of September. Small numbers of immigrants were reported from all
parts of Scotland up to the 19th of October, and on the 8th large numbers
were recorded from the Flannan Isles. Single birds were seen at Holy
Island (Northumberland), Spurn Head (Yorkshire) and Lowestoft
(Suffolk) on the 12th of September, a second arrived on Holy Island
on the 17th and an increase took place at Spurn Head on the 19th.

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From the 20th of October to the 21st of November a very large
immigration took place in Scotland, the birds being- especially numerous
at several stations on the Orkney and Shetland Islands. Smaller
numbers continued to arrive up till the 29th. On the 6th/7th 0f
November many appeared at the Inner Dowsing Light-vessel (Lincoln-
shire) and on the same night some were heard passing over Hunstanton
(Norfolk), while the following day large numbers were coasting south
past that town. On the 13th a large flock arrived at Yarmouth
(Norfolk), and on the 29th and the two following days flocks were going
south in frosty weather at Cullercoats (Northumberland).

THE STABLING (Sturnus vulgaris).

On the 25th and 29th of June large flocks were recorded at Spurn
Head Light (Yorkshire) going westwards and on the 21st/22nd of July
many appeared at Cromer Light (Norfolk). On the 16th/17th of
August one was killed at the Skerries Light (Anglesey) and on the
19th a flock was again noted going west at Spurn Head, Between
the 7th and 21st of September one or two were recorded from Fair
Isle Light (Shetland), Pentland Skerries Light and the Isle of May
Light (Fife) on several dates, but no large migration was noted, nor
were any seen at Holy Island (Northumberland) during that month.
In August and September a gradual flocking together and a certain
amount of local movement were noted in several places, but the only
records in the latter month from light-stations were of a single bird
at Chicken Rock Light (Isle of Man) on the 19th/20th, one at the
Outer Dowsing Light-vessel (Lincolnshire) on the 28th and several at
the Shipwash Light-vessel (Suffolk) on the 29th/30th.

During the first fortnight of October immigration commenced on
the east coast, and flocks were noted on several days at one or more
light-stations between the Humber and the Thames going west or
south-west; there does not seem, however, to have been any arrival
of large numbers. Flocks were seen coming in from the east at Spurn
Head on the 4th and coasting from S.E. to N.W. at Mundesley
(Norfolk) on the 5th and 6th, while on the Suffolk coast an increase
was noticed which was probably due to the arrival of immigrants. A
considerable number of Starlings visited Bardsey Light (Carnarvonshire)
on the 3rd/4th and 5th/6th, and there were a few at the Skerries Light
on the 8th/9th, at St. Anthony and Eddy stone Lights (Cornwall) on the
9th/10th, and at lkrdsey, the Skerries and Eddystone Lights on the
following nio-ht. These were the only records from the western lights.
Many were noted at St. Catherine's Light (Hampshire) on the 9th/] 0th.
Bather different in numbers were the immigrations noted in Scotland
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(Outer Hebrides) on the 3rd and smaller numbers from the 9th to the
12th, while on the 12th/13th and 13th/14th a great immigration tooi place
which was noted at many of the north- and east-coast lights, and on the
14th many again visited the Flannan Isles. It is noteworthy that at Holy
Island during this period and up to the 18th (when the observer left) no
large, if any, migration was noted.

During the last half of October the numbers of immigrants coming in
from the east on our east coast greatly increased, and flocks were noted
at many light-stations from the II umber to the Thames on most days and
nights, the greater number of records being between the lOtli and 24th.
Flocks were seen arriving nearly every day from the E. or E.N.E. on
the Suffolk coast and a northward coasting movement was noted at
Cromer on the 22nd and 25th. From the 19th to the 24th fuithev
large immigrations were recorded at many of the Scottish light-stations,
especially at those on the Noithern Isles and again at the Pentlaud
Skerries on the 20th.

In the west, on the 21st, 22nd (there having been no records since the
9th/10th in that area) migrants were again noted at Bardsey Light,
Carnarvon Bay Light-vessel and the Skerries. On the following night
some numbers were recorded at Chicken Bock Light, Bardsey, the
Skerries, South Stack and St. Tudwal Lights (Carnarvon) and at
the Eddystone Light, while on the 23rd and during the two following
days flocks were passing Holyhead (Anglesey) all the morning from
N.W. to S.E. On the 21st/22nd there were many at St. Catherine's
Light and on the next night at Ilanois Light (Channel Islands).

Of inland observations there were few, but it was noted in "Wor-
cestershire that Starlings had increased in numbers up to the 10th of
October, but had diminished rapidly after that date. Movements to the
W. or W.S.W. were noted in Kent on many days, and a great influx
was recorded from the 17th to the 20th.

During the first ten days of November the great immigration to
our east coast went on night and day, covering the same area as
before, and on the Gth,'7th twelve stations (practically every one which
sent in records) on the east coast reported " man)-." In Scotland the
only records were from the Bell Rock Light (Tay) end Isle of May
Light on the 3rd/4th and 4th/5th.

During the same period movements were recorded every night at one
or more cf the west-coast light-stations that had sent in returns, from the
Chicken Rock in the Isle of Man to the South Bishop off the Pembroke
coast, while the Channel stations, Eddystone, Hauois and St. Catherine's
Lights also recorded numbers nightly. On the 7th of November large
numbers were coasting south at Hunstanton (Norfolk). In Kent and
Sussex a large increase in numbers was noted between the 4th and 12th,
and on the 12th and 13th flocks were going E. past St. Catherine's.
From the 10th onwards a certain number of migrants continued to arrive

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on our east coast, though in greatly decreased quantities, while the returns
from the west-coast and Channel lights were proportionately larger than
those from the east, though migration at these stations was not nearly
so large in amount as during the first ten days.

During the first ten days of December a few immigrants were noted
at the east coast-lights, especially on the 5th/6th, and there were records
of a few at Bardsey and the Skerries Lights on the same night. At the
Skerries flocks were noted going S.W. by day on the 27th of November
and the 4th and 7th of December.

THE HOODED CROW (Corms comix).

A single bird appeared at the Isle of May (Fife) on the 5th of July
and one at Corsemalzie (Wigtown) on the 26th. One was taken at
Spurn Head Light (Yorkshire) on the 3rd/4th of August, The first
influx, however, was recorded from the Isle of May on the 28th of
September, but this flock passed on at once ; on the following day many
were seen at the Bass Bock (Forth), where they remained for several
days ; on the 30th, with half a gale from the east, six visited Holy
Island ( Northumberland) but did not stay.

Two birds were seen on the Suffolk coast on the 20th of September
and several on the 27th.

On the 1st of October one was seen coming from the sea at Scar-
borough (Yorkshire), where the numbers soon increased, and some
were recorded from Spurn Head moving inland from the coast on that
day and on the three following mornings, while two were coasting south
on the 3rd. On the 5th and 6th small numbers arrived on the Suffolk
coast followed by further lots on the 8th, 9th and 10th. Single birds
were noted on the 7th in Staffordshire, on the 8th in Oxfordshire, on the
11th in Essex, and inland in Suffolk on the 12th. On the 11th a further
small arrival was recorded at Holy Island. From the 19th to the 25th
the number of immigrants greatly increased on the Suffolk coast, where
they were seen to arrive from the east, and on the 29th a single bird was
noted at Cambridgeshire. On the 3rd of November two were recorded
in Warwickshire, on the 7th a great many were noticed coasting south
past Hunstanton (Norfolk), and on the 24th a flock was seen coming in
over the sea at Cullercoats (Northumberland).

In Scotland small arrivals were recorded at frequent intervals through-
out October at many stations, and at the Flannan Isles (Outer Hebrides),
the Bass Bock and the Isle of May a few arrivals were noted from the
4th to the 21st of November.

From light-stations on our east coast from the Humber to the
Thames " Crows " and " Books" were noted coming in from the same
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of November, sometimes in large numbers. The only record outside tins
area was of flocks going W.N. W. from the South Goodwin Light-vessel
(Kent) on the 19th and 20th of Octobex*.

THE CARRION-CROW (Corvtis corone).

The only evidence we have of this species as an immigrant on our east
coast is the fact that one was lulled together with a Rook at the Outer
Gabbard Light-vessel (Suffolk) on the 26th/26th of October.

Four were recorded from N. Unst (Shetland) on the 20th of August
and small numbers at east coast stations on a good many dates between
the 12th of September and the 27th of October. Three appeared at
the Flannau Isles (Outer Hebrides) on the 2nd of November and great
numbers in Largo Bay (Fife) on the 8th.

THE JACKDAW (Cbrvus monedula).

On a good many days between the 2nd and the 29th of October flocks
of Jackdaws aud Rooks were observed coming in on the Suffolk coast
from the E. or E.N.E., or were seen passing west in the inland parts of the
count}'. On the 24th one was taken on a boat 40 miles N.E. of Lowestoft,
and on the 30th flocks were coasting to the south at the latter place.
The only other land-records came from Bosham (Sussex), where late on
the 5th or early on the 6th flocks arrived from the N.E., and again on the
7th and 8th flocks arrived and passed south down Selsey Bill. Further
arrivals took place on the 9th and 10th, but these birds also passed on.

Although there are only three positive records from the lights, viz.,
single birds at the Dudgeon Light-vessel (Norfolk) and Outer Dowsing
Light-vessel (Lincolnshire) on the night of the (3th/7th of November,
and flocks going S.W. at the Lenian and Ower Light-vessel (Noz-folk),
there can be no doubt that many of the returns under " Crows '' and
" Rooks" refer in part to Jackdaws also (vide Hooded Crow).

Small arrivals were recorded at stations in Shetland and on the east
coast of Scotland from the 7th to the 26th of October, while on the 25th a
flock of about two hundred was seen at Tarbatness Light (E. Ross-shire).

THE ROOK (Corvmfntc/ilegus),

On the 12th of September an increase was noted at Bosham (Sussex),
and on the 20th, 24th and 25th of that month and the 1st of October some
were noted at Spurn Head (Yorkshire) going south across the Humber,
aud it was thought that they had come in from the west.

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November flocks, often associated with Hooded Crows and Jackdaws,
were seen arriving on the Suffolk coast from the E. or N.E. or were ob-
served inland passing over to the west. These arrivals produced an
increase of Rooks generally which became apparent about the middle of
October and which was also recorded from Lincolnshire. Inland in
Kent a flock was seen on passage going N.W., and at Bo*ham (Sussex) a
very large flock was seen to arrive from the N.E. on the 4th of October
and pass on to the W. On the 15th, 16th, 18th' and 30th flocks were
seen coasting to the south at Lowestoft (Suffolk). What has been said
under the Hooded Crow with regard to the east-coast light-stations
applies equally well to the Rook, as the two species are frequently in
company and are not as a rule differentiated by the light-keepers.

In Scotland during the second half of October small arrivals were noted
at the Northern Islands, and a flock of thirty was seen at Fair Isle (Shet-
land) on the 30th. On the 4th of November three visited the Flannan
Isles (Outer Hebrides). On the 8th a few were again noted on Fair
Lie, where stragglers occurred until the end of the year.

THE SKY-LARK {Alauda arvensis).

Autumn migration commenced with the arrivals of small numbers in
Northumberland on the 6th and 9th of September, on Holy Island
(Northumberland) on the 12th and at Spurn Head (Yorkshire) and the
Suffolk coast on the 13th. Another small arrival was noted at Holy
Island on the morning of the 14th, but passed on at once. This was
followed by the advent of larger numbers on the 16th, and by a
further increase on the Suffolk coast on the following day. Quite
small parties moving in Kent were noted during September. On the
Sussex coast, where it was noted the local birds left soon after breeding,
the first arrivals coming from the N.E. appeared on the 23rd followed
by further numbers on the 29th and 30th. Except for single birds at
Ilanois Light (Channel Islands) on 12th/13th and at St. Catherine's
Light (Hampshire) on 14th/15th, there were few records from the light-
stations in September; immigrants were noted, however, at the Kentish
Knock Light-vessel (Essex) on the 14th and at the Shipwash Light-
vessel (Suffolk) and Outer Dowsing Light-vessel (Lincolnshire) on the
28th and 29th ; some were seen coming in from the east at Yarmouth
on the 27th and an increase was noted the following day on the Suffolk
coast. A few were killed at the Skerries Light (Anglesey) on 17th/18th
and at the South Stack Light (Anglesey) on the following night.

In Scotland large arrivals from the Continent took place after mid-
September and were noticed at the Orkney and Shetland light-stations
more especially ; at Auskerry (Orkney) a flock passed the island going
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stations on the east and west coasts between the 10th of September and
the 10th of October.

During the first half of October there was a steady stream of
immigrants arriving on the east coast between the Ilumber and the
Thames, as evidenced by the daily returns from the east-coast light-
stations, while actual arrivals were witnessed on the Suffolk and Norfolk
coasts, and at Spurn Head parties were passing inland up the Ilumber
from the 1st to the 4th. It is worthj of note, however, that our
observer at Holy Island saw no movements that he could be sure of
between the 18th of September and the 13th of October, but on the latter
date there was a temporary increase in numbers. A general increase in
numbers was noticed in Suffolk on several days, between the 1st and 7th
in Essex, on the 7th in Kent, on the 1st aud 10th in Sussex (where the
birds quickly passed on) and on the 4th in Cheshire, while on the 11th
aud loth parties of migrants were passing westward inland in Kent. On
many mornings during this period flocks were coasting south at Lowestoft
(Suffolk), aud on the 2nd small flocks were seen crossing the Humber
from south to north. On the west coast, on many nights during October,
small numbers were recorded from the Skerries, South Stack and Bardsey
(Carnarvonshire) Lights, while on the 6th flocks were going out to the
west at the latter station. A few were noted at the Eddystone (Cornwall)
and St. Catherine's Lights on the 9th/10th and again at the Eddy-
stone on the llth/12th and following night. In Scotland a further
arrival was recorded at the Pentland Skerries on the 9th, while many
were killed at Tarbatness Light (E. Ross-shire) and smaller numbers
at the Isle of May Light (Fife) and Mull of Galloway Light (Wigtown).

During the last, half of October immigration on the east coast con-
tinued night and day over the same area as before. The largest number
of records was received between the 20th and 25th, and flocks were
seen coming in from some point between E.N.E. and E.S.E. to the
Norfolk and Suffolk coasts on many days, while flocks coasting south at
Lowestoft were seen on several days. On the Sussex coast small parties
were noted working in a westerly direction along the coast on several
days. On the west coast flocks were seen each morning from the 23rd to
the 25th passing Holyhead going from N.W. to S.E., while there were
a few birds at Bardsey Light on the 21st/22ud and on the following
night at Bardsey, South Stack, the Skerries and Chicken Rock (Isle of
Man) Lights. At the Channel lights many were recorded at Hanois
Light on 15th 16th, at the Hanois and Eddystone Lights on the
22nd, 23rd, and a few on the following night at Hanois Light, while flocks
were seen passing that station on the 23rd and 25th. In Scotland a
large immigration took place from the 24th to the 26th when hundreds
arrived at some of the northern stations, flocks passed Auskerry all day
going S. W. aud many appeared at the Isle of May.

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east coast of England from some easterly direction, many stations
reporting large numbers both by night and day ; immigrants were again
noted coming in on the Norfolk and Suffolk coasts, while increased
numbers were noted inland. Migrant parties were seen going west
along the Sussex coast on the 6th and 8th, and some were coasting
north at Cromer (Norfolk) on the 5th and 8th. The same west coast and
Channel lights recorded Sky-Larks nearly every night, but there do not
appear to have been any great numbers. Up to the 9th small movements
were recorded in Scotland.

After the 14th of November there were practically no records of im-
migrants arriving on the e€ist coast, but some numbers were reported from
the W. coast and Channel lights up to the 20th, and there were records
of single birds on the 5th/6th of December at Bardsey Light and on the
Gth/7th at the Skerries Light. A considerable increase in numbers was
noted on the 26th and 27th of November in Wiltshire and flocks were
passing west on the 30th, while a further increase was recorded on the
9th of December. Migrants were seen passing Auskerry on the 8th
of November and the 1st of December, three were killed at Tarbatness
Light on the 4th and a small flock appeared at Sule Skerry (Orkney)
on the 30th.

THE SWIFT {Cypselus apus).

Swifts were congregating in Cheshire on the 16th of July and were
commencing to leave Lancashire on the 26th. In Somersetshire many
were passing south-west on the 28th, on which date there was a decrease
in Sussex, while a great decrease was noticed in Cheshire on the 29th.
Small numbers were recorded on passage at Fair Isle (Shetland), the
Pentland Skerries, Sule Skerry (W. of Orkney) and Skerryvore (Inner
Hebrides) during this and the following months. The light-records
for July were as follows: — A few at the North Light, Lundy Island
(North Devon), on the 14th/15th, at Hanois Light (Channel Islands)
on the 15th/16th and 2oth/26th, and at Winterton Light (Norfolk) on
the 30th/31st, whilst about fifty were observed at Trevose Head Light
(North Cornwall) on the night of the 29th/30th.

During August migration became very general. Many Swifts were
passing through Sussex on the 1st and again on the 29th. The bulk of
the local birds had left Kent by the 7th, but an increase in numbers was
notfd on the following day, the new arrivals passing on by the 10th,
while small numbers were again observed on passage on the 17th, 25th
and 26th. On the 3rd about forty were recorded as passing in Berkshire
and small numbers in a continuous stream on the 20th and 21st. In
Cornwall a decrease was reported on the 5th and 9th and an increase on
the 23rd and 28th. The majority of the resident Swifts had left Wilt-
shire by the 6th, but migrants were observed on the 9th travelling
south-west and on the 12th to the south-east ; a great increase in numbers
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on the 17th. On the 7th, 15th, 17th, 19th and 23rd birds were recorded
on passage in Cheshire and a few were passing on the coast of Yorkshire
between the 8th and 13th aud again on the 14th, 17th and 2!st. On
the Norfolk coast Swifts were going south-east on the 12th, to the south
on the 19th (many) and to the south and south-east on the 23rd and
24th. Between the 12th and 31st they were observed on passage in
Lancashire, especially on the 18th, 24th and 31st. In Hampshire large
numbers were moving to the north-west on the 14th, a few in the same
direction on the following day and numbers to the west on the 25th.
There was a large arrival of Swifts in Brecon on the 19th, but all had
gone by the following evening, while on the 24th a large passing flock
was observed. Very large numbers were reported as flying south-east
in Devonshire on the 18th and many were again travelling in the same
direction on the 26th ; on the 29th numbers were again passing, but
their direction was not recorded ; on the last-named date many were
also reported as on passage in Gloucestershire.

The light-records for August were : — Seven killed at Winterton Light
and about thirty seen at Trevose Head Light on the lst/2nd ; a few to
the south-west at Spurn Head Light (Yorkshire) on the 2nd, 10th, 12th,
17th, 19th and 27th and many in the same direction on the 20th ; single
birds at Lynn Well Light-vessel (Norfolk) on the 21st/22nd and at the
Isle of May Light (Fife) on the 22nd and 25th; about twenty at the
Skerries Light (Anglesey) on the 26th/27th.

In September large numbers were observed in Sussex on the 1st, and
numbers were passing south on the coast of Fife on the 7th. The other
records for this month were of very small numbers or stragglers. A
single bird was seen at Spurn Head Light on the 3rd and another on
the 8th.

In October a passing bird was recorded on Holy Island (Northuinber*-
land) on the 1st and another in Middlesex on the 3rd.

In November two were reported in Essex on the 6th and one in
Shropshire on the 9th.

Swifts were last seen in Monmouthshire on the 19th of August, in
Lincolnshire on the 20th, in Carmarthenshire on the 22nd, in Warwick-
shire on the 25th, in Surrey on the 26th, in Wiltshire on the 29th, in
Shropshire on the 30th, in Durham, Carnarvonshire aoid Cheshire on the
31st, in Gloucestershire on the 2nd of September, in Conrwall on the
3rd, in Derbyshire on the 5th, in Devonshire and Sussex on the 7th, in
Suffolk on the 10th, in Staffordshire on the 12th, in Hampshire on thw
13th, in Yorkshire on the 15th, in Lancashire on the 17th and in Banff-
shire on the 30th.

Several observers commented on the late stay of this species in their
districts.

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THE CUCKOO (Cuculus canorus).

The autumn passage of this species began in in id- July, single birds
being taken at tbe Chicken Rock Light (Isle of Man) on the lltli/12th
and at Morecambe Bay Light-vessel (Lancashire) and Anvil Point Light
(Dorsetshire) on the 17th/18th. Young birds were noted on passage
in the Forth area from the 19th of July, and in Skye from the 23rd of
July to the end of August.

From the 2nd to the 21st of August Cuckoos were noted at Spurn Head
Light (Yorkshire) on six days and once at night flying to the south-
west in numbers of from two to eight, and several were picked up there
under telegraph-wires. Single birds were seen on passage on the Suffolk
coast on the 27th of July, the 19th of August and the 7th of September,
a passage of young birds was noted at Lerwick (Shetland) on the 27th
of August and a single young one was taken at Bardsey Light (Car-
narvonshire) on the 0th/7th.

Cuckoos were last seen in Denbighshire on the 2nd of September, in
Suffolk on the 7th, in Shropshire on the 14th, in Carnarvonshire and
Kent on the 15th, in Northumberland on the 22nd and in Essex on
the 29th, while one was still being followed by its foster parents (Pied
Wagtails) in Staffordshire on the 3rd of October.

"GREY GEESE."

Brankston (W. Fife), a large skein flew over about
mid-day going N.W.

Holkham (Norfolk), Pink-footed arrived.

Yorkshire, some arrived.

Dee Estuary (Cheshire), forty (Pink-footed).

Wigtown, one (Grey-Lag).

Cumberland, seventy to south, thirty to west, and more
heard passing at 8 p.m. ; Morton Loch (Fife), Pink-
footed arrived from N.

Dee Estuary, Pink-footed arriving.

Cardigan, six flying- high to N.E.

Overbury (Worcester), sixty or seventy to S. at
10.30 A.M.

Balgray Dam (Clyde), thirteen (Bean) seen.

Stanwix (Cumberland), heard passing 10 p.m.

Cumrew (Cumberland), two hundred to W.

Lincoln (N.E. coast), several large flocks to S.

Lauder (Berwick), about one hundred flew over the
town.
Note. — Lincoln (N.E. coast), some arrived at the beginning
of October ; Barra (Outer Hebrides), large numbers
(White-fronted) going S. in the third week ; Tiree
(Argyll), several hundred (White-fronted) arrived
about the end of the month.

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Nov. 2nd. Doddington (Lincoln), large flock to the N.N.W.
„ 8th. Aberlady Hay (Haddington), one (Grey-Lag) shot.

„ 15th. Qnhillart Moor (Wigtown), five (Bean) seen.
,, 24th. Fule Moss, five (Pink-footed) seen ; Brampton (Cum-
berland), fifty to S. 3.30 p.m.
„ 25th. Grange-over-Sands (Lancashire), two skeins, thirty

each, to W.
„ 29th. Brampton, four to S.

Note. — Wigtown Bay, large numbers (Grey-Lag) at the end
of the mouth.
Dec. 21st. Caithness, a few (White-fronted).

THE WIG EON {Mareca penelope)

Aug. 10th. Cromarty Firth, arrived.

,, 22nd. Brevdon (Norfolk), a flock arrived.

,, 23rd. Holkham (Norfolk), two arrived.
Sept. 7th. Spurn (Yorkshire), some heard.

„ 8th. The Huniber (Yorkshire), four or Ave seeu.

„ loth. Clifton Junction (Lancashire), one.

„ 18th. Flamborough (Yorkshire), five on the sea.

,, 22nd. Marbury Mere (Cheshire), one.

„ 26th. Cromarty Firth, large numbers.

,, 27th. Dornoch Firth, large numbers ; Renfrew, a few ;
Rostherne (Cheshire), four.

,, 28th. Morton Loch (Fife), large numbers.

„ 29th. Packington (Warwick), one passing.
Oct. 1st. Morton Loch, large numbers.

„ 3rd. Agecroft (Lancashire), about half a dozen,

„ 5th to 31st. Rostherne, stragglers on various dates.

„ 8th. Renfrew, a few.

„ 14th to 25th. Anglesey, common.

„ 30th. Renfrew, increase.

Note. — Northumberland, arrived in considerable numbers at
the end of October.
Nov. 2nd to 30th. Cheshire, in varying numbers from ten to thirty.
Dec. 24th. Sutton Coldfield (Warwick), one.

„ 25th. Rostherne, about thirty.

THE TURTLE-DOVE {Turtar communis).

Fair Isle (Shetland), one.
Yorkshire, nest with unfledged young.
Kent, residents beginning to leave.
Warwick, last seen.
Kent, a small flock arrived.

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Aug. 17th. Kent, passed on.

„ 21st. Suffolk, last seen.

„ 23rd. Kent, three passing-.

,, 25th. Kent, two passing.

,, 27th. Sussex, increase.

„ 29th. Isle of May (Fife), one.

„ 31st. Surrey, last seen.

Sept. 4th. Sussex, passed on.

,, 5th. Sussex, last seen.

„ 8th. Kent, two to south-west.

„ 9th. Hampshire, last seen.

,, 9th/10th. St. Catherine's Lt. (Hampshire), one.

„ 12th. Shropshire, last seen.

„ 14th/15th. St. Catherine's Lt., one.

,, 19th. Kent, last seen.

„ 21st. Butt of Lewis (Outer Hebrides), one dead near Light-
house.

„ 22nd to 25th. Fair Lie, one seen.

Oct. 1st. Essex, one.

,, 20th. Shropshire, one.

THE EINGED PLOVER {Mgialitis hiaticola).

July 2nd. Brevdon (Norfolk), a number.

,, 8th. Breydon, decrease.

Aug. 1st. Sussex, fifty on the coast.

„ 2nd. Sussex, a great increase.

., 3rd. Cheshire, one.

„ 5th. Breydon, numbers.

,, 11th. Breydon, great numbers.

,, 15th. Cheshire, one young bird.

„ 18th. Cheshire, twenty-five.

„ 24th. Breydon, a good many.

,. 27th. Suffolk, some passing along the coast.

„ 28tb. Cheshire, decrease.

,, 31st. Breydon, decrease.

Sept. 3rd. Suffolk, some to the south on the coast.

,, 4th to 14th. Spurn Head (Yorkshire), large numbers.

,, 12th. Suffolk, a few passing on the coast.

„ 13th. Sussex, decrease on the coast.

„ 16th to 18th. Sussex, slight increase on the coast.

„ 28th. Suffolk, two passing on the coast ; Lancashire, small
numbers during the month.
Oct. 1st & 2nd. Spurn Head, a good many.

,, 6th. Lancashire, one.

„ 14th to 25th. Anglesey, abundant on the coast.

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THE GOLDEN PLOVER (Charadrius pluvialis).

The first records were of the arrival of three Golden Plovers at the
Pentland Skerries on the 5th of July and one at Fair Isle (Shetland) on
the 6th. From the 12th to the end of the month migratory movements
on the coast of Scotland were noted at many places.

During the whole of August these movements continued to take
place in Scotland. Several birds were observed going north in North-
umberland on the 3rd and 28th and many on the 16th. Large flocks
arrived in Cheshire on the 15th, but their numbers had decreased on the
24th and all had gone by the 31st.

In September migration continued throughout the month in Scotland.
At Holy Island (Northumberland) from sixty to eighty were reported
between the 15th and 26th, but these had nearly all gone by the 27th.
The first flock of Golden Plovers arrived in Devonshire on the 14th and
several small passing Hocks were noted on the 30th. Flocks travelling
south were recorded in Cardiganshire on the 18th and 28th and several
large flocks were observed in Anglesey on the 25th, evidently on passage,
as a marked decrease took place on the following day.

The records from the lights in September were : — One at the Outer
Dowsing Light-vessel (Lincolnshire) on the 14th/15th and a few at the
Chicken Rock Light (Isle of Man) on the 18th/19th.

In October migratory movements in Scotland continued up to the 25th,
but on a smaller scale than in the two previous months. On the 1st
flocks were seen going east in Cumberland, and Golden Plovers were
heard passing over in Essex on the 5th and 6th ; large arrivals were
noted in the same county on the 24th and 27th. In Kent a large flock
was reported on the 8th and 9th, and individuals of this species formed
part of a large movement of migrants that passed over the city of York
between 10 p.m. and midnight on the 11th. A decided increase in
numbers was noted on Holy Island on the 13th and a large flock arrived
on the north coast of Devonshire on the 28th, travelling from north to
south. A large flock was also reported in Cambridgeshire on the 29th.

In November, Golden Plovers were heard passing over Hunstanton
(Norfolk) between 6 and 11 p.m. on the 6th and a large passing flock was
observed in Yorkshire on the 13th. In Essex small numbers were
reported on passage during the month, with larger numbers on the 6th
and between the 23rd and 28th. A large flock of about two hundred
was seen going south on the coast of Northumberland on the 30th.
Well-marked movements were observed at the Pentland Skerries,
Stornoway (Outer Hebrides), Tarbatness (E. Ross-shire) and Largo
Bay (Fife) at the end of the month, due no doubt to the hard weather
that prevailed at that period.

In December a small party of ten were passing in Northumberland on
the 1st and about a hundred arrived in Shropshire on the 20th, leaving

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again four days later. An observer at Felsted (Essex) noted that the
winter-resident birds in his neighbourhood varied in numbers from
seventy to about six hundred during the month. The migratory move-
ments observed at the Pentland Skerries etc. in the last days of
November (as noted above) continued during the earlier part of this
month. There was one light-record for December, of a single bird at
the Morecambe Light-vessel (Lanca>hire) on the night of the 15th/ 16th.

THE LAPWING (Vanellus vulgaris).

The earliest records relating to this species came from Scotland.
Flocks of Lapwings arrived in Wigtown on the 8th of June, and six
were reported from Sule Skerry (Orkney) on the ] 2th. On Fair Isle
(Shetland) four were recorded on the 24th, a similar number on the 26th
and one on the 29th. The bulk of the breeding-stock had left Swordale
(E. Ross-shire) by the 25th, and a great increase in numbers on the shores
of Cromarty Firth was observed on the 28th.

In July movements towards the coast were recorded in many places in
Scotland and many were reported at Cromer Light (Norfolk) on the night
of the 21st/22nd.

In August the movement towards the coast in Scotland continued
throughout the month. A few Lapwings were noted on the coatt of
Sussex on the 1st, 2nd and 9th and a large flock arrived on the const of
Suffolk on the 4th, coming from the east-south-east and passing inland.
In Devonshire a flock of about fifty was recorded on the 5th and one of
double that number on the 27th. During the last week of the month
large flocks were collecting iu Carnarvonshire and a small one was seen
in Dorsetshire on the 31st.

In September several flocks were flying S. along the coast of Suffolk
and laro-e passing flocks were observed on the 11th, 22nd and 27th. In
Devonshire a rather large flock was recorded on the 4th, many birds on
the 9th and a large number on the 12th. Alter the 20th constant (-mall
passages of Lapwings were noted in the Orkney and Shetland Islands,
the Outer Hebrides, the Isle of May (Fife) and on several occasions at
Tarbatness Light (E. Ross-shire). Two flocks going north were reported
from Cromer Light on the 12th.

In October a good many Lapwings were reported at Spurn Head
(Yorkshire) on the 1st and 2nd, three or four arrived from over the sea
on the 4th and on this date about sixty arrived on the coast of Sussex
comino- from the eastward, these had passed on by the following day ; in
the same locality a flock of about two hundred was travelling north-east
on the 13th, a few more arrived on the 24th and 25th and large numbers
on the 26th. In Kent a few were passing to the south-east on the 5tb,
some arrived on the 7th and left again on the 9th and in Dorsetshire about
three hundred were observed on the 6th. On Holy Island (Northumber-
land) a Slight increase was noted on the 6lh and arrivals from theN.N.E.

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took place on the 9th, 10th and JSth. The light-records for October
were as follows: — Cromer Light, six passing- on the 5th and twenty
to the north on the 22nd; Outer Dowsing Light-vessel (Lincolnshire

several on the 1 8th/ i 9th ; Bardsey Light (Carnarvonshire), many on
the 21st/22nd.

In November small numbers arrived in Sussex from the 1st to the 4th,
on the 6th there was a great decrease, which was followed by an increase
on the 7th and further arrivals on the 11th. Hundreds were reported
daily in Yorkshire between the 2nd and 25th, the numbers decreasing
to forty or fifty between the 20th and 30th. On the Suffolk coast two
flocks arrived from the east on the 4th and large numbers also came in
from the sea on the 16th. Great numbers were passing over at mid-
night in Cheshire on the 5th and 6th and many large flocks were
passing in a S.S.W. direction on the afternoon of the 23rd. In Norfolk,
Lapwings were heard passing over Hunstanton from 6.15 to 11 p.m.
on the 6th and numbers were coasting south between 7 a.m. and
12.30 p.m. and a few between 2 and 4 p.m. on the 7th. At the Pentland
Skerries twentv-two were passing south on the 8th, a few arrived on
the coast of Lincolnshire on the 16th and an immense flock was seen
in Devonshire on the 22nd. At the end of the month a strong local
movement took place in E. Ross-shire and E. Fife, caused by a
spell of hard weather. There were many reports from the lights in
November, viz. : — Cromer Light, many to the north from dawn to
10 a.m. on the 4th and during the whole day on the 5th ; Chicken Rock
Light (Isle of Man), one on the 4th/5th ; Bardsey Light, ten on the
5th/6th and a flock on the island on the 8th ; Outer Dowsing Light-
vessel, several on the 6th/7th; Dudgeon Light-ves-el (Norfolk), six on
the 6th/7th and one on the 8th/9th ; Kentish Knock Light-vessel
(Essex), several on the 6th/7th; Spurn Head Light (Yorkshire), a flock
on the 11th, 12th, several on the 19th/20th and a flock on the 20th/21st.

In December very large flocks were observed in Cheshire on the 1st
and flocks were passing over at midnight on the 5th and 6th. Numbers
flying west were noted in Denbighshire on the 1st, large passing flocks
in Suffolk on the 8th and 30th, and a large number in Yorkshire on the
19th.

THE TURNSTONE (StrepsL'as wterprea).

July 12th. Pentland Skerries, eight arrived.

„ 18th. Dee Estuary (Cheshire), many.

„ 21st. Dee Estuary, almost all gone.

„ 26th. Pentland Skerries, almost all gone.

Aug. 3rd. Breydon (Norfolk), some arrived.

„ 10th. Tarbatness (E. Ross-shire), great numbers; Dorset,
four or five.

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Aug. 14th. Arran (Clyde), seventeen.

,, 16th/17th. Skerries Lt. (Anglesey), two.

„ 17th. Yorkshire, seven on the coast.

„ 18th. Breydon, a flock.

„ 18th/19th. Skerries Lt., two.

„ 19th. Breydon, several.

„ 24th. Arran, twenty.

„ 26th. Suffolk, many.

„ 31st. Fairlie (Ayr), great numbers; Breydon, several.

Sept. 4th to 14th. Spurn Head (Yorkshire), many.

„ 12th. Tarbatness, great numbers.

„ 15th. Isle of Man, several.

„ 16th to 18th. Kent, four on coast.

„ 29th. Cheshire, fifty to sixty.

Oct. 1st to 2nd. Spurn Head, many.

THE WOODCOCK (Scolopa.v rudicola).

East Yorkshire, first arrival.

St. Catherine's Lt. (Hampshire), one.

Yorkshire, one on coast.

Bardsey Lt. (Carnarvon), three.

Suffolk, first arrival.

Lincoln, first arrival.

Surrey, one.

Northumberland, one arrived from the east.

Suffolk, a few arrived.

Devon, first arrival.

Warwick, first arrival.

Shipwash Lt.-v. (Suffolk), twenty-six.

Cardigan, one ; Hants, first arrival.

Staffordshire, first arrival.

Kent, five.

Northumberland, one.

Whitby Lt. (Yorkshire), one in the garden.

South Goodwin Lt.-v. (Kent), two.

Whitby Lt., one in the garden.

Kentish Knock Lt.-v. (Essex), one.

Northumberland, two.

Yorkshire, three.

Yorkshire, seven ; Lincoln, many ; Devon, a number.

Hampshire, increase.

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THE COMMON SNIPE {Gallinago ccekstis).

Allff. 5th & 1 u • t i /ai. ii j\

\ rair Isle (Shetland) passing.
Sept. 19th. )

Oct. 2nd. Spurn Head (Yorkshire), six passing.

„ 3rd/4th. Bardsey Lt. (Carnarvon), two.

„ lOth/llth. St. Tudwal Lt. (Carnarvon), one.

,, 17th. Fair Isle, passing.

„ 22nd 23rd. Skerries Lt. (Anglesey), one.

„ 25th. Suffolk, passing.

Nov. 4th. Tiree (Argyll), numbers arrived ; Essex, thirty seen.

„ 5th. Essex, all gone.

„ 5tli/6th. Bardsey Lt,, three.

„ 8th/9th. Bardsey Lt., two.

„ 10th. Yorkshire, twenty to thirty.

„ 13th. Yorkshire, six or seven.

„ 16th. Cambridge, twenty to twenty-five.

,, 20th. Yorkshire, twelve.

„ 28th. Yorkshire, thirty to forty.

Dec. 5th. Suffolk, several arrived from sea.

„ 18th. Suffolk, large numbers passing.

THE JACK SNIPE (Gallinago gallimda).

Sept. 7th. Suffolk, one shot and others seen.

,, 8th. Leicester, one shot,

„ 14th. Corsemalzie (Wigtown), one shot.

„ 15th. Tiree (Argyll), one seen.

,, 19th. Fair Isle (Shetland), a considerable number.

„ 1 9th to 23i d. Noup Head, Fair Isle, Pentland Skerries, Auskerry
(Orkney) and Flannan Isles (Outer Hebrides), small
arrivals.

„ 20th. Fair Isle, arrivals on 1 9th all gone.

„ 25th. E. Yorkshire, several shot ; Cornwall, two seen.

,, 33th. Holy Island (Northumberland), four.
Oct. 2nd. Holy Island, two.

„ 3rd. Spurn Head (Yorkshire), one resting.

„ 6th and 7th. Holy I.-land, one.

„ 6th. Cardigan, one.

„ 7th. Cardigan, three.

,, 8th. Suffolk, a fresh arrival.

„ 8th and 9th. Fritton (Suffolk), very large numbers arrived.

„ 9th and 12th. Holy Island, one.

„ 21st. Cambridge, one.

Nov. 4th. Tiree, numbers.

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Nov. 5th/6th. Bardsey Lt. (Carnarvon), one.

„ 6th/7th. Haisboro' Lt. (Norfolk), one ; Lynn Well Lt.-v. (Nor-
folk), many; 0 iter Gabbard Lt.-v. (Suffolk), few.

f, 7th/8th. Spurn Head Lt. (Yorkshire), one.

,. 8th/9th. Bardsey Lt., two.

,, 14th/l5th. Bardsey Lt., one.

,, 16th. Merioneth, one seen.

,, 20th/21st. Spurn Head Lt., one.

,, 28th. Stornoway, numbers.

Dec. 31st. Suffolk, several on coast.

THE DUNLIN {Trinya alpina).

An increase in mi libers in Norfolk on the 2i,d of July followed by a
decrease on the 4th were the first records of the migratory movement of
this species. Three Dunlins were noted at Fair Isle (Shetland) on tl.e
13th and the departure of the breeding-stock from the Pentland Skerries
took place on the 17th. On the night of the 15th/16th a single bird was
reported at the Outer Dowsing Light-vessel (Lincolnshire).

Smdl numbers arrived on the coast of Sussex on the 1st and 9th of
August, and many in Lancashire between the 3rd and -5th. In Suffolk
several young birds were observed on the 4th and increased numbers
were recorded in Norfolk on the 5th, a further increase took place on the
11th, a decrease on the 24th and an increase again on the 31st. Dunlins
■were numerous on the Scilly Isles throughout the month. At Bardsey
Light (Carnarvonshire) one occurred on the 6th /7th.

In September many were observed between the 4th and 14th at Spurn
Head (Yorkshire), and a few passing birds on the Suffolk coast on the
12th. In Kent numbers were passing on the loth, a large arrival was
recorded in the same county on the 16th ; these birds passed on the
following day and were replaced by a large flock which arrived on the
18th. In Lancashire stragglers were passing throughout the month and
many were reported at the Scilly Isles during the same period.

In October a good many were observed at Spurn Head on the 1st and
2nd, and one at Bardsey Light on the 3rd/4th.

In November many were noted on the coast of Lancashire and the
following records were received from the lights : — Bardsey Light,
eighteen on the 5th/6th, two on the 8th/9th, two on the 14th/15th and
three on the 17th/18th ; Spurn Head Light, one on the 6th/7th and
lOth/llth and a flock on the 28th/29th ; Skerries Light (Anglesey), one
on the 8th/9th.

In December large numbers were passing iu Suffolk on the 10th, and a
single bird occurred on Fair Isle on the 19th.

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THE CURLEW-SANDPIPER (Tringa mbarquata).

Suffolk coast, stragglers passing at intervals.

Sussex, about fifty arrived on the coast,

Sussex, marked decrease.

Largo Bay (Fife), passing-.

Morton Loch (Fife), passing.

Fair Isle (Shetland), passing-.

Southerness (Cumberland), passing.

Lancashire, one.

Lincolrshire (N.E. coast), many arrived and stayed

about a week.
Yorkshire, two.
Yorkshire, numbers.
Suffolk, four.
7th to 26th. Lancashire, small numbers passing.

Yorkshire, one under telegraph-wires.
Balgray Dam (Clyde), small party.
Lancashire, five or six.

Lancashire, two; Balgray Dam, small party.
Balgray Dam, one ; Lancashire, one.
Cairness (Aberdeen), one shot.

THE KNOT {Tringa canutus).

Largo Bay (Fife), flock of twenty arrived.

Breydon (Norfolk), a flock.

Largo Bay, an adult seen.

Outer Dowsing Lt.-v. (Lincolnshire), one.

Lancashire, flocks of two hundred to three hundred.
„ 18th/19th. Skerries Lt. (Anglesey), one.
„ 24th & 25th. Breydon, many.
„ 26tb/27th. Skerries Lt., many.
„ 31st. Breydon, decrease.

Sept. 1st. Suffolk, eight.
„ oth & 6th. Yorkshire, many.
,, 7th to 14th. Yorkshire, immense numbers.
„ 8th,9ih, j
10th/llth& I Spurn Head Lt. (Yorkshire), a flock.
12th/13th. I
,, 14th loth. St. Catherine's lit. (Hampshire), one.
„ 17th. Sussex, a dozen on the coast.
„ 20th/21st. Isle of May Lt. (Fife), large numbers.
„ 29th. Hilbre Island (Cheshire), many hundreds.
Oct. 1st & 2nd. Spurn Head, many.

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„ 22nd/23rd. Bardsey Lt., one.
Nov. 6th/7th. Outer Dowsing Lt.-v., several ; Withernsea Lt. (York-
shire), many.
„ 7th to 9th. Little Ross Lt. (Kirkcudbright), several killed.
,, 7th/8th. Spurn Head lit., large numbers.
„ 8th/9th, -j
10th/llth& ^Spurn Head Lt., a flock.
11th/ 12th. J
,, loth/1 6th. Bardsey Lt., one.
„ 16th/17th. Lynn Well Lt.-v. (Norfolk), many ; Spurn Head Lt.,

several.
„ 17th. Spurn Head Lt., several during daj to the S.W.
,, 17th/18th. Spurn Head Lt., several.
„ 21st & 31st. Spurn Head Lt., a flock to the S.W.

THE COMMON SANDPIPER (Totanus hypohucus).

Cromarty Firth, moving down to the shore.

Morton Loch (Fife), several.

Shropshire, two passing.

Isle of Man, two passing on the coast.

Isle of Man, several passing on the coast ; Devon, a Hock.

Devon, a flock.

Portrnahomack (E. Ross-shire), a great many on the
shore.

Cheshire, increase.

Cheshire, deci'ease.

Cheshire, many; Wiltshire, three passing.
„ 1st & 2nd. Sussex, increase.
„ 3rd. Cheshire, nearly all gone ; Cambridge, many ; Oxford,

few seen.
„ 4th to 21st. Lancashire, stragglers passing.
„ 5th. Fair Lie (Shetland), many.

„ 6th. Bedford, one passing.

,, 7th. Pentland Skerries, fifty.

„ 9th. Somerset, two passing ; Sussex, few passing.

„ 15th to 22nd. Isle of Man, one or two daily.
„ 17th. Suffolk, one passing.
Sept. 1st to 14th. Lancashire, stragglers passing.
„ 4th. Fair Isle, one.

„ 7th & 8th. Bedford, passing 7.30 p.m.

10th. Luce Sands (Wigtown), two.

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„ 15th. Suffolk, one passing.

THE GREEN SANDPIPER (totanus oehropw).

A Green Sandpiper was reported at Morton Loch (Fife) on the 2^th
of June. During the last ten days of July stragglers were observed in
Cheshire. In August passing migrants were noted at Morton Loch on
the 1st, 5th, 20th and 22nd, in Oxfordshire on the 3rd, at the Pentland
Skerries on the 5th and 8th, and at Soulseat Loch (Wigtown) on the 5th.
At Holderness (Yorkshire) thirteen were recorded on the 6th, and
between that date and the lGth Green Sandpipers were observed on five
oc'asions at Largo Day (Fife).

Single passing birds were seen on the Scilly Isles on the 13th and 14th
of August, in Suffolk on the 18th, 24th, 29th and several on the 31st.
Iu Cheshire two were noted on the loth and 31st and one on the 24th,
at Fair Isle (Shetland) seventy passing birds were observed between the
1st and 26th and of these about twenty occurred on the 5th. At
Auskerry Light (Orkney) several were killed on the night of the loth.

In September stragglers, mostly single birds, were recorded in Lan-
cashire on the 4th, 5th, 7th and 10th, at Spurn Head (Yorkshire) on the
6th, in Suffolk on the 6th and 21st and in Cheshire on the 22nd.

In October two arrived iu Suffolk on the 8th and one on the 11th.

One was shot on the Cromarty Firth on the 1st of November.

In December one was observed in Cheshire on the 7th, four on the
29th and one in Shropshire on the 28th.

THE REDSHANK {Totanus calidris).

June 10th. Breydou (Norfolk), a good many.

„ 25th. Breydon, scores of old and young.
July 1st. Pentland Skerries, passing

„ 7th. Isle of Man, about forty arrived on the coast from the

south-west.

„ 8th. Breydon, very many.

,, 19th. Breydon, hundreds.
Aug. 1st. Sussex coast, about forty arrived.

„ 2nd. Northumberland, one to south ; Sussex coast, increase.

„ 9th. Sussex coast, further increase.

„ 18th to 29th. Lancashire, numbers varying from twenty to fifty.

„ 20th/21st. Seven Stones Lt.-v. (Cornwall), twenty-four.

„ 24th. Breydon, a good many.

„ 27th. Devon, number-.

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Lancashire, passing in varying numbers.

Northumberland, two to the north ; Sussex const,

decrease.
Devon, increase.
Sussex coast, increase.
Dee Estuary (Cheshire), a few score.
Northumberland, large flocks to the south at 8.30 p.m.
Oct. 1st and 2nd. Yorkshire, a good many on the coast.
„ 1st to 13th. Lancashire, passing in varying- numbers.
,, 2nd. Suffolk, increase.

,, 14th to 25th. Anglesey, great numbers.
„ 27th. Lancashire, about forty.
Nov. 12th to 19th. Northumberland, stragglers passing.

THE CURLEW {Numenius arquata).

Three Curlews were reported from Spurn Head Light (Yorkshire) on
the night of 30th June/lst July.

In July a flock of twenty-three, coming from inland, were observed at
the Mull of Galloway (Wigtown) flying high in the air out to sea in a
south-westerly direction and some were passing on the coast of Suffolk
on the 22nd and 23rd.

In August passing birds were noted in Northumberland on various
dates, especially on the 10th and 12th, when flocks varying from ten to
thirty were recorded as flying over Wooler (Northumberland) on the
evenings of those days. About a hundred appeared on the coast of
Sussex on the 2nd and large numbers at Breydon (Norfolk) during the
whole month, and were reported tbere as arriving in scores on the 5th
and 11th, to the number of two or three hundreds on the 16th, many
on the 24th, very many on the 27th and in hundreds on the 31st. In
Yorkshire a great movement from north to south took place on the 10th
and 17th ; about thirty arrived at Sule Skerry (W. of Orkney) on the
14th and fifteen were on passage in Shropshire on the 28th.

The light-records for August were : — Outer Dowsing Light-vessel
(Lincolnshire), fourteen to west-south-west on the 9th; Smith's Knoll
Light-vessel (Norfolk), one on the 18th ; Chicken Dock Light (Isle of
Man), four on the 24th/25th.

In Sep! ember hve were going south on the coast of Suffolk on the 1st,
and a flock in the same direction on the 29th. Large numbers going
south-east were observed in Devonshire on the 11th.

In October a good many were noted on the coast of Yorkshire on the
1st and 2nd, and a flock of twenty to the south on the coast of Hamp-
shire on the 25th. At Bardsey Light (Carnarvonshire) many were on
passage on the night of the 21st/22nd.

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In November, Curlews were passing in Lancashire on tlie 8th. The
light-records were as follows : — Winterton Light (Norfolk), a flock
arrived from over the sea on the 17th; Bardsey Light, a flock on the
island on the 8th ; Spurn Head Light two on the llth/12th, and Dudgeon
Light-vessel (Norfolk), many on the lOth/lTth.

In Scotland migratory movements were recorded from the coasts and
islands all through July and August and up to the 24th of September,
and some smaller movements at the Shetlands and Outer Hebrides
between the 13th of October and the 9th of November.

THE WHIMBREL {Numenius phasopus).

July 8th. Breydon (Norfolk), some arrived.

,, 12th. Breydon, several.

,, 16th. Breydon, increase.

„ 15th to 31st. Pentland Skerries and Tarbatness ( E. Ross-shire), one
or two at frequent intervals.

Aug. 1st. Sussex, eleven passing on the coast.

„ 3rd. Cambridge, nine passing.

„ 5th. Breydon, increase.

„ 6th. Largo Bay (Fife), passing.

„ 7th. Edenmouth (Fife), passing.

„ 9th. Suffolk, passing at night.

„ 14th. Worcester, passing at night.

„ 16th & 17th. Yorkshire, stragglers on the coast.

„ 18th. Dee Estuary (Cheshire), many.

„ 22nd. Isle of Man, one ; Norfolk, five to the south.

„ 24th. Oxford, some going west at 8 p.m.

„ 24th & 25th. Suffolk, one passing on coast.

„ 20th. Shropshire, a small flock to north.

Sept. 1st. Isle of Man, one ; Suffolk, one to the south on the coast.

,, 3rd. Suffolk, one to the south on the coast.

„ 6th. Northumberland, several flocks to the north.

„ 6th & 7th. Yorkshire, six or eight passing ; Suffolk, passing at
night on the coast.

„ 10th. Northumberland, four to the south.

„ 23rd. Devon, three.

Oct. 4th. Shropshire, heard at night.

„ 10th. Northumberland, one caught.

,, 17th. Girdlene. s (Kincardine), one.

,, 19th. Fairlie (Ayr), one.

„ 27th. Barnsness, (Berwick) one.

N.B. At Sule Skerry (W. of Orkney), the Flannan Isles (Outer
Hebrides) and Bell Bock (Tay), Wbimbrels were constantly passing
in small numbers between the 7th of August and the 4th of October.

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THE COMMON TERN (Sterna fuviatilis).

The breeding-haunts of this species in S.E. Suffolk had been almost
abandoned by the 4th of August, those at Ravenglass (Cumberland)
entirely so by the 7th, and on Walney Island (Lancashire) prior to tlie
9th, though several pairs were still feeding their young at Southport
(Lancashire) on the latter date.

Some Common Terns appeared at Brevdon (Norfolk) as early as the
3rd of July, though the autumn movement does not seem to have com-
menced in earnest until the 27th, when others arrived, to be followed
ten days later by large numbers. A further increase took place in this
locality on the 11th of August, on which date the first passage-migrants
appeared on the Suffolk coast, where they were noted in varying numbers
until the 12th of September, the largest numbers being present from the
17th to the 22nd of August. In S.E. Suffolk a few were still passing
until the 20th of September. Farther north, at Spurn Head ( Yorkshire),
the main passage was evidently over by the 4th of September, when our
observations began there ; from twelve to twenty were seen on the 5th and
6th, and scattered birds were noted until the 13th. One or two were also
seen in the neighbourhood of Flamborough from the 16th to the 18th_
On the 16th and 17th from twelve to twenty were seen off the coast of
Kent, but their numbers had decreased to two on the 18th.

Autumn movements were first noticed at the Scottish lights on the
19th of August, and from that date till the 23rd of September Common
Terns were noted on several occasions. Many were seen passing south at
the Isle of May (Fife) on the 18th and two were taken at Tarbatness
Light (E. Ross-shire) on that night. On the 5th of August a large
flock appeared in Plymouth Sound, where they remained in varying but
gradually decreasing numbers until the end of the month. At the
mouth of the Exe (South Devon) they were present in varying numbers
until the 23rd of September.

From the west coast information is less complete. During the last
week in August an increase was noted on the coast of Lleyn (Carnarvon),
passing migrants were seen off the Isle of Man on the 28th and many
were still present in the Mersey on the 6th of September.

Inland, Common Terns visited Windermere in large numbers on the
5th of August and Derwentwater from the 5th to the 7th, small numbers
were seen at frequent intervals on the Cheshire Meres throughout August
and up to the 7th of September, a dozen or so were seen at Ellesniere
(Shropshire) from the 7th to the 10th of August, and single birds visited
Shrewsbury (Shropshire) on the 4th, 6th, 7th and 21st, while a dozen
flew over that town on the 12th of September. Single birds were also
seen at Frensham (Surrey) on the 5th of August and on Tring Reservoir
(Herts) on the 7th and 15th of September.

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THE LITTLE TERN (Sterna minuta).

A few Little Terns were seen on Breydon (Norfolk) on several dates
in June up to the 15th. The first returning migrants arrived there on
the 27th of July and were seen off Lowestoft (Suffolk) two days later.
An increase was noticed at Breydon on the 3rd of August and further
arrivals appeared on the 5th and 7th. The breeding-haunts in S.E.
Suffolk were almost deserted by the 4th, and birds were passing in small
numbers down the Suffolk coast on the 10th and 11th, 16th, 17th, 19th,
21st to 25th, and the 4th of September, and in larger numbers at Breydon
on the 25th and 31st of August.

A few birds were passing on the Lancashire coast on the 3rd of
August and others were seen on the north coast of Carnarvonshire up to
the 11th. On the 12th a decrease in that area was followed by a large
arrival on the following day ; these birds remained until the 16th, after
which date a gradual diminution took place. Throughout the month
one or two stragglers were noted on inland waters in Cheshire.

Tn September sixteen birds were seeu at Spurn Head ( Yorkshire) on the
5th and one, the last, on the 9th ; the last record for Scotland was from
Kirkinner (Wigtown) on the 8th and the last Little Tern was seen off
Lowestoft on the 11th. On the 16th and 17th some numbers were still
to be seen on the coast of Eomney Marsh (Kent), and three were still
present on the 18th.

THE LITTLE AUK {Mergulus alle).

The earliest records reported the arrival of single birds of this species
on the coasts of S.E. Suffolk and E. Sussex on the 31st of October.
Others were seen in the latter locality on the 2nd of November and one was
shot near Glastonbury (Somersetshire) on the 3rd. On the same date large
numbers appeared, flying north along the coast of Northumberland, and
two were seen on the Norfolk coast ; about the same time small numbers
arrived off Scarborough (Yorkshire), where they remained for about a
week. On the 4th one was picked up at Rugby (Warwickshire), on the
5th a few were still passing north on the coast of Northumberland, and
on the 12th others were recorded from Auskerry (Orkney). On the 13th
large numbers were again passing on the coast of Northumberland, and
between that date and the 15th many occurred on the N.E. coast of
Norfolk between Wells and Yarmouth. They were observed in the Tay
Estuary on the loth and at the Isle of May (Fife) on the 20th. Two
were seen on the S.E. coast of Suffolk on the 23rd. Subsequently, they
were seen in small numbers up to the end of the year at different
localities in the Tay and Moray areas, in Orkney and at Fair Isle
(Shetland), while larger numbers arrived in the Forth on the 3rd and
30th of December, and at Fair Isle on the latter date.

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ISOLATED RECORDS

SINGLE OBSERVATIONS.

The Black Wheatear {Saxicola leucura). Male seen, Fair Isle

(Shetland), September 28th to 30th.
The Bed-spotted Bluethroat (Cyanecula svecicd). Several arrived,

N. Norfolk coast, end of August.

The White-spotted Bluethroat ( Cyanecula cyanecula). Male found
dead, St. Leonards-on-Sea (Sussex), September 22nd.

The Nightingale {Daulias luscinia). Last seen, Berks, August 2nd ;
one passing, Suffolk coast, 18th; one, Tunbridge Wells (Kent),
29th and 31st ; one, Bishop Beck Lt. (Scilly Isles), September
17th/18th.

The Barred Warbler {Sylvia nisoria). Two arrived, Isle of May
(Fife), September 12th, and single birds were seen or shot as
follows: — Auskerry (Orkney), August 15th ; Fair Isle (Shetland),
22nd, 23rd and 29th, and September 20th, 25th and 28th;
Lowestoft (Suffolk), August 28th ; Lerwick (Shetland), Sep-
tember 3rd, 9th and lGth ; Blakeney (Norfolk), 3rd, and two
others a few days later; Spurn Head Lt. (Yorkshire), 10th and
12th (shot- 14th); Bockabill Lt. (co. Dublin), 17th; and Isle of
May (Fife), 28th.

The Fire-crested Wren {Mcc/ulus iynicaj)illus). Two shot, Thanet
(E. Kent), September 25th and November 11th and 18th, and
single birds seen or shot, September 26th and November 14th,
Spurn Head (Yorkshire), September 28th, and Holy Island
(Northumberland), October 4th. A pair seen, Tunbridge Wells
(Kent), December 20th to January 10th, 1913.

The Yellow-browed Warbler {Phylloscopus super ciliosus). One
shot, N. Cotes (Lincoln), September 25th.

The Wood- Warbler {Phylloscopus sibilatrix). One passing, Lowestoft
(Suffolk), August 2nd: nine, Spurn Head Lt. (Yorkshire),

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9th LOth, several on 19th/20tb, three on 20th/21st, and eight
on 26th/27th.

The Icterine AYarbler (Hypolais icterina). Fair Isle (Shetland),
one on August 5th and LOth, two on 21st, and one on 22nd.

The Aquatic Warbler (Acrocephalus aquations). A male, St.
Catherine's Lt. (Hants), August 17th; a female shot, Blakeney
(Norfolk), October 23rd.

The Heed-Warbler [Acrocephalus strcpervs). One passing, Aldring-
ham (Suffolk), August 3rd; two seen, Biggleswade (Bedford),
September 7th ; a few still in haunts, Lowestoft (Suffolk),
September 15th; one or two in haunts, Bomney Marsh (Kent
and Sussex), 16th and 17th, gone on 18th ; two passing, Spurn
Head (Yorkshire), 28tb and 30th ; one shot, Auskerry (Orkney),
28th.

Blyth's Reed- Warbler (Acrocephalus dumetorum). Single birds
shot, Spurn Head (Yorkshire), September 20th ; Holy Island
(Northumberland), 2oth ; Fair Isle (Shetland), 24th, 26th, 29th,
30th, and October 1st; one, Dudgeon Lt.-v. (Norfolk), October
20th, i' 1st.

The Grasshopper-Warbler (Locusiella ncevia). Last heard, Hind-
head (Surrey), August oth ; one, Bardsey Lt. (Carnarvon),
Gth/7th ; one seen, Great Fakenham (Suffolk), 14th ; three
passing, Langstone Harbour (Hants), September 6th ; one, St.
Catherine's Lt. (Hants), 17th/18th.

The Hedcje-Sparrow (Accentor modularis). One arrived, Butt of
Lewis (Outer Hebrides), September 12th ; one arrived (probably
Continental), Fair Isle (Shetland), 23rd, increase 24th and a few
passing till October 16th; six arrived (one Continental), Isle of
May (Fife), September 24th, few passing until October 9th, one
Continental shot October 9th, and one British on 7th ; increase,
Beaulieu (Hants), latter half of September, decrease October 8th •
two passing (British), Spurn Head (Yorkshire), September 25th
and 29th ; one, Pentland Skerries, September 30th and October
28th ; one, Auskerry (Orkney), October 2nd; increase, Spurn
Head, 2nd ; some passing, Dungeness (Kent), 8th, decrease 9th ;
one, Inehkeith (Forth), 19th and 24tb ; one, Fair Isle, 30th ; one,
Isle of May, November 7th.

The Blue Titmouse (Paruscceruleus). First, movement noted, Suffolk
coast, September 2nd; two passing, Spurn Head (Yorkshire),
October 1st.

The Common Wren (Troglodytes parvulus). One, Whalsey Skerries
Lt. (Shetland), August 14th ; one arrived, Isle of May (Fife),
September loth ; increase, Spurn Head (Yorkshire), 17th,
decrease 18th, increase 24th, decrease October 1st; noted
passing, single birds or in small numbers, Tiree (Argyll), Sule
Skerry and Auskerry (Orkney), Pentland Skerries, Flannan Isles.

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(Outer Hebrides), Kyle Rhea (Skye), Inckkeith, Isle of May and
Bass Rock (Forth) from September loth to November 8th ; increase
(passing), Dungeness (Kent), October 9th ; eleven, Pentland
Skerries, 23rd.
The Wall-Creeper (Tichodroma mnraria). One shot, Winchelsea

(Sussex), October 1st.
The Grey-headed Wagtail (Motacilla flaw thuribergi). Single birds,

Fair Me (Shetland), September 2Gth and 29th and October 1st.
The Tree-Pipit (Anthus trivialis). Passing, Kirkliston (Linlithgow),
August 24th to September 15th ; passing singly or in pairs, Kent,
August 29th and 30th September 6th, 9th, 10th, 13th, 24th and
October 8th, twenty-five on September 17th and five on 18th ;
passiug, Isle of May (Fife), September 28th, 29th and October
1st; several, Fair Isle (Shetland), October 1st, 10th and 11th,
and one on 30th.
The Tawny Pipit (Anthus campestris). One taken, Eastbourne

(Sussex), October 1st.
Richard's Pipit (Anthus richardi). One, Fair Isle (Shetland), October

2nd; one, Marshchapel (Lincoln), November 16th.
The Rock-Pipit (Anthus obscurus). Small parties passing, Flam-
borough (Yorkshire), September 14th to 21st, movement most
noticeable on 18th; numerous, N. Unst (Shetland), 17th; first
seen, Romney Marsh (Kent), 18th ; first seen, Spurn Head (York-
shire), 20th ; an arrival, Pentland Skerries, 20th : some at
lantern, N. Unst Lt. (Shetland), 21st; increase, Spurn Flead,
October 1st ; forty arrived and passed to S.W., Auskerry
(Orkney), 3rd ; some passing, Lowestoft (Suffolk), 6th ; passing,
Dungeness (Kent), 9th.
The Great Grey Shrike (Lanius excubitor). A male, Copthorne
(Surrey), October 20th ; one, Auskerry (Orkney), 26th ; male,
Berkhampsted (Herts), November 10th.
The Bed-backed Shrike (Lanim collurio). Last seen (seven),
Hampton-in-Arden (Warwick), August 6th ; male seen, near
Portpatrick (Wigtown), 14th ; last seen, Wribbeuhall (Wor-
cester), 18th ; one passing, Fair Isle (Shetland), 24th ; last seen,
Oswestry (Shropshire), 26th; one passing, Lerwick (Shetland),
26th ; one seen, Bloxham (Oxford), September 7th ; two seen,
Cheltenham (Gloucester), 7th ; one passing, Suffolk coast, 14th ;
two seen (last), Tunbvidge Wells (Kent), 14th ; one arrived,
Holy Island (Northumberland), 30th.
The Waxwing (Ampelis garrulus). One seen, Winchester (Hants),
September 28th ; one, Stornoway (Outer Hebrides), November
12th; one, Corstorphine (Edinburgh), 16th; one, Marchmont
(Berwick), 24th.
The Red-breasted Flycatcher (Muscicapa parra). Single birds,

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Spurn Head (Yorkshire), September 24tli, Isle of May (Fife),
28th and Penlland Skerries, 30th.

The Hawfinch (Cvceothraust.es vulgaris). One, Fidra Lt. (Forth),
July 7 tli.

The Twite (Liuota Jtarirostris). Many arrived, N. Unst (Shetland),
September 17th ; flock seen, Pentland Skerries, October 7th ;
flock seen, Corsemalzie (Wigtown), 9th ; flock arrived from N,
Yarmouth (Norfolk), 17th, and flocks passing S., 19th; passing S.,
Cambridge, 21st; Ave arrived, Flannan Isles (Outer Hebrides),
24th; flock of three hundred seen, Hunstanton (Norfolk),
November 7th ; flock arrived, Auskerry (Orkney), 8th.

The Mealy Redpoll {Linola Unarta). An arrival, Fair Isle (Shet-
land), September 18th ; a few arrived, N. Unst (Shetland), 30th ;
arrivals, Fair Isle, October 13th, Isle of May (Fife) 20th, and
Flannan Isles (Outer Hebrides), 24th ; three seen, Corsemalzie
(Wigtown), December 2nd.

The Lesser Redpoll {Liuota rufescens). Large numbers arrived,
Yorkshire, September 15th, and Stone (Staffordshire), 16th ;
decrease, Stone, 24th ; one arrived, Lowestoft (Suffolk), October
4th ; one, S. Bishop Lt. (Pembroke), November 5th/Gth ; flocks
seen, Felsted (Essex), 17th and 24th and December 20th ; large
flocks seen, Great Fakenham (Suffolk), December 2nd and 7th.

The Northern Bullfinch (Pyrrhula major). Female, Fair Isle
(Shetland), October 29th.

The Scarlet Grosbeak (Carpvdacvs erythrinus). Single birds, Tar-
batuess Lt. (E. Ross-shire), September 8th, Fair Isle (Shetland),
20th and 28th, and Spurn Head (Yorkshire), October 2nd.

The Common Crossbill (Zo.ria curvirostra). Flock of eight seen,
Oswestry (Shropshire), December 24th.

The Corn-Bunting (Emberiza miliaria). Last seen, Newton-Stewart
(Wigtown), August 24th ; increase, Holy Island (Northumber-
land), September 14th, decrease 15tb, increase October 2nd,
decrease 3rd, increase 11th, decrease 14th, increase 16th, decrease
17th; flock of fifty seen, Dungeness (Kent), October 9th j small
passages noted at outlying stations in Scotland from October 24th
to November 23rd; flocks seen, Stornoway (Outer Hebrides),
November 6th and 29th ; two, Auskerry (Orkney), December 3rd .
one, Pentland Skerries. Sth.

The Yellow Bunting {Emberiza citrinella). Noted on passage at
Fair Isle (Shetland), Pentland Skerries and Auskerry (Orkney)
from October 25th to November Sth ; one passing, Spurn Head
(Yorkshire), October 3rd ; several seen, Kyle Rhea (Skye),
November 8th and three on the 16th.

The Ortolan Bunting (Emberiza hortulana). Several, Fair Isle
(Shetland), October 1st.

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Thk Little Bunting (Emberiza pusilla). Two or three arrived, Isle of
May (Fife), September 28th ; one, Fair Isle (Shetland), 28th and
30th ; one, Isle of May, 29th ; three arrived, Fair Isle, October 1st. ;
and single birds were seen, 2nd, 3rd, 5th, 7th and 11th.

The Reed-Bunting (JEmberiza schceniclus) , Two passing, Rusthall
Common (Kent), September 10th and 13th; one passing, Tun-
bridge Wells (Kent), 22nd ; one arrived, Isle of May (Fife), 24th;
two or three passing, Spurn Head (Yorkshire), 26th and 27th,
and one or two on 30th ; some arrived, Pentland Skerries and
Auskerry (Orkney), 28th, and small arrivals took place there up
to October 5th ; two arrivals, Holy Island (Northumberland),
September 29th ; three passing, Tunbridge Wells, October 7th ;
further arrivals, Fair Isle (Shetland), Auskerry and Pentland
Skerries, 11th to 30th; increase, Orl'ord (Suffolk), 11th; one
arrived, Holy Island, 1st, none 2nd to 7th, three 8th, one 9th,
four 10th, none 11th and 12th, five 13th, none 14th to 16th, one
17th, none 18th ; many, Fair Isle, 13th and 14th ; one, taken on a
boat in the North Sea, about 24th ; twenty, Carnarvon Bay Lt.-v.
October 25th/26th; single birds, Pentland Skerries, November
5th and Flannan Isles (Outer Hebrides), November 18th and
December 13th.

The Lapland Bunting (Calcan'ns lapponicas). Two arrived, Fair
Isle (Shetland), September 14th, three on the 17th and 19th, two
on 20th and single birds on October 2nd, 17th and 22nd ; single
birds, Yarmouth (Norfolk), September 23rd and November 5th.

The Kose-coloubed Starling (Pastor roseus). Male shot, Pevensey
(Sussex), June 22nd.

The Nutcracker (Nucifraga caryocatactes). One seen, Gunton (Nor-
folk), October 26th; one seen, Brede (Sussex), November 16th;
pair shot (slender-billed), Wartling (Sussex), December 26th
and 28th.

The Jay (Garrulus glandarius). Increase, Grange-over-Sands (Lanca-
shire), October 8th ; great influx, near Canterbury (Kent), 16th
to 18th.

The Wood-Lark (Alauda arborea). Single birds arrived, Isle of May
(Fife), September 29th, Fair Isle (Shetland), October 9th and
Auskerry (Orkney), 26th.

The Shore-Lark (Otocorys alpedris). Male, S.E. Suffolk coast,
October 12th and four or five on 19th ; three, Yarmouth (Nor-
folk), 14th, one on October 17th and November 5th, 8th and 11th
and three on 12th ; one, Fair Isle (Shetland), October 17th ; about
fourteen, N. Cotes (Lincolnshire), November 5th.

The Nightjar (Caprimulgus europceus). One seen, Black Mountain
(1400 ft.) (Carmarthen), August 12th ; last heard, Hindhead
(Surrey), 14th ; young in down, Littlesea Heath (Dorset), 17th •
two seen, Wareham (Dorset), 29th ; one, Wyre Forest (Shrop-

slmv). Slat; one, Hastings (Sussex), September 3rd ; one pa
Spurn Head (Yorkshire), 9th; lasl seen, Corsemalzie i Wigtown)
12th, Hayling Island (Hants), 19th; one seen near York, 14lh
and Boreham (Essex) 27th.

The Wryneck {lynx torquilla). Two arrived, Fair Isle (Shetland),
August 22nd; four arrived, Suffolk coast, 28th and remained until
31st; two arrived, Pentland Skerries, 30th ; one passing, Suffolk
coast, September 6tk ; one, St. Catherine's Lt. (Hants), 9tb/10th>
one passing, Tunbridge Wells (Kent), 11th.

The Kingfisher (Alcedo ispida). Three arrived, Langstone Harbour
(Hants), August 1st, five on 2nd and twelve on 9th, two on
September 6th and one on 13th.

The Hoopoe (Vjrupa epops). Single birds seen or shot, in Guernsey,
August 25th, at Lunan Bay (Forfar), September 3rd, Horrabridge
(Devon), 1st week September, Felsted (Essex) 6th, 12tb, 17th
and 24th of September (same bird), and Kirkcaldy (Fife), 25th.

The Barn-Owl {Strix Jlammea). Single birds at Torrance, near
Glasgow, October 17th to 21st, Bell Rock Lt. (Tay) 24th and
Bass Rock (Forth), December loth.

The Long-eared Owl (Asia otits). One, Fair Isle (Shetland), August
19i.h and 21st ; one, Tarbatness Lt. (E. Ross), September 5th ;
two arrived, Holy Island (Northumberland), 14th, one on 16th,
two on 23rd, one on 25th and one on October 16th ; one, Bell
Rock Lt. (Tay), October 25th; one, Pentland Skerries, 27th.

The Short-eared Owl (Asio accipitrinus). Continuous arrival in small
numbers noted at Fair Isle (Shetland), Auskerry and Side Skerry
(Orkney), Pentland Skerries, Flannan Isles (Outer Hebrides), Tiree
(Argyll), Isle of May (Fife), Barnsness and St, Abb's (Berwick)
from October the 22nd to November 14th; two arriving from E.,
Northumberland coast, October 16th; two seen, Oare (Devon),
18th ; two, Wooler (Northumberland), 20th ; one, Dudgeon
Lt.-v. (Norfolk), November 6th ; several, Ringland (Norfolk),
December 5th.

The Common Buzzard (Buteo vulgaris). One trapped, near Whitby
(Yorkshire'), September 7th.

The Rough-legged Buzzard (Buteo lagopus). One shot, near Yar-
mouth (Norfolk), October 16th ; one seen, Sidestrand (Norfolk),
December 20th.

The Sparrcw-Hawk (Accipiter nisns). One passing, Spurn Head
(Yorkshire), October 2nd; influx noted, Tay area, from October
7th onwards.

The Hobby (Falco subbuteo). One shot, Tusmore (Oxford), August 9th ;
one seen, Ashdown Forest (Sussex), September 13th; one shot,
Newington (Oxford), 17th ; one shot, Flitwick (Bedford), 2nth ;
one under telegraph-wire, Musselburgh (Midlothian), October 14th.

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The Merlin (Falco cesalori). Frequently noted at outlying Scotch
stations between August 17th and November 10th : single birds
seen, Holy Island (Northumberland), September 8th to 11th, 13th,
17th, 22nd, 25th, October 2nd, Oth, 9th and 14th ; one passing,
Spurn Head (Yorkshire), October 1st; one seen, Ciliau Aeron
(Cardigan), 3rd and 8th ; first seen, Oare (Devon), 7th ; two seen,
Roinney Marsh (Kent), 8th and Oth ; one flying E., Northumber-
land coast, November 2nd.

The Kestrel {Falco tinnuncuhts). Migrants frequently noted at Bell
Rock (Tay), Inchkeith (Forth), Isle of May (Fife) and Fair Isle
(Shetland) between August 4th and October 20th; influx noted
at Dundee and in E. Fife in September and October ; from four
to eight passing each day, Spurn Head (Yorkshire), September
5th, 7th, 8th, 9th and 13th and October 1st, 2nd and 3rd; single
migrants noted, Holy Island (Northumberland), September 12th,
13th, 21st and 27th and October 3rd, 8th and 16th.

The Cormorant {I'halacrocorax carlo). Influx noted, Tay Estuary,
September 7th and onward ; birds passing S., Spurn Head (York-
shire), October 3rd and 4th.

The Shag {Phalacrocorax graculus). Unusual numbers noted, Tar-
batness (E. Ross-shire), September 18th and 23rd; many flying S.,
Northumberland coast, and Whitby (Yorkshire), November 29th.

The Gannet (Sala bassana). One flying S., Scarborough (Yorkshire),
August 17th, three on October 12th and two on 10th; one found
dead, Miristead (Hants), October (last week) ; six seen. Girdleness
(Kincardine), November 3rd; one, Largo Bay (Fife), 5th;
hundreds near Bass Rock (Forth), 7th : one, Whitby (Yorkshire),
14th ; three, Butt of Lewis (Outer Hebrides), December 11th.

The Squacco Heron (Ardea ralloides). One shot, Horning (Norfolk),
July 5th.

The Night-Heron (Nycticorax gri&eus). One seen, Marbury Mere
(Cheshire), July 31st.

The Little Bittern (Ardetta minuta). Male shot, Naseby (North-
ampton), October 2nd.

The Spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia). Young bird arrived, B-eydon
(Norfolk), July 13th, a second on 19th, both left on 21st, returned
on 23rd and left on 26th ; one or two arrived, N. coast of Norfolk,
first week in August.

The Glossy Ibis (Plegadis falcinellus). Six seen and shot, Walton-
on-Naze (Essex), October 14th ; two seen (one shot), Aldborough
in Holderness (Yorkshire), 18th ; one shot, Balsham (Cambridge),
about 13th; one seen, Filby Broad, and one shot, Fleggburgh
(Norfolk), possibly the same bird, November 1st ; one shot, Burgh
Castle (Suffolk), December 2nd.

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The Flamingo (Phcenicoptemi roseua). One seen on shore, Sidmouth
( Devon), September 28th.

The Whoopee (Cygnua musicus). Ten seen, N. coast of Norfolk,
October 31st.

Bewick's Swan (Cygnus bewioki). Large numbers arrived, Tiree
(Argyll), end of October; three seen, Fairlie (Ayr), December
26th."

The Barnacle Goose (BemirJu leucopsis). First arrivals, seven, Holy
Island (Northumberland), September 13th, 14th to 10th none,
sixteen arrived 17th, none September 18th to October 18th ; eight
arrived, Dorking (Surrey), October 2nd ; first seen, Tyne Estuary
(E. Lothian), 5th ; eight seen, Scremerston (Northumberland),
14th, gone 16th ; thirty flying N.W., Longframlington (Northum-
berland), 17th, and twelve on 18th; four arrived, Largo J lay
(Fife), 18th; passing S., Barra (Outer Hebrides), third week of
October; fifty arrived, Flannau Isles (Outer Hebrides), 24th, hu<:y
flocks (winter-residents), arrived 27th.

The Brent Goose (Bernicla brenta). One shot, Valley (Anglesey),
August 3rd ; two seen, Spurn Head (Yorkshire), September 11th ;
two arrived, Holy Island (Northumberland), 16th and about fifty
on October 18th; first arrivals, Fair Isle (Shetland), September
21st ; frequent arrivals on N. & E. coasts of Scotland and Outer
Hebrides up to November 12th ; one seen, N.E. Lincoln coast,
October 14th; four seen, Bhoscolyn (Anglesey), 17th; many
passing S.W. at 12.40 a.m. over Portsmouth (Hants), December
22nd/23rd.

The Snow-Goose (Chen hyperboreus). Six seen, N. coast of Norfolk,
October 31st.

The Common Sheld-duck (Tadorna cornuta). Flock of twenty arrived,
Breydon (Norfolk), July 7th ; two arrived, Pentland Skerries
September 6th ; two seen, Bye Harbour (Sussex), 18th.

The Buddy Sheld-duck (Tadorna casarca). Two shot, Breydon (Nor-
1' ilk), October 5th.

The Mallard (Anas boscas). Flock of fort}' flying E., Brampton (Cum-
berland), August 20th; many flocks to N., Northumberland
coast, September 10th and several to N., October 6th ; first
arrivals, Felsted (Essex), 23rd ; increase, Packington (Warwick),
November 3rd, decrease 10th, increase December 1st; great
increase, Cheshire Meres, November 23rd; large movement to W.,
Wirral ( Cheshire), December 26th.

The Gadwall (Anas strepera). One shot, Morton Loch (Fife),
October 1st; three shot, near Wick (Caithness), November 7th;
seen, Tiree (Argyll), 11th.

The Teal (Xcttion crecca). Noted on passage on Scotch coasts through-
out August to November ; a hundred to a hundred and fjftv

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returned to Cromarty Firth by August 10th ; first seen, Northum-
berland coast, September 9th ; first seeu, Beaulteu ( Hauts_),
October 8th ; arrived in numbers, Merioneth, end of October.

The Shoveler {Spatula clypeata). Four seen, Glen Dam (Renfrew),
August 25th ; one, Dee Estuary (Cheshire), September 1st, four
on 3rd ; one, Tring Reservoir (Herts), loth, and eleven on 21st ;
one, Loch Ryan (Wigtown), 20th; three, Droughton (Peebles),
25th ; twenty to thirty, Skene Loch (Dumfries), October 1st ;
two, Winsford Flashes (Cheshire), November 2nd; two, Soulaeat
Loch (Wigtown), 13th ; seven, Marbury (Cheshire), December
21st.

The Pintail ( Vajila acuta). One arrived, Fair Isle (Shetland), August
24th ; a few seen, Beauly Firth, September 2nd ; one shot, Glen-
orchard (Stirling), November 12th.

The Pochard {Fuligida ferina). Increase, Cheshire Meres, August
1st; three passing, Doddington (Lincoln), September 13th; in-
crease from two to a hundred and three, Linlithgow Loch, between
October 1st and November 5th ; three passing, Sutton Coldfield
(Warwick), October 16th ; one, Fair Isle (Shetland), October 26th
and November 2nd; one passing, Packington (Warwick), 3rd;
first seen, Kilmalcolm (Renfrew), 3rd; one shot, Talsarnau
(Merioneth), 16th; increase, Rydal (Westmoreland), 18th, de-
crease 29th ; increase, near Cambridge, 28th.

The Tufted Duck {Fuligula cristata). Three arrived, Doddington
(Lincoln), September 2nd to 13th ; arrival, Tay Estuary, 22nd ;
pair arrived, Packington (Warwick), 22nd to 29th, gone by
October 6th, six arrived between October 27th and November 3rd,
increase to eight pairs by 10th, decrease 24th ; one, Fair Isle
(Shetland), October 7th and 23rd and November 1st and 2nd ;
two seen, Sutton Coldfield (Warwick), October 16th ; one seen,
Inchkeith (Forth), November 5th and 11th ; decrease, Rydal
(Westmoreland), 18th.

The Scaup Duck {Fuligula marila). Adult male seen, Cheshire Meres,
July 19th, 2ist, 26th and 31st, female, November 24th; first
seen, Tay Estuary, September 14th ; first seen, Loch Ryan ( Wig-
town), 20th ; small flock seen, Johnstone (Renfrew), October
17th ; male seen, Packington (Warwick), November 20th.

The Golden-Eye (Clangula glaucwn). Two seen, Dornoch Firth,
July 27th ; small arrivals noted, Scotland, September 26th to
November 11th; small flock seen, Johnstone (Renfrew), October
17th ; one, Cheshire Meres, 27th, increase November 10th, de-
crease December 7th ; two, Agecroft (Lancashire), November
14th.

The Long-Tailed Duck {Harelda glacialis). First seen, Auskerry
(Orkney), October 4th, Fair Isle (Shetland), Tarbatness (E. Ross-

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shire) and Isle of May (Fife), 6th : arrivals, Scotch coasts, up to
November L3th ; large arrival, Auskerry, November 10th.

The Eider (Somateria mollissima). Large arrivals, Girdleness .Kin-
cardine), August 26th, Pentland Skerries, 30th, Bell Rock
(Tay), September 13th, Butt of Lewis (Outer Hebrides), 20th,
Fair He (Shetland), 23rd aud 27th, St. Abbs Elead (Berwick),
October 3rd and Whalsey Skerries (Shetland), 16th; one, North-
umberland coast, November 23rd.

The Common Scoter {(Edemia nigra). Many seen, N. coast of Wales,
June 22nd to August 8th; many, Dornoch Firth, July 27th,
hundreds, September 6th ; male, Cheshire Meres, August 13th to
31st; six seen, S. coast of Cornwall, September 7th; nine, off
Spurn Head (Yorkshire), 13th; seven, off FJamborough (York-
shire), 17th ; many, oti'Dnngeness (Kpnt), 16th to 18th : twenty,
Isle of May (Fife), 19th ; one killed, Lynn Well Lt.-v. (Norfolk ),
November 5th/0th ; large, flocks, flying N., Cromer (Norfolk),
25th.

The Velvet Scoter ((Edemia fused). Five seen, off Dung'eness
(Kent), September 18th; many, Dornoch Firth and one, Deanly
Firth, 27th; some, Largo Bay (Fife), November 5th; a male,
Loch Ryan ("Wigtown), December 17th.

The Goosander (Men/us merganser). Noted on passage, Scotland,
September 10th to end of November; one seen, Packington
(Warwick), October 20th; two seen, Cheshire Meres, December
21st and 26th.

The Ded-Breasted Merganser (Mergus serrdtor). Noted on passage,
Scotland, August 28th to October 23rd ; ten or twelve, Anglesey,
October 23rd.

The Smew (Mergus ctlbelhis). One, Loch Spynie (Elgin), December
14th.

The Ring-Dove (Columba palumbus). Decrease of local birds, S.W.
Sussex, September 4th, small increase October 10th, decrease 12th,
slight increase 18th ; migrants noted, Fair Isle (Shetland), Aus-
kerry (Orkney), and Pentland Skerries between September 25th
and October 26th ; one arrived, Holy Island (Northumberland),
September 26th, gone on 27th ; three arrived, Spurn Head (York-
shire), September 30th and October 1st; many passing, S. Devon,
4th, flock arrived, November 6th ; increase, mid-Kent, 7th to 11th
and passing flocks noted 14th, 20th and 22nd, and NovemLer 4th,
7th and 12th ; large flocks passing, Lydiard Millicent (Wilts),
October 16th and 29th ; flocks flying W., Cambridge, 30th and
31st; great movement to S., Cookley (Worcester), 31st; large
arrival, Skene (Aberdeen), early in November ; one killed,
YVithemsea Light (Yorkshire),' 8th/9th; very large flock seen,
near Pontefract (Yorkshiie), 10th to 27th ; large Hock flying N.,
Cromer (Norfolk). 20th.

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The Land-Rail (Crcv pratetms). One, Chicken Rock Lt. (Isle of
Man), July 21st/22nd ; heard, Carnarvon, August 4th; many
young birds seen, Oswestry (Shropshire), 5th to 7th ; one shot,
Black Mountain (1400 ft.) (Carmarthen), 12th; two heard, Gras-
mere (Westmoreland), 15th; single birds, Isle of May Lt. (Fife)
and Little Ross Lt. (Kirkcudbright), 19th ; last seen, Swordale
(E. Ross-shire), 21st, Kirkliston and Glenling (Linlithgow), Sep-
tember Gth, Oswestry 7th, Beaulieu (Hants), 13th and Stornoway
(Outer Hebrides), 25th ; single birds shot, Ciliau Aeron
(Cardigan), 13th and Marston Moor (Yorkshire), 17th; one,
St. Catherine's Lt. (Hants), 14th/15th ; one seen, Spurn Head
(Yorkshire), October 3rd; two, New Milton (Hants), 4th; one,
Dungeness (Kent), 9th ; one, Topsham (Devoir), 10th ; last seen,
Fair Isle (Shetland), 12th ; one, Buckholt (Hants), 14th ; one,
Felsted (Essex), November 15th.

Baillon's Crake (Porzana bailloni). One shot, Northallerton (York-
shire), October 3rd.

The Water-Rail (Rail us aquaticus). One seen, Bedford, September
8th ; one, Packington (Warwick), 29th ; single birds, Fair Isle
(Shetland), October 1st, 3rd and 9th ; ten, Bardsey Lt. (Car-
narvon), 3rd/4th, twelve on 5th/Gth and one on lOth/llth; one,
on a boat 40 miles E.N.E. of Lowestoft, 24th ; one, New Gallo-
way (Kirkcudbright), 25th ; two, Beauly Firth, 28th ; one,
St. Catherine's Lt. (Hants), November 2nd/3rd and 4th/5th ;
thirteen, Bardsey Lt., November 5th/6th, and six on 8th/9th ;
many, Lynn Well Lt.-v. (Norfolk), and one each, Haisboro'
Lt.-v. (Norfolk), St. Catherine's Lt. and Skerries Lt. (Anglesey),
6th/7th ; one, Skerries Lt., 8th/9th and 15th/16th ; several, Tiree
(Argyll), 11th; one, Spurn Head Lt. (Yorkshire), 20th/21st;
one, Auskerry (Orkney), 23rd; one, Stornoway (Outer Hebrides),
December 3rd.

The Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus). Single birds, Deerness (Orkney),
September 25th, Fair Isle (Shetland), October 7th and 14th,
Skerries Lt. (Anglesey), llth/12th, Bardsey Lt. (Carnarvon),
November 5th/6th and Stornoway (Outer Hebrides), December
1st and 3rd.

The Coot (Fulica atra). Several, Lynn Well Lt.-v. (Norfolk), August
21st/22nd ; first arrivals of winter-residents, Poole (Dorset),
September 21st, full numbers by October 7th ; fifty at sea, Loch
Ryan (Wigtown), December 14th.

The Stone-Curlew (GEdicnemus scolopax). Six or seven (the last)
seen, Buckholt (Hants), September 28th ; one or two still present,
Hollesley (Suffolk), October 16th.

The Dotterel (Eudromias morinellus). One shot, near Salisbury
(Wilts), September 26th.

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The Kentish Plover {jEyiulitis cantiana). One only, Rye Harbour
(Sussex), September 18th; four seen, Littlestone (Kent), Oc-
tober 8th.
The Grey Plover (Squatarola helvetica). Two seen, Orfordness
(Suffolk), August 4th ; first seen, Edenruouth (Fife), 19th and
Aberlady (Haddington), 31st; some numbers seen (no fluctua-
tions), Spurn Head (Yorkshire), September 4th to 14th ;
several, Spurn Head Lt., lOth/llth, 14tb/15th. 16th/17th, October
7th/8th and 13th/14th, November llth/12th ; three seen, Plymouth
Sound (Devon), September 9th ; one passing, Lowestoft (Suffolk),
12th ; several passing, Tunbridge Wells (Kent), 9.50 p.m:.,
15th/16th ; three seen, Eomney Marsh (Kent), 17th; numbers
arrived, N.E. coast of Lincoln, 17th ; three arrived, mouth of
Nith (Dumfries), 25th; thirty or forty, Dornoch Firth, 27th;
fifty or sixty to N. Hunterston (Ayr), 30th ; many, Spurn Head,
October 1st and 2nd ; one, Littlestone (Kent), 8th ; one, mouth
of Nith and many, Fairlie (Ayr), 10th ; a few, Anglesey, 14th
to 25th.
The Oystercatcher (Hcematopus ostraleyus). First movement no-
ticed, Peebles, July 7th ; one passing, Lowestoft (Suffolk), August
13th ; passing, Scarborough (Yorkshire), 16th and 17th ; first
seen, Pentland Skerries, 20th ; migration noted, many localities
in Scotland, August 20th to October 27th ; two seen, Sidmouth
(S. Devon), August 23rd ; thirty returned to marshes, Wade-
bridge (Cornwall), 26th; several arrived, Cullercoats (Northum-
berland), September 6th ; flock of nineteen seen, Eomney Marsh
(Kent), 17th ; many seen, Spurn Head (Yorkshire), October 1st
and 2nd ; passing at night, Peebles, November 4th and 6th ; many
passing, Ulverston (Lancashire), 8th/9th.
The Red-necked Phalarope (Phalaropus hyperboreus) . One seen,

Beauly Firth, October 22nd.
The Grey Phalarope (Thalaropus fidicarius). One shot, Cheshire,

October 22nd.
The Great Snipe {Gallinago major). Single birds, Fair Isle (Shet-
land), September 21st, Kirkcowan (Wigtown), September and
near Tynninghame (E. Lothian), October 26th.
The Broad-billed Sandpiper (Limicola platyrhyncha). Two (one

shot), Morton Loch (Fife), August 12th.
Baird's Sandpiper (Trinya bairdi). Female shot, Rye Harbour

(Sussex), September 16th.
The Little Stint {Trinya mimda). One shot, Aldringham (Suffolk),
August 28th ; four, Aberlady (Haddington), 31st ; one taken on
a boat 60 miles E.S.E. of Lowestoft (Suffolk) about 26th ; one,
Beauly Firth, September 23rd; two, Spurn Head (Yorkshire),
October 2nd.

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Temminck's Stint (Tringa temmincki). One, Fair Isle (Shetland)

August 6th ; three, Aldringharu (Suffolk), 28th.
The Furple Sandpiper {Tringa maritima) . Arrivals, Fentland
Skerries, July 6th, Skerryvore (Inner Hebrides), 24th and
Inchkeith (Forth), 30th ; many noted, Northern Isles of Scotland
and Outer Hebrides during August and to September 9th, aud
fresh arrivals in October and November ; one shot, Spurn Head
(Yorkshire), September 10th ; one, Pett (Sussex), December 27th.
The Sanderling (Calidris arenaria). One seen, Largo Bay (Fife),
July 13th and another up to August 27th ; recorded, many
E. coast stations in Scotland, July 26th to October 17th, largest
number (thirty to forty) Dornoch Firth, August 14th ; twentj' seen,
Allenby (Solway), August 7th ; two to three hundred, Southport
(Lancashire), 9th ; several, Little Rose Lt. (Kirkcudbright)
17th/18th and 18th/19th ; one, Skerries Lt. (Anglesey), 18th/19th \
three arrived, Flannan Isles (Outer Hebrides), 21st ; fifteen, Troon
Harbour (Ayr), September 12th ; one, Bishop Rock Lt. (Scilly
Isles), 17th/18th; three, Rye Harbour (Sussex), 18th; flock of
twenty-three, Kirkmaiden (Wigtown), 21st; many, Spurn Head
(Yorkshire), October 1st and 2nd ; flock of forty, Littlestone
(Kent), 8th ; three, Rhosneigr (Anglesey), 19th ; two, Fair Isle
(Shetland), November 1st.
The Ruff (Machetes imgna^. Single birds shot, Thorpe Mere
(Suffolk), August 9th and 27th ; one seen, Morton Loch
(Fife), 20th, two on 22nd a pair, Clifton Junction (Lanca-
shire), 28th and 29th ; one, Aberlady (Haddington), 31st ; one
seen, Spurn Head (Yorkshire), September 6th; one, Ramshult
Marshes (Suffolk), 7th ; one, near Port Ellen (Islay), 11th ; pair
shot, near Hereford, 12th and 14th ; one, Beauly Firth, 12th and
24th.
The Wood-Sandpiper (Totanus glareola). Eight seen, Kinghaui
(Oxfordshire), August 3rd ; single birds seen or shot, Fair Isle
(Shetland), 20th and 22nd, Spurn Head (Yorkshire), September
12th and 22nd, and Thorpe Mere (Suffolk), October 2nd and 6th.
The Spotted Redshank (Totanus fuscus). Single birds, Largo Bay
(Fife), July 15th, Breydon (Norfolk), August 6th, Beaulieu
(Hants), September 11th, and Roinney Marsh (Kent), 17th.
The Greenshank (Totanus catiescens). Migration noted, E. and W.
coasts of Scotland from mid-July to mid-October; one or two
arrived frequently, Fair Isle (Shetland), August 6th to 22nd ;
one seen, Holderness (Yorkshire), 12th; one or two arrived,
Breydon (Norfolk), 19th; one, Clifton Junction (Lancashire),
26th to 28th and September 7th and 11th ; seven seen, Starcross
(Devon), 27th, three on 30th, four on September 4th, three
on 12th and one on 17th ; two seen, Spurn Dead (Yorkshire),

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September 6t.li and one on 9th ; one, Soutliport (Lancashire),
7th; one, Rarnsholt Marshes (Suffolk), 7th ; one, Rye Harbour
(Sussex), 18th; one, Beaulieu (Hants), October 20 th; frequently
seen, Largo Bay (File), in November and to December 12th ;
one, Cromarty Firth, December 25th.

The Bar-tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica). Migration noted, Scot-
land, throughout August and September, chief arrivals end of
August; two to three hundred seen, Allenby (Solway), August
7th ; two seen, Southport (Lancashire), August 9lh ; 6ome seen,
Tresco (Scilly Isles), loth ; many, Spurn Head (Yorkshire),
September 4th to 14th and October 1st and 2nd; one, Clifton
Junction (Lancashire), September 9th; one, Starcross (Devon),
12th; several large flocks, Romney Marsh (Kent), 17th; live,
Ililbre Island (Cheshire), 29th ; two shot, Shapinsay (Orkney),
October 1st.

The Black-tailed Godwit {Limosa lelyica). Two seen, Kirkcud-
bright, August 24th ; one shot, Fowey (Cornwall), 26th ; one,
near Stornoway (Outer Hebrides), 31st; three seen, Troon
Harbour (Ayr), September 12th ; one seen, Romney Marsh
(Kent), 17th; one, Beauly Firth, 23rd; single birds, Kirkcud-
bright coast, 22nd and 23rd, October loth and December 2nd ;
one shot, Frodsham Marsh (Cheshire), October 1st.

The Black Tern {Hydrockelidon nigra). One seen, S.E. Suffolk coast,
July 21st; numbers arrived, N. coast of Norfolk, first week of
August; one seen, Marbury (Cheshire), 4th and three on 5th;
two, Windermere (Westmoreland), 5th ; single birds, Breydon
(Norfolk), 7th and 19th and near Alderley (Cheshire), 24th ;
seven seen, Thorpe Mere (Suffolk), 26th, gone on 27th ; tsvo
seen, Clifton Junction (Lancashire), September oth.

The Sandwich Tern (Sterna cantiaca). Several arrived, Largo Bay
(Fife), July 19th ; some flying S.E., Breydon (Norfolk), August
7th; fifty seen, Nigg (E. Ross-shire), 20th; two passing, Spurn
Head (Yorkshire), September 7th and 11th; several, Luce Bay
(Wigtown), 10th ; increase, Holy Island (Northumberland), loth
last three seen October 1st ; four seen, Dungeness (Kent), 17th •
one, Kirkmaideu (Wigtown), 21st; one, Ciamond (Midlothian),
22nd ; one, Filey Brigg (Yorkshire), 28th.

The Arctic Tern (Sterna maerura). Decrease, Side Skerry (Orkney),
July 30th; one seen, Bostherne (Cheshire), July 31st and August
2nd; many, Llanfairfechan (Carnarvon), 3rd, slight decrease, 16th •
one, Marbury (Cheshire), 5th ; all gone, Sule Skerry (Orkney),
15th, Whalsey Skerries (Shetland) and Pentland Skerries, 19th •
nine, Spurn Head Lt. (Yorkshire), 21st/22nd; one, near Baschurch
(Shropshire), September 1st; one, Clifton Junction (Lancashire),

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5th ; one, Breydon (Norfolk), 14th ; one, Tiumpanhead Lt. and
twelve, Butt of Lewis Lt. (Outer Hebrides), 20th/21st.

Sabine's Gull (Xema sabinii). One seen, Leith Harbour, September
13th ; one shot, Bridlington (Yorkshire), 19th.

The Little Gull (Larus minutus). One shot, near Dunbar (Hadding-
ton), October 2nd.

The Black-headed Gull (Larus ridibundus). First returned to
marshes, Norfolk, July 21st; first autumnal increase, Lowestoft
(Suffolk), July 29th ; other records were those of quite small
numbers at various inland localities between August and
November.

The Common Gull (Larus canus). Several arrived, Fair Isle (Shet-
land), July 5th, small movements up to September 18th, many
arrivals, October 14th ; three seen, Frensham (Surrey), August
4th ; two or three, Allenby (Solway), 7th ; few, Liverpool Bay,
8th ; twelve, Southport (Lancashire), 9th ; great many, Cromarty
Firth, 10th; many, Spurn Head (Yorkshire), September 4th to
October 2nd ; one, Clifton Junction (Lancashire), September 21st ;
few, Flamborough (Yorkshire), loth to 21st; many, Tarbatness
(E. Boss-shire), 23rd.

The Herring-Gull (Larus argentatus). One killed, Butt of Lewis
Lt. (Outer Hebrides), August 13th/14th ; two passing, Caterham
(Surrey), September 22nd; ten to N.W., Handforth (Cheshire),
25th.

The Great Black-backed Gull (Larus marinus). Three, Langstone
Harbour (Hants), August 9th. six on September 6th; many
passing S., Scarborough (Yorkshire), September 28th and October
26th ; many seen, Spurn Head (Yorkshire), 1st and 2nd.

The Lesser Black-backed Gull (Laiusfuscus). Passing birds seen,
Cheshire Meres, July 21st, 28th and 29th, August 1st and 15th,
largest numbers ten on 15th ; nine passing, Dunswell (S.E.York-
shire), July 8 ; many passing S., Bempton (Yorkshire), August 4th
and 5th and Hornsea (E. Yorkshire), 19th ; two or three, Clifton
Junction (Lancashire), 22nd; two, Edenfield (Lancashire), 24th ;
one, Scarborough (Yorkshire), 31st; three passing, Tring (Herts),
September 7th; numbers, mouth of Luce (Wigtown), 10th ; one,
London Bridge, 19th ; last seen, Holy Isiand (Northumberland),
October 1st and Fair Isle (Shetland), 14th ; two seen, Scarborough,
October 19th and Loch Ryan (Wigtown), December 17th.

The Glaucous Gull (Larus glaucus). First arrivals, N. Unst (Shet-
land), September 22ud, Isle of May (Fife), October 4th and Fair
Isle (Shetland), 11th ; one seen, Yarmouth (Norfolk), December
17th.

The Iceland Gull (Larus leucnpterus). First arrivals, Flannan Isles
(Outer Hebrides), September 30th, Stornoway (Outer Hebrides),
October 3rd and Fair Isle (Shetland), 25th.

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The Kittiwakr {Itism tridactyla). Many flying S., Tarbatnesa (E.
Rosa-shire), July 4th ; many passing, Portmahomack (B. Ross-
shire), August 15th; all gone, Isle of May cliffs (Fife), 17th and
Bass Rock (Forth), 21th ; single birds passing, Clifton Junction
(Lancashire), September 6th and 6th, Spurn Head (Yorkshire),
5tk and Oth and Romney Marsh (Kent), September 17th and
October 8th; many arrived, Hanois Lt. (Channel Islands), 15th,
one caught, 19th ; twelve arrived, Flamborough (Yorkshire), 20th ;
large arrival, Fair Isle (Shetland), October 13th.

The Great Skua {Stercorarius catarr hades). One seen, near Isle of
May (Fife), July 5lh ; plentiful off Shetland, August; one seen,
Conway Estuary (Carnarvon), 25th ; single birds seen or shot, off
Granton (Edinburgh), September 17th, Whitby (Yorkshire),
October 2nd, Saltfieet (Lincoln), 10th, Luce Bay (Wigtown),
November 1st aud Rothesay (Bute), 13th ; last seen, X. Unst
(Shetland), October 19th.

The Pomatorhine Skua {Stercorarius pomatorhinus) . Single birds
seen or shot, Spurn Head (Yorkshire), September 10th, near
Dunbar (Haddington), October 5th and near Cannock Chase
(Staffordshire), 30th.

Richardson's Skua {Stercorarius crepidatus). One seen, Largo Bay
(File), June 19th ; one to S.E., Burrow Head (Wigtown), July
3rd; passing, E. and W. coast of Scotland, throughout July and
August to September 27th ; one seen, Scarborough (Yorkshire),
August lGth aud Hornsea (E. Yorkshire), 19th; several seen,
Straits of Dover, 28th ; one seen, Spurn Head (Yorkshire), Sep-
tember 5th ; large numbers arrived, N.E. Lincolnshire coast, 10th
and 11th, all gone on 13th and many flying S on October 1st;
one seen, Shrewsbury (Shropshire), September 13th.

Buffon's Skua {Stercorarius parasiticus). One shot, Black Hill
(Hereford), August 28th ; one shot, Blakeney (Norfolk), Septem-
ber 7th; a few arrived, N.E. coast of Lincolnshire, 10th and 11th,
a few flying S. on October 1st; one shot, Luce Bay (Wigtown),
September 28th.

The Razorbill {Alca torda). Left Sule Skerry (Orkney), August 18th ;
arrivals, Tay Estuary, September 15th ; many passing S., Isle of
May (Fife), October 3rd and smaller numbers up to 9th.

The Common Guillemot {Uria troile). Many arrived, Tay Estuary,
September 7th ; three, Spurn Head Lt. (Yorkshire), lOth/llth ;
many to S., Isle of May (Fife), October 3rd to 9th.

The Black Guillemot {Uria grylle). One seen, Isle of May (Fife),
October 1st; two, Pentland Skerries, 5th.

The Puffin {Fratercula arctica). Left nesting-places, Scotland, end of
July to September 11th, St. Tudwai's Islands (Carnarvon ),
August 21st to 25th ; one seen, Fair Isle (Shetland), December
26th and four on 30th.

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The Great Northern Diver (Coh/mbus glarialis). Two seen,
Ackergill Bay (Caithness), July 3rd , numerous records, Scotland,
after September 18th ; one shot, E. Cottiugwith (Yorkshire),
November 15th.

The Black-throated Diver (Colymbus arcticus). One seen, Inchkeitk
(Forth), October 27th.

The Red-throated Diver (Colymbus septentrionalis). Arrivals, Scot-
land, September 6th and after; single birds seen, Dungeness
(Kent), September 17th and October 8th and 9th.

The Slavonian Grebe (Podicipes auritus). First seen, Fair Isle
(Shetland), September 24th and frequently seen Fair Isle and
Largo Bay (Fife), October 18th to November 4th ; two arrived,
Tiree (Argyll), 11th; two to five seen, Loch Ryan (Wigtown),
December 13th to 17th.

The Black-necked Grede (Podicipes nigricollis). One shot, Skinbur-
ness (Solway), July 29th; one killed, Hanois Lt. (Channel
Islands), August 14th/15th.

The Sooty Shearwater (Puffinus griseus). One seen, Straits of Dover,
August 28th ; one killed, Spurn Head Lt. (Yorkshire), September
13th/14th ; two seen, Isle of May (Fife), October 3rd ; one shot,
Scarborough (Yorkshire), 10th.

The Manx Shearwater (Puffinus anglorum)'. One seen, Girdleness
(Kincardine), August 1st; two killed, N. Uust Lt. (Shetland),
22ud/23rd ; one, Spurn Head Lt. (Yorkshire), September
12th/13th ; one shot, Lanfine Moor (Ayr), 20th.

The Levantine Shearwater (Puffinus pelkouan). Adult shot, S.E. of
Scarborough (Yorkshire), September 3rd.

The Little Dusky Shearwater (Puffinus obscurus baroli). One
picked up exhausted, Welling (Kent), August 20th.

The Fulmar (Fulmar us gJacialis). One, Sule Skerry Lt. (Orkney),
August 18th ; left breeding-cliff's, Scottish Isles, end of September
and returned in November and early December ; one caught,
Pakeffeld (Suffolk), October 10th.
Leach's Fork-tailed Petrel (Oceanodroma leucorrhoa). Two, Sule
Skerry Lt. (Orkney), August 8th ; numbers, Flannan Isles Lt.
(Outer Hebrides), 10th ; four, Skerries Lt. (Anglesey), September
lbth/19th ; one, Barnsness Lt. (E. Lothian), October 9th/10th and
Butt of Lewis Lt. (Outer Hebrides), 13th/14th ; one shot, Beauly
Firth, November 11th.
The Storm-Petrel (Procettaria pelagica). One found dead, near Cape
Wrath (Sutherland), July 20th ; two seen, Skerryvore Lt.
(Inner Hebrides) 22nd ; many, Whalsey Skerries and N. Unst
Lts. (Shetland) and Butt of Lewis and Flannan Isles Lts.
(Outer Hebrides), August 9th to 16th ; one, Hanois Lt. (Channel
Islands), llth/12th ; one seen, Clyde, 16th, 19th and 30th; many,

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Whalsey Skerries and N. Unst Lts., Stroma Lt. (Caithness) and
Tiumpanhead Lt. (Outer Hebrides), September 15th to 21st;
one, Bardsey Lt. (Carnarvon), October lOth/lltb and November
1-Jth/lGth ; one, found dead, Keiss Links (Caithness), October
14th ; some, N. Unst Lt., 17th to 22nd and Isle of May Lt. (Fife),
November 3rd; one, St. Catherine's Lt. (Hants), 4th/5th and
8th/9th and Outer Dowsing Lt.-v. (Lincoln), 6th ; several taken
on boats in North Sea, 8th ; one, Spurn Head Lt. (Yorkshire),
8th/9th ; one, on a boat 27 miles E. of Cromer, 11th.

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DETAILS OF THE CHIEF MOVEMENTS

OBSERVED AT THE LIGHT-STATIONS DURING

THE AUTUMN OF 1912.

June 25th. Spurn Head Lt. — A large flock of Starlings flying W.
at 7.30 p.m. Wind W.N.W. 5. Overcast, rain.

„ 29th. Full Moon.

Spurn Head Lt. — Flocks of Starlings flying S.W. at
9.30 a.m., 2.45 p.m. and 5.40 p.m. Wind W.S.W. 5
to S.E. 4. Cloudy to overcast.

„ 30th/July 1st. Spurn Head Lt. — Three Curlews flying N.W. at
midnight. Wind N.W. Overcast, passing rain.

July 7th. Moon, Last Quarter.

„ llth/12th. Chicken Bock Lt.—A Cuckoo at 2 a.m. Wind S. 2.
Hazy.

„ 14th. New Moon.

., 14th/15th. Lundy North Lt. — Three Swifts between 8 and 12 p.m.
Wind E. 3. Clear sky, hazy.

„ 15th/16th. Hanois Lt.—A Swift killed. Wind N.E. light.
Hazy.

Older Bowsing Lt.-v. — A Dunlin at 2 a.m. Wind E. 3

Clear.

„ 16th/17th. Hanois Lt.—A Sedge- Warbler killed. Wind E. 4
Hazy, dark.

„ 17th/18th. Anvil Point Lt.—A Cuckoo at 6 a.m. Wind E.
Clear.

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July 17th/18th. Morecambe Bay Lt.-v. — A Cuckoo at miduight.
(contd.). "Wind N.E. 2. Overcast, misty.

,, 21st. Moon, First Quarter.

„ 21st/22nd. Chicken Rock Lt.—A Land-Rail at 2 a.m. Wind E. 3.

Clear.

Cromer Lt. — Many Starlings, Lapwings and "Plovers"
all night. Wind E.N.E. 4. Fog.

. „ 22nd/23rd. Chicken Rock Lt.—A few Song-Thrushes at 11 p.m.
Wind E. 3, Hazy.

„ 24th/25th. Hanoi's Lt.—A Sedge- Warbler killed. Wind S. 3.
Hazy.

„ 25th/26th. Hanoi* Lt.—A Swift at 2 a.m. Wind S. 2. Passing
drizzle.

„ 29th. Full Moon.

Owers Lt.-v. — " Swallows " flying S.

„ 29th/30th. Trevose Head Lt.— Fifty Swifts at 9 p.m. Wind
S.W. 2. Cloudy.

„ 30th/31st. Winterton Lt.—A Swift at 3 a.m. Wind W.S.W. 2.
Clear.

Aug. 1st. Outer Dowsing Lt.-v. — A Knot taken at noon. Wind
W. by N. 6. Cloudy, passing rain.

„ lst/2nd. 3Iorecambe Bay Lt.-v. — A Willow-Warbler at 2.15 a.m.
Wind N.N.W. 5. Cloudy.

Trevose Head Lt.— Thirty Swifts at 10 p.m. Wind
W. 4. Cloudy.

Winterton Lt.— Several Swifts at 6 p.m. and midnight.
Wind S.W. 5 to 6. Cloudy, squally.

„ 2nd. Spurn Head Lt. — Two Cuckoos and twenty Swifts
passed S.W. during day. Wind S.W. 5 to W. 5.
Overcast, to cloudy.

„ 3rd/4th. Spurn Head Lt. — Several Sedge- Warblers and a Sky-
Lark between 8.40 and 9.30 p.m. Wind S.W. 4
to 5. Overcast.

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Spurn Head Lt. — Several Sedge-Warblers cat 10.20 p.m.
and three Cuckoos at 2.50 a.m. Wind W.S.W. 6
to W. 5. Cloudy to cloudy and squally.

Moon, Last Quarter.

Bardsey Lt. — Many Willow- Warblers with a few
Common Whitethroats, Sedge- and Grasshopper-
Warblers, Spotted Flycatchers, Cuckoos and Dunlins
from 12 to 3 a.m. Wind N.N.W. 4. Cloudy.

Outer Dowsing Lt.-v. — Fourteen Curlews flying W.S.W,
at 12.45 p.m. Wind W.S.W. Cloudy.

Spurn Head Lt. — Several Common Whitethroats and
Wood- Warblers between 9.10 and 11.40 p.m. Wind
W.S.W. 5 to W. 4. Overcast, misty.

Sjmm Head Lt. — Eight Cuckoos and several Swifts
passed S.W. during the day. Wind W. G to 5.
Cloudy.

„ lOth/llth. St. Catherine's Lt.—A. few Common Whitethroats,
Willow- and Sedge-Warblers from 2 to 2.30 a.m.
Wind W. 2. Cloudy, passing showers.

Spurn Head Lt.— A few Sedge- Warblers at 9.20 and
10.35 p.m. Wind W.N.W. 5 to W. 5. Cloudy.

,, llth/12th. Hanoi's LA. — A few Wheatears (small race), Garden-
and Sedge- Warblers and a Storm-Petrel between 11
and 11.30 p.m. Wind S. 1. Heavy rain.

12th. New Moon.

Spurn Head Lt. — A few Swifts flying S.W. between
6.10 and 6.50 p.m. Wind S.W. 3 to 4. Overcast
to cloudy.

„ 12th/13th. Hanoi's Lt. — Two Wheatears (small race) at 1 a.m.
Wind E. 7. Rain-squalls.

Spurn Head Lt. — A few Willow- Warblers between
8.10 p.m. and 3.15 a.m. Wind W. 4 to W.S.W. 4.

Cloudy, passing rain.

„ 14th/15th. Hanois Lt.— An Eared Grebe killed. Wind W. 5.
Dark, rain-squalls.

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Aug. 14th/loth. Spurn SeadLt.—A few Willow- and Sedge-Warblers
{contd.). between 9.30 p.m. and 2.20 a.m. Wind S.W. 5 to

W. 6. Overcast, rain to fog, to overcast.

„ loth/hUh. Spurn Head Lt—T-wo Garden- Warblers at 2 a.m.
Wind N.W. 4. Cloudy, squally.

„ lb'th/17th. Skerries Zt.—A few Wheatears (small race), Sedge-
Warblers, Starlings and Turnstones at 1 a.m. Wind
S.S.W. 6. Rain.

„ 17th. Spurn Head Zt.— Three Cuckoos and Swifts passing
Wind W. 5. Fog.

„ 17th/18th. St. Catherine's Li.— A few Garden- Warblers at 2 a.m.
A\ ind W.S.W. 4. Cloudy, passing showers.

Sjntrn Head Zt. — A few Sedge- Warblers between
11.25 and 11.56 p.m. Wind W. 5 to W. 6. Fog.

„ 18th/19th. Skerries Zt.—A few Willow- Warblers, Turnstones and
Sanderlings at 9 p.m., Wheatears (small race) and
Knots at 3 a m. Wind S. 3 to 4. Passing showers,
to cloudy.

Spurn Head Zt.—A few Willow- and Sedge- Warblers
between 10.5 and 10.50 p.m. Wind S. 4 to S.S.E. 5.
Misty.

„ 19th. Moon, First Quarter.

Spurn Head Zt.—A flock of Starlings, five Swifts and
three Cuckoos passed S.W. between 1.50 and 7 P M
Wind S.W. 1 to 2. Overcast.

„ 19th/20th. Spurn Head Z*.— Many Common Whitethroats,
Willow- and Wood- Warblers between 8.10 and
12 p.m. Wind S.W7. 2. to calm, to W.S.W. 5.
Overcast and drizzle, to overcast.

„ 20th. Spurn Head Zt.— Many Swifts and a Cuckoo flying
S.W. between 1.30 and 6.50 p.m. Wind N.W. 5
to 4. Squally.

„ 20th/21st. Spurn Head Zt.—A few Common Whitethroats,
Willow- and Wood-Warblers between 8.50 and
9.50 p.m. Wind W. 4 to W.N.W. 5. Cloudy,
squally.

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Aug. 21st. Spurn Head Lt. — Two Cuckoos and a few Swifts
passed S.W. during- the day. Wind S.W. 2 to 3.
Overcast, rain.

„ 20tk/21st. Seven Stones Lt.-v.— Twenty Redshanks at 11 p.m.
Wind N.W. 5. Clear.

,. 21st/22nd. Lynn Well Lt.-v. — Several Coots at 11 p.m. and a
Swift at midnight. Wind W. 4 to W.N.W. 2.
Clear, dark.

Spurn Head Lt. — Many Garden- and Willow-AVarblers
and a few Arctic Terns between 9.10 p.m. and
2.30 a.m. Wind S.W. 4 to 3. Overcast, rain.

„ 22nd/23rd. Chicken Rock Lt. — Two Wheatears at 11 p.m. Wind
S.W. 3. Rain.

St. Catherine's Lt. — A few'Wheatears (small race) and
Garden- War biers from 10 to 11 p.m. Wind W. 3.
Rain.

„ 23rd/21th. Chicken Rock Lt. — A few Wheatears at 9 p.m. Wind
N. 2. Cloudy.

St. Catherine's Lt. — A Common Whitethroat and a
Willow-Warbler at 2 a.m. Wind W. 3. Rain.

„ 24tb/25th. Chicken Rock Lt.— Many Wheatears and a few Red-
starts, Goldcrests and Curlews after midnight. Wind
E. 3. Cloudy.

Cromer Lt. — A Wheatear and several " Plovers " from
12 to 3 a.m. WindS.E.-2. Overcast.

Lynn Well Lt.-v. — A few Whinchats at 9 p.m. Wind
W. 2. Overcast, misty rain.

St. Catherine's Lt. — Large numbers of Wheatears
(small race), with a few Willow- and Sedge-
Warblers and Spotted Fh catchers from 2 to 4 a.m.
Wind N.W. 3. Overcast, rain.

Skerries Lt. — Two Wheatears (small race) at 9.45 p.m.
Wind E.N.E. 1. Clear.

; „ 2-5th/26th. Skerries Lt.—A few Wheatears (small race) at 4 a.m.
AVind E.S.E. 4. Rain.

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Aug. 26th/27th. Skerries Lt. — Twenty Swifts at 9 p.m. and many Knots
all night. WindN.E. 5. Squally.

Spurn Head Lt. — A few Wood- and Sedge- Warblera
between 1 and 1.25 a.m. Wind W. 4. Cloudy,
passing rain.

„ 27th. Full Moon.

Spurn Head Lt. — A few Swifts passed S.W. in the
afternoon. Wind W.N.W. -J to W. 4. Overcast.

„ 27th/28th. Skerries Lt.—A Wheatear (small race) at 1.30 a.m.
Wind S. 2. Clear.

„ 28th/29th. Spurn Head Lt.—A Wheatear (small race) at 7.30 P. M.
Wind W.N.W. 2. Overcast.

Sept. 2nd. Cromer Lt. — A large flock of Starlings flying E. at
7 a.m. Wind W. 3. Overcast, rain.

,, 3rd. ILmois Lt. — Thirty to forty Wheatears on the rock at

dawn. Wind E. Dark.

,, 4th. Moon, Last Quarter.

,, 7th. Kentish Knock Lt.-v. — Hundreds of " Swallows "

flying N.W. during the day. Wind X.X.W. 3 to 5.
Blue sk}r, cloudy.

„ 8th. Outer Dowsing Lt.-v. — A Wheatear (small race) at

9 a.m. Wind W.N.W. 4. Overcast.

Spurn Head Lt.—A Swift flying S.W. at G.10 p.m.
Wind W.S.W. 4. Overcast.

„ 8th/9th. Spurn Head Lt. -Two flocks of Knots at 10.20 and
11.15 p.m. Wind W. 4 to 5. Overcast, drizzle.

„ Olli/lOth. Hanois Lt. — A few Wheatears (hoth races), Red-
starts, Yellow Wagtails and Spotted Flycatchers
from 1 to 4 a.m. Wind E. 3. Dark.

St. Catherine's Lt. — A few British Song-Thrushes,
Redstarts, Common WMtethroats, Blackcaps,
Garden-, Willow- and Sedge- Warblers, Chiffchaffs,
Spotted and Pied Flycatchers and Meadow-Pipits, a
Wryneck and a Turtle-Dove from 12 to 4 a.m.
Wind X.X.E. 4. Cloudy.

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Sept. lOth/llth. Bishop Rock Lt. — Many Ring-Ouzels, Wheatears (both
races), Common Wkitethroats aud Pied Wagtails
from 2 to 3 a.m. Wind N.N.E. Clear.

Hanois Lt. — A few Wheatears (both races), Common
Whitethroats, Willow-Warblers and a Ring-Ouzel
at 3 a.m. Wind N.E. 3. Very dark.

St. Catherine's Lt. — A few Common Whitethroats,
Chiffchaffs, Willow- and Sedge-Warblers, Meadow-
Pipits and Swallows from 12 to 4 a.m. Wind N. 2.
Cloudy.

Spurn Head Lt. —A few Grey Plovers, two flocks of
Knots, a few " Terns " and three Guillemots between
10.20 and 11.50 p.m. Wind W.S.W. 7 to W. 7.
Overcast and squalls of rain.

„ 11th. New Moon.

„ lltn/12th. Bishop Rock Lt. — Many Common Whitethroats,
Chitfchaffs, Willow- Warblers and Spotted Fly-
catchers from 12 till 5 a.m. Wind N.E. Cloudy.

Hanois Lt. — A few WTheatears (both races) and a
Common Whitethroat from 12 to 4 a.m. Wind
N.E. 4 to 5. Hazy.

„ 12th. Cromer Lt. — Two large flocks of Lapwings flying N.
at 5 p.m. Wind N. 4. Overcast.

„ 12th/13th. Hanois Lt. — A few Wheatears (both races) and
Common Whitethroats, a Redstart, a Goldcrest,
a Chiffchaff, a Willow- Warbler, a White Wag-
tail and a Sky-Lark between 1 and 4 a.m. Wind
E. 1. Dark, passing haze.

St. Catherine's Lt. — A Lesser Whitethroat, a Chiff-
chaff and a Willow- Warbler between 12 and 4 a.m.
Wind N.E. 2. Clear, starlight.

Spurn Head Lt. — Several Willow- Warblers, three
flocks of Knots, a Redbreast and a Manx Shearwater
between 8.30 and 10 p.m. Wind W.N.W. 5. Over-
cast, drizzling.

„ 13th. Cromer Lt.— Starlings and Sky-Larks congregating all
the morning. Wind N. 3. Overcast.

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Sept. 13th. Spwn Head ££.— Thousands of "Swallows" flying
(contd.). S.W. 8.45 to 10.45 a.m.; hundreds of "Linnets''

and a few "Thrushes" and "Redstarts" to S.W.
from 11 a.m. to 2.30 p.m. Wind S.W. 4. Cloudy.

„ , 13th/14th. Outer Dowsing Lt.-v. — Two Song-Thrushes and a
Meadow-Pipit between 6 and 7.45 p.m. Wind
W.S.W. 2. Overcast, misty.

Spurn Head Lt. — A Sooty Shearwater and a Spotted
Flycatcher between 10.20 and 10.35 p.m. Wind
N.N.W. 5. Cloudy.

,, 14th. Cromer Lt. — Starlings and Sky-Larks congTegating all
the morning. Wind N.N.W. 3. Overcast.

Kentish Knock Lt.-v. — A few Sky-Larks flying
W.N.W. at 10 a.m. Wind N.W. 3. Overcast,
fog.

WinUrton Lt.—A Goldcrest killed. Wind N.W. 1.
Misty.

„ 14th/15th. Hanoi's Lt. — A few Wheatears (both races), Red-
starts, Common Whitethroats, Garden-, Willow-
and Sedge- Warblers, CkifFchaffs, Yellow Wagtails,
Spotted and Pied Flycatchers from 12 to 4 a.m.
Wind N. 3. Overcast, drizzling rain, dark.

Outer Dowsing Lt.-v. — A Golden Plover at 3 a.m.
Wind N.E. 2. Fog.

St. Catherine's Lt. — Large numbers of Wheatears
(small race), a few Common Whitethroats, Black-
caps, Garden-, Willow- and Sedge - Warblers,
Spotted Flycatchers, Sky-Larks, Turtle-Doves, Land-
Rails and Knots from 10 P.M. to 3 a.m. Wind
N.N.W. 2. Overcast.

Spurn Head Lt. — Many Sedge-Warblers and a few
Common Whitethroats, Grey Plovers and '; Terns "
between 7.10 and 9.6 p.m. Wind W.N.W. 3 to
W. 3. Cloudy, to overcast.

„ 15th. Keniisit Knock Lt.-v.— A few Sky-Larks flying W.N.W.
at noon. Wind N.N.E. 3. Overcast, clear.

296

Sept. 15th/16tb. Hunois Lt. — A few Wheat ears (small race), Common
Whitethroats and Garden- Warblers from 12 to 4 a.m.
Wind E. 1. Dark.

St. Catherine s Lt. — A few Redstarts, Common White-
throats, Sedge- Warblers and Spotted Flycatchers at
12 and 2 a.m. Wind N.E. 1. Cloudy. '

Sherries Lt. — Two Song-Thrushes and a Wheatear
(small race) at 11.30 p.m. Wind N. 3. Clear.

Spurn Head. Lt. — Three Willow- Warblers at 7.40 p.m.
Wind W.N.W. -4. Cloudy, passing rain.

„ 10th/17th. llanois Lt. — A few Wheatears (small race), Redstarts,
Continental Redbreasts, Common Whitethroats,
Garden-, Willow- and Sedge- Warblers, Chiffchaffs,
Spotted Flycatchers and Meadow-Pipits from 1 to
5 a.m. Wind E. 1. Dark, hazy.

Kentish Knock Lt.-v. — Several Meadow-Pipits during
the night. Wind S.W. 1. Cloudy, clear.

St. Catherine's Lt. — A few Common Whitethroats at
midnight. Wind N.E. 2. Cloudy.

Spurn Head Lt. — A few Wheatears, Sedge-Warblers,
Grey Plovers and " Terns " between 10.10 and
11.50 p.m. Wind N.W. 3 to 5. Cloudy.

„ 17th/18th. Bisho}) RockLt.— Many Wheatears (both races), Whin-
chats, Redstarts, Willow - Warblers and Spotted
Flycatchers, a Ring-Ouzel, a Nightingale and a
Sanderling from 4 till 5 a.m. Wind E.N.E. 4.
Hazy.

Hanois Lt. — A few Whinchats, Redstarts, Continental
Redbreasts, Common Whitethroats, Willow- and
Sedge- Warblers from 1 to 4 a.m. W^ind E. 2. Dark,
hazy.

St. Catherine's Lt. — A few Common WTiitethroats,
Garden-, Sedge- and Grasshopper- Warblers at 11. p.m.
WTind N.E. 1. Overcast.

Skerries Lt. — A few Song-Thrushes and Sky-Larks
between 8.30 and 10 p.m. Wind N.N.E. 3. Clear.

„ 18th. Moon, First Quarter.

297

(Sept. 18tk/19th. Chicken Rock IA.— Many Song-Thrushes, with a few
Blackbirds, Ring-Ouzels, Redbreasts and Golden
Plovers all night. Wind E. 2. Haze.

Kentish Knock Lt.-v. — A few Meadow-Pipits at 11 p.m.
Wind N.E. 4. Overcast.

Skerries Lt. — A few Song-Thrushes at 9.30 p.m. and
two Fork-tailed Petrels at 11 p.m. Wind E.S.E. 4.
Clear.

S. Stack Lt, — A few Song-Thrushes, Blackbirds and
Sky-Larks from 8 to 12 p.m. Wind E. 3. Light
haze.

„ 19th/20th. Chicken Rock Lt.—A few Song-Thrushes, Blackbirds,
Ring-Ouzels and Starlings at 2 a.m. Wind S.E. 3.
Haze.

Hanois Lt. — A Kittiwake at 6 p.m. Wind E. Clear.

Skerries Lt. — Two Song-Thrushes and a Wheatear
(small race) at 2 a.m. Wind S.E. 4. Clear.

„ 20th, Skerries Lt. — Eighteen Song-Thrushes on the island at
11.30 a.m. Wind S.E. 4. Clear.

„ 20th/21st. Skerries Lt.—A Blackbird at 8.15 p.m. and a few Song-
Thrushes at 1.30 a.m. Wind S.E. 4. Slight haze,
to clear.

„ 26th. Full Moon.

„ 28th. Shipwash Lt.-v. — Small flocks of Sky-Larks flying
S.W. during the forenoon. Wind E. 6 to 7. Clear.

„ 29th. Outer Doicsing Lt.-v.— Four Sky-Larks and a "Red-
wing" flying S.W. by W. at 10.15 a.m. Wind
E.S.E. 6. Overcast, passing rain.

Shipwash Lt.-v. — Thirty Sky-Larks flying S.W. between
7 and 9 a.m. Wind S.E. 4 to 5. Haze, to drizzling
rain.

„ 29th/30th. Shipwash Lt.-v.— -A few Starlings and Sky-Larks at
3 a.m. Wind S.S.E. 6. Clear.

Oct. 1st. Girdler Lt.-v.— Many "Martins" flying S.W. from 7

to 9 a.m. Wind W. 6. Cloudy, misty.

Shipicash Lt.-v. — Small flocks of Starlings and Sky-
Larks flying S.W. all day. Wind W. 7 to 4. Hazy.

U

298

Oct. 1st. S. Goodwin Lt.-v. — A House-Martin arrived from
(contd.). W.N.W. at 11 a.m. and fell dead on deck. Wind W.

by S. 4. Clear.

„ lst/2nd. St. Catherine's Lt. — A few Blackcaps and Garden-
Warblers at 8.50 p.m., Common White throats, Chiff-
chaffs and Willow- Warblers at 11.15 p.m. and a
British Song-Thrush at 5 a.m. Wind E. 2. Bain.

„ 2nd. Shipwash Lt.-v.— Twenty Sky-Larks flying S.W. at
10 a.m. Wind N. 5. Clear.

S. Goodwin Lt.-v. — A Goldcrest arrived from N. at
10.20 a.m. Wind N.N.E. 3. Bain.

„ 2nd/3rd. Hanois Lt. — Many Meadow-Pipits and a few Conti-
nental Song-Thrushes and Pied Wagtails from 8 to

10 p.m. Wind E. 5. Passing drizzle.

St. Catherine's Lt. — Large numbers of Song-Thrushes
(both races), Common Whitethroats, Blackcaps,
Garden - Warblers and Woodcocks, with a few
Wheatears (small race), Redstarts, Sedge-Warblers
and Spotted Flycatchers from 6.30 to 8.0 p.m. Wind
E.N.E. 3. Overcast.

„ 3rd. M( on, Last Quarter.

Shipxoash Lt.-v. — Fifteen Sky-Larks flying W.X.W. at
noon. Wind IS. 6. Clear.

„ 3rd/4th. Bardsey Lt. — Large numbers of Starlings, many Bed-
wings and Blackbirds, with a few Mistle- and Song-
Thrushes, Sky-Larks, Water-Bails, Woodcocks,
Common Snipes and Dunlins from 7.30 p.m. to 3 a.m.
Wind S.W. 3. Overcast,

„ 4th. Girdler Lt.-v. — Several " Sparrows " flying S.W. from

7 to 9 a.m. Wind N. by W. 4. Cloudy.

Kentish Knock Lt.-v. — A few Chaffinches flying
W.N W. at 4 p.m. Wind N.E. 2. Cloudy.

„ 4th '5th. Outer Doiosing Lt.-v. — A few Song-Thrushes from 8.30
to 11.30 p.m. Wind W.N. W. 3. Overcast.

„ 5th. Girdler Lt.-v.— Many "Martins," "Sparrows" and

Sky-Larks flying S.W. (some on board) from G to

11 a.m. Calm. Fog and mist.

299

Oct. 5th. Shipwash Lt.-v.— Fifty Sky-Larks and "Sparrows"
(contd.). flying S.W. at 11 a.m. Wind W. 1. Clear.

„ 5th/Gth. Bardsey Lt. — Large numbers of Song-Thrushes and
Starlings, many Redwings and Blackbirds, with a
few Groldcreste, Water-Rails and Knots from 7 p.m. to
5.30 a.m. Wind N.N.E. 2. Overcast, passing rain.

Kentish Knock Lt.-v. — A few Tree-Sparrows at 11 r.M.
Wind S.S.E. 2. Cloudy.

„ 6th. Girdler Lt.-v. — Many flocks of Chaffinches, "' Sparrows "

and other small birds flying S.W. from G to 11 a.m.
WindS.E. 1. Cloudy.

IventisJi Knock Lt.-v. — A few Sparrows at 9 a.m. and
Sky-Larks at 9.30 a.m. flying W.S.W. and a few
Chaffinches at noon to the W. Wind S.S.E. 3 to
S.S.W. 1. Cloudy.

Outer Doivsiny Lt.-v. — A Chaffinch on board at 4.30 p.m.
Wind S.W. by W. 4. Cloudy.

Sliipicash Lt.-v. — Small flocks of Chaffinches and Sky-
Larks flying S.W. all day. Wind S.W. 2. Clear.

„ 6tb/7tk. Ltentish Knock Lt.-v.— A few Starlings at 10.30 p.m.
Wind S.W. 2. Cloudy.

,, 7th. Girdkr Lt.-v. — Many flocks of " Sparrows," Skylarks

etc., flying S.W. from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wind
S.W. 1 and 2. Mist and fog.

Shipwash Lt.-v. — Small flocks of Chaffinches and Sky-
Larks flying S.W. from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Calm.

Fog.

S. Goodwin Lt.-v. — Two Chaffinches on board, left to
W.X.W. at 4.30 p.m. Calm. Clear.

„ 7th/8th. Spurn Head Lt. — A few Starlings, Grey Plovers and
Knots between 8 and 11.50 p.m. Wind W.S.W. 4.
to S.W. 3. Fog, to drizzle.

„ 8th/9th. Outer Doivsin// Lt.-v. — Several Starlings at 4.30 a.m.
Wind E.S.E. 3. Clear.

u 2

300

Oct. 8th/9tli. Skerries Lt. — A few Blackbirds, Starlings and Sky-
(contd.). Larks at 3 a.m. Wind S.S.E. Gloomy.

S. Stack Lt. — A few Blackbirds and Sky-Larks at 5 a.m.
Wind S. 5. Cloudy, bazy.

,, 9th. Girdler Lt.-v. — Several " Sparrows " about the ship

from 6.30 a.m. to noon and a Starling at 4 p.m.
Wind E. 3 to 2, to E. by N. 4. Blue sky, misty.

Ilaishoro' Lt.-v. — Several flocks of " Crows " and Sky-
Larks flying W. Wind S.E. 3. Blue sky, clear.

Older Dowsing Lt.-v. — Small flocks of Sky-Larks flying
W.S.W.irom7toll a.m. WiudE.S.E. 3. Cloudy.

Shipwash Lt.-v. — Small flocks of Chaffinches and Sky-
Larks flying W. all day. Wind E. 3. Fog.

S. Goodwin Lt.-v. — A Goldcrest on deck, went W. at
8.50 a.m. ; a Brambling arrived and went W. at
3.30 p.m. W7indS.E. 2 to E.N.E. 3. Hazy.

Spurn Head Lt. — " Finches of all kinds " passing to
S.W. all day. Wind S. 5. Overcast.

Witkernsea Lt. — Many Redwings, Blackbirds and Gold-
crests in the garden at 9 a.m. Wind E.S.E. 3.
Misty.

,, 9th/10th. Bardsey Lt. — A few Mistle- and Song-Thrushes, Black-
birds and Shy-Larks from 8 till 12 p.m. Wind S.E. 3.
Cloudy.

Eddy stone Lt. — Large numbers of Starlings, a few
Song-Thrushes, Blackbirds, Meadow-Pipits and Sky-
Larks and a Ring-Ouzel in the early morning. Wind
E.N.E. 3. Hazy.

Lundy North Lt.—Slx House-Martins from 9 to 12 P.M.
Wind E. 2. Hazy.

Ozder Doivsiny Lt.-v. — Several Starlings at 3 a.m.
Wind E.S.E. 3. Clear.

St. Anthony Lt. — A few Goldcrests, Meadow-Pipits
and Starlings, apparently flying S., from 3 to 4 a.m.
Wind E.N.E. 2. Overcast, hazy.

301

Oct. 9tli/10tb. St. t hthei-ine's Lt.—A Wheatear (large race) at 0.30 p.m.,
(coutd.). many Starlings and a few Skj-Larks at 4.30 a.m.

Wind E. 3. Cloudy.

Skerries Lt. — A Blackbird and two Sky-Larks at mid-
night. Calm. Cloudy.

Spurn Head Lt. — Two Bramblings and a Goldcrest at
11.15 p.m. WindS.S.E. 3. Fog.

„ 10th. New Moon.

Girdler Lt.-v. — Several Chaffinches, " Sparrows " and
Starlings Hying W. from 7 a.m. to noon. Wind
E.S.E. 3 to 2. Blue sky, misty.

Outer Doicsing Lt.-v. — Three Bramblings at 7 a.m. ; a
few Starlings and Sky-Larks flying W. from 7 to
12 a.m., and Starlings to W. at 3.30 p.m. ; a Red-
breast on board at 12 40 p M. Wind E.S.E. 3 to
S.E. 3. Blue sky, to cloudy, to misty, to fog.

SJiij icash Lt.-v. — Small flocks of Chaffinches and Sky-
Larks fl} ing S.W. all day. Wind E.S.E. 3. Fog.

„ lOth/Llth. Bardsey Lt. — A few Song-Thrushes, Blackbirds,
Wheateara (large race) and Starlings, a Blackcap
and a Storm-Petrel from 12 to 4 a.m. Wind S.S. \V.
4. Cloudy, hazy.

JEddi/stoiie Lt. — A few Song-Thrushes and Starlings
after midnight. Wind E. 2. Hazy.

Outer Doicsing Lt.-v. — A few Starlings and Sky-Larks
from 8 to 12 p.m. Wind S. 3. Blue sky.

St. TudwaVs Lt. — A few Song-Thrushes, Blackbirds,
Willow- War biers and Common Snipes from 11 p.m.
to 4 a.m. Wind S. 3. Cloudy.

Skerries Lt. — A few Song-Thrushes, Blackbirds, Star-
lings and Sky-Larks at 3 a.m. Wind S.S.W. 3.
Misty.

Withernam Lt. — Many Starlings from 10.30 p.m. to
3.30 a.m. Wind E. 1. Misty, to fog.

802

Oct. 11th Outer Doivsing Lt.-v. — Three large flocks of "Crows"

flying W. between 4 and 5.10 p.m. Wind S. by W. 3.
Cloudy.

Shipwash Lt.-v. — Small flocks of Starlings and Sky-
Larks flying S.W. all day. Calm. Fog.

„ lltb/12th. BarSsey Lt.—A few Blackbirds and Shy-Larks at
7 p.m. Wind S.S.W. 1. Cloudy.

Eddystone Lt. — Many Song-Thrushes, Blackbirds and
Sky-Larks after midnight. Wind E. 1 Fog.

Mcrecambe Bay Lt.-v. --Several Song-Thrushes at
2 a.m. Wind S.S.E. 3. Fog.

Skerries Lt. — A few Song-Thrushes, Blackbirds and
Sky-Larks, a Mistle-Thrush and a Moorhen at
2.30 a.m. Wind S.S.W. 3 to 4. Hazy.

Spurn Head Lt. — Many Sky-Larks and a few Bed-
wings and Starlings fiom 2.30 to 3.40 a.m. Wind
S.E. 3 to S. 4. Overcast and drizzle, to cloudy.

„ 12th. Girdler Lt.-v. — Thirty "Sparrows" on board, left to
S.E. at 10.30 a.m. Calm. Thick fog.

Outer Doivsing Lt.-v. — A Sky-Lark at 3.50 p.m. and
five " Crows " at 5 p.m. flying W. Wind S.W. 1.
Fog.

Shipwash Lt.-r. — Flocks of Starlings and Sky-Larks
flying S.W. all day. Wind variable. Fog.

S. Goodwin Lt.-v. — A Tree-Sparrow on deck at 3 p.m.
(found dead three days later). Calm. Hazy.

„ 12th/13lh. Bardsey Lt. — A. few Song-Thrushes, Blackbirds and
Sky-Larks from 8 till 12 p.m. Wind S.S.W. 4.
Cloudy.

Eddystone Lt. — A few Fky-Larks and a Wheatear
(large race) after midnight. Wind S. 2. Cloudy.

Lundy North LA. — Twelve Blackbirds at 10 p.m.

Wind S.S.W. 2. Clear.

Outer Doivsing Lt.-v. — Large numbers of Starlings and
Sky-Larks from 5 to 10 p.m. Wind S.W. 1. Fog.

303

Oct. 12th/18th. Skerries Lt.— Several Redwings and Blackbirds at
(contd.). 4 a.m. WindS.W. to S. Hazy.

„ 13th, Girdler Lt.-v. — Two Starlings on board at 10.30 a.m.
and a Chaffinch at 3 p.m. Wind S. 3 to S.S.E. I,
Cloudy, misty.

Outer Dowsing Lt.-v.— Small flocks of Starlings,
"Crows" and Sky-Larks flying \Y. all day. Wind

S. by \Y. 4. Cloudy.

Shipwash Lt.-v. — Chaffinches, Starlings and Sky-Larks
flying S.W. all day. Wind S.W. 3. Fog.

„ 13th/14th. Outer Dowsing Lt.-v.— A. few Redwings and Starlings
from 9.30 to 11.15 p.m. Wind S.S.W. 2. Cloudy.

Sherries Lt. — A Black Redstart at 6 a.m. Cloudy.

Spurn Head Lt. — A few Redwings, Goldcrests,
Meadow-Pipits, Sky-Larks, Grey Plovers and Knots
from 7 to 11 p.m. Wind W.S.W. 5 to W. 3.

Cloudy, misty.

„ 14th. Outer Dowsing Lt.-v. — Small flocks of Starlings,
" Crows " and Sky-Larks flying W. all day. Wind
S.S.W. 0.

„ 14tli/15th. Hanoi's Lt. — A few Meadow-Pipits at 4 a.m. Wind
E. 1. Lark.

Outer Dousing Lt.-v.— Two Starlings at 6.30 and
7 p.m. Wind X.W. 5. Cloudy.

„ 15th. Outer Dousing Lt.-v. — Two flocks of " Crows " flying
W. at 2.30 and 4 p.m. Wind S. W. Cloudy.

„ 15th/10th. Hanoi's Lt. — Many Meadow-Pipits and Sky-Larks,
with a few British Song-Thrushes, Redwings, Ring-
Ouzels, Wheatears (large race), Stonechats and
Starlings, a Black Redstart, a Goldcrest and a
ChiHchall' from 3 to G a.m. Wind S. 1. Overcast,
misty.

Spurn Head Lt. — A Sky-Lark at 8.10 p.m. Wind
W. 4. Overcast.

„ 16th. Inner Dousing Lt.-v.— Two Whinchats caught at
3 p.m. Wind S.W. 5. Cloud v. clear.

304

Oct. 16th. Shipwash Lt.-v. — Large numbers of Starlings and

(confd.). Sky-Larks, many " Rooks " and a few Fieldfares,

Blackbirds, Chaffinches and " Sparrows " flying W.

and N.W. between 9 a.m. and 8.40 p.m. Wind

W.S.W. 2 to S.W. 3. Blue sky with clouds.

„ lGth/17th Hanois Lt. — A few Meadow-Pipits at 4 a.m. Wind
W. 4. Passing showers.

Inner Dowsing Lt.-v. — Seven Wlieatears (small race)
at 10 p.m. Wind W.S.W. 4. Overcast, rain, clear.

Lynn Well Lt.-v. — A Brambling and a Starling at
7 p.m. Wind S.W. 4. Misty rain.

Wmterton Lt. — A few Starlings from 1 to 3 a.m.
Wind S.W. 3. Misty rain, to passing showers.

„ 17th. Outer Gabbard Lt.-v. — Four Sky-Larks flying from E.
to N. between 12 and 4 p.m. Wind W.N.W. 4.

Clear.

Shipwash Lt.-v. — Large numbers of Sky-Larks, many
Starlings and " Rooks," with a few Fieldfares
and " Sparrows " flying W. and N.W. between
9.40 a.m. and 1.40 p.m. Wind N.W. 4 to W.N.W. 3.
Cloudy.

„ 17th/18th. Hanois Lt. — A few Meadow-Pipits at 4 a.m. Wind
N. 2. Dark.

Inner Dowsiny Lt.-v. — Four Starlings at 9 p.m. Wind
N.W. 4. Overcast, clear.

„ 18th. Moon, First Quarter.

Inner Dowsiny Lt.-v. — Large flocks of Starlings flying
W. in the afternoon.

Outer Doivsiny Lt.-v. — Four Starlings at 4 p.m.; a
large flock of " Crows " flying N.W. at 5 p.m. and a
flock of Starlings flying W. at 6.30 p.m. Wind
S.W. 5. Misty rain.

Outer Gabbard Lt.-v.— Sixty " Crows " flying N.W.
between 8 and 12 a.m. Wind N.W. 4, Clear.

305

Oct. 18th. Shipwash Lt.-v. — Many Starlings, " Rooks" and Sky-
(contd.). Larks with a few "Thrushes," ''Chaffinches" and

"Linnets" flying W. and N.W. from 10 a.m. to
3.15 p.m. Wind W. by N. 2, to S.W. 3. Cloudy.

„ 18th/19th. Eddystone. Lt.—A Song-Thrush and a Ring-Ouzel
before midnight. Wind W.8.W. 6. Cloudy.

Inner Doicsiny Lt.-v. — Large numbers of Starlings
at 11 p.m. Wind S.W. 4. Cloudy, passing rain.

Kentish Knock Lt.-v. — Several Redwings and Sky-
Larks. Wind W.S.W. to W.N.W. 5. Overcast,
passing rain.

Lynn Well Lt.-v. — A few Starlings at 10 p.m. Wind
S.W. 4. Overcast, showery.

Outer Doicsiny Lt.-v. — Many Starlings at 7.30 p.m.,
several Lapwings at 10.20 p.m. and a Redwing at
2 a.m. Wind S.W. 4 to N.W. 4. Misty rain, to
overcast and rain.

Outer Gabbard Lt.-v. — A few Sky- Larks from 8 to
12 p.m. and Tree-Sparrows from 12 to 4 a.m. Wind
W.S.W. 4, to W. by N. 4. Clear.

Spvrn Head Lt. — A few Sky-Larks from 8.30 to
8.50 p.m. Wind W.N.W. 4 to W. 3. Cloudy,
misty.

„ 19th. Kentish K?ioek Lt.-v. — Thirty "Sparrows" flying
W.N.W. at 3 p.m. Wind W.N.W. 4. Cloudy,
clear.

S. Goodwin Lt.-v.— Thirty « Crows " flying W.N.W.
at 10.15 a.m. Wind W.N.W. 5. Clear.

„ 19th/20th. Cromer Lt.—A Goldcrest at 2.45 a.m.

Ilaisboro' Lt.-v. — A few Starlings flying W. at 7 p.m.
Wind N.W. 4. Cloudy.

Inner Dotcsivg Lt.-v. — Five Song-Thrushes at 1 a.m.
Wind W. 4. Overcast, rain.

Kentish Knock Lt.-v.— Several Song-Thrushes, Star-
lings and Sky-Larks. Wind W. 5. Thick mist.

306

Oct. 19tb/20th. Outer Doicsing Lt.-v.— & few Starlings at 0.20 p.m.
(contd.). and many at 2 a.m. Wind W. 4, to W. by S. 4.

Overcast, rain to cloudy.

Outer Gabbard Lt.-v. — A few Tree-Sparrows, Star-
lings and Sky-Larks from 12 to 4 a.m. Wind
W. 3. Cloudy, rain.

Spurn Head Lt. — Many Starlings, with a few Field-
fares between 10.20 p.m. and 3.30 a.m. Wind
S.W. 4. Overcast.

Winterton Lt. — A few Starlings from 3 to 6 a.m.
Wind S.W. 3. Passing misty rain.

Withernsea Lt. — Many Redwings and Starlings from

9 p.m. to 4 a.m. Wind E.N.E. 4. Rain and mist.

„ 20th. Saisbord Lt.-v. — Several large flocks of Starlings,
Sky-Lacks and other small birds flying W. during
the day. Wind W.S.W. 5. Clear/

Kentish Knock Lt.-v. — Fifty Starlings flying W. at
2.30 p.m. Wind S.W. by W. 5. Cloudy, clear.

Lynn Well Lt.-v. — A Golderest at 3 p.m. Wind
W.S.W. 4 to 5. Squally and showery.

Outer Dowsing Lt.-v. — Thirty Starlings flying W. at
9.30 a.m. ; a large flock of Starlings and Sky-Larks
to the W. at 2.30 p.m. Wind W. by S. 4. Cloudy.

S/iipivash Lt.-v. — Many Starlings and Sky-Larks, with
a few Chaffinches and " Rooks " flying N.W. between

10 a.m. and 3.15 p.m. Wind W.S.W. 4. Blue sky
with clouds.

S. Goodwin Lt.-v. — A hundred " Crows " flying
W.N.W. at 11 a.m. Wind W. by S. 5. Clear.

Winterton Lt. — Flocks of Starlings arriving from over
the sea flying W. at noon and Sky-Larks at 1 p.m.

„ 20th/21st. Cromer Lt. — A few Starlings and Sky-Larks from
11.30 p.m. to 1.40 a.m. Wind S.S.W. 1 to 2.
Overcast, rain.

307

Oct. 20th/21st. Dudgeon Lt.-v.~A few Starlings, a Blyth'a Reed
{contd.). Warbler, a Chaffinch and a Linnet. Wind W.S.W. 4.

Rain.

Haisborrf Lt.-v. — Large numbers of Starlings and Sky-
Larks and a few Blackbirds from 9 to 12 p.m. ; a few
Redwings, Starlings and Sky-Larks from 1.30 to
■2. 1 5 a.m. Wind W.S. W . o to 4. Overcast, rain.

Ihtnois Lt.—A Starling at 1 a.m. Wind N.W. 6.

Dark, rain squalls.

Inner Dowsing Lt.-v.—A Sky-Lark at 4 a.m. Wind
W. 4. Cloudy, clear.

L'man and Oicer Lt.-v. — Many Starlings and Sky-
Larks and a few Redwings from 10 20 p.m. to
1.40 a.m. Wind S.W. 3 to W.S.W. 3. Overcast,
rain.

Ov-ter Dowsing Lt.-v. — Large numbers of Starlings and
Sky-Larks, with a few Blackbirds at 11 p.m. and
2 a.m. Wind W.X.W. 3 to 4. Overcast, rain.

Skerries Lb. — A few Redwings, Blackbirds, Starlings
and Sky-Larks between 9 p.m. and 1 a.m. Wind
W. 5 to W.S.W. 5. Passing showers.

Spurn Head LL— Many Starlings and a few " Thrushes''
between 7.10 a.m. and 5 p.m. Wind S. W. 2. Cloudy.

Winterton Lt.—A few Starlings at 9 p.m. and 3 a.m.
Wind S.W. 4 to W.S.W. 3. Passing rain and
mist.

„ 21st. Kentish Knock Lt.-v.— Several large flocks of Starlings

and Sky-Larks flying W. from 9 to 1 2 a.m. Wind
W.S.W. 3. Cloudy, clear.

Outer Gabbard Lt.-v.—A few Starlings and Sky-Larks
round the vessel from 8 to 12 a.m. Wind S.W. 4.
Clear.

Shipwash Lt.-v. — Many Starlings, " Rooks " and Sky-
Larks flying W. and N.W. between 11 a.m. and
2.20 p.m. Wind S.W. 6 to 3. Cloudy.

308

Oct. 21st/22nd. Bardsey Lt. — Large numbers of Blackbirds with a
few Song-Thrushes, Redwings, Starlings and Sky-
Larks and flocks of " Ducks," Lapwings and Cm-lews
from 2 till 5 a.m. Wind E.N.E. 3. Overcast,
rain.

Carnarvon Bay Lt.-v. — Large numbers of Song-
Thrushes, Blackbirds and Starlings at 2 a.m. Wind
N.E. 4. Overcast, passing rain.

Dudgeon Lt.-v. — Many " Thrushes " and Starlings.
Wind W.N. W. 2. Cloudy.

Lynn Well Lt.-v. — A few Starlings at 2 a.m. Wind
N E. 3. Cloudy, lightning.

Outer Gabbard Lt.-v. — A few Starlings and Sky-Larks
from 12 to 4 a.m. Wind S. Clear.

St. Catherine's Lt. — Many Starlings and a few Meadow-
Pipits at 4 a.m. Wind N.E. 2. Cloudy.

Skerries Lt. — A few Blackbirds and Starlings at
11.30 p.m. Wind N.E. 5. Clear.

Whitby Lt.—A Chaffinch at 3 a.m. Wind E. 4.
Cloudy.

„ 22nd. Cromer Lt. — Many flocks of Starlings aud Sky-Larks
flying N. from 9 to 11 a.m.

JIaisboro1 Lt.-v.— Several flocks of "Finches," Starlings,
"Crows" and Sky-Larks passing during the dajr.

Kentish Knock Lt.-v — Many large flocks of Starlings
and Sky-Larks flying S.W. from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. ;
thirty Chaffinches to the W. at 10 a.m. ; twelve
"Sparrows" to the W.N.W. at 2 p.m. and large
numbers of " Crows " to the W.N.W. at 2.30 p.m.
Wind S.E. 4. Overcast, clear.

Shipwash Lt.-v. — Many Starlings aud a few Blackbirds,
Chaffinches and " Linnets " flying W. and N. W.
between 10.30 a.m. and 1 p.m. Wind S.S.E. 4.
Cloudy.

S. Goodwin Lt.-v. — A Starling arrived and flew W.
at 1.45 p.m. Wind S.E. 4. Clear.

Oct. 22nd/23rd. Bardsey Lt. — Large numbers of Blackbirds, many Red-
wings aud Starlings, a few Song-Thrushes and Sky-
Larks, a Mistle-Thru8h and a Knot, from 12 to
5.30 a.m. Wind S. 4. Cloudy, passing rain.

309

Oct. 22nd/23rd. Carnarvon Bay Lt.-v. — Large numbers of Redwings
(contd.). and Blackbirds at 4 a.m. Wind S.S.E. Cloudy,

rain.

Chicken Hock Lt. — Large numbers of Blackbirds and
Starlings with a few Fieldfares, Blackbirds and Sky-
Larks at 3 a.m. "Wind S. 4. Haze.

Cromer Lt. — A few Starlings and Sky-Larks from 3.40
to 4 a.m. "Wind N."W. 1. Overcast.

Dudgeon Lt.-v. —A few Starlings.

Bddystone Lt. — Several Starlings before midnight.
Wind X.X.E. 2. Hazy. Large numbers of Starlings
and Sky-Larks and a few Song-Thrushes, Redwings
and Blackbirds, after midnight. "Wind W.N.W. 3.
Drizzly rain.

Ilanois Lt. — Large numbers of Starlings and Sky-
Larks, many Meadow-Pipits, a few Song-Thrushes,
Redwings and Blackbirds, a Redbreast and two
Goldcrests from 3 to 5 a.m. "Wind S. 1. Rain,
dark.

Inner Dowsing Lt.-v. — A few Starlings at 10 p.m.
"Wind E.S.E. 3. Cloudy, passing rain.

Leman and Ower Lt.-v. — Many Starlings with a few
Pied "Wagtails and Tree-Sparrows at 9.20 and
10.10 p.m. Wind N.W. 3. Overcast.

Lundy North Lt. — A few Redwings and Blackbirds at
5 a.m. Wind S.S.W. 4. Rain.

Outer Dowsing Lt.-v. — Many Starlings, with a few
Blackbirds, Chaffinches, Bramblings and Sky-Larks
from 3 to 5 a.m. Wind N.N. W. 2. Cloudy, misty.

Outer Gabbard Lt.-v. — Many Sky -Larks from 8 to
10.35 p.m. and a few Starlings from 11 p.m. to 8 a.m.,
apparently flying W. Wind S.S.E. 4 to W.N.W. 4.
Clear.

<S'/. TudwaVs Lt. — Large numbers of Starlings and a few
Blackbirds from 3.30 a.m. to dawn. AViud S. 2.
Overcast, rain.

310

Oct. 22nd/23rd. Skerries Lt. — Many Blackbirds, and a few Redwings,
(contd.). Starlings and Sky-Larks and a Common Snipe be-

tween 9 p.m. and 3 a.m. Wind S.E. 4 to S. 4.
Clear.

S. Stack Lt. — A few Song-Thrushes, Redwings, Black-
birds, Starlings and Sky-Larks at 3 a.m. Wind S.
Overcast, showeiw.

„ 23rd. Dudgeon Lt.-v.— A Goldcrest at ] 1 a.m. Wind N.W. 4.
Cloudy.

Jlanois Lt. — A small flock of Larks" flying S. at

10 A.M.

Inner Dowsing Lt.-v. — Three large flocks of Starlings
flying W.

Kentish Knock Li. -v. — Large numbers of "Thrushes,"
Starlings and Sky-Larks flying W.S.W. during the
day. Wind W.N.W. 2 to 3. Cloudy, clear.

Outer Dowsing Lt.-v. — Thirty Starlings flying W. at
9.30 a.m. ; a Goldcrest caught at 10.30 a.m. and two
more at 3 p.m. Wind W. 2 to N.N. W. 2. CLudy.

„ 23rd/24th. Jlanois Lt. — A few Meadow-Pipits, Starlings and Sky-
Larks at 5 a.m. Wind N. N.W. 2. Rain.

Lemon and Ower Lt.-v. — Many Sky-Larks and a few
Chaffinches from 8.15 to 1 1.40 p.m. Wind W.N.W. 4.

Misty.

Outer Gabbard Lt.-v. — A few Starlings and Sky-Larks
from 2 to 4 a.m. Wind S. 4. Clear.

Winterton Lt. — A few Starlings at 4 and 5 a.m.
Wind S.W. 2. Misty rain.

„ 24th. Haisboro'1 Lt.-v. — Many flocks of " Linnets," Starlings
and Sky-Larks flying W. during the day.

Kentish Knock Lt.-v. — Several large flocks of " Spar-
rows," Starlings and Sky-Larks flying W. during the
day. Wind W.S.W. 1 to 3. Cloudy, clear to

11 a.m., fog from 11 a.m. (o 5 p.m.

Outer Gabbard Lt.-v. — A few Starlings and Sky-Larks
flying S. and S.W. between 8 a.m. and 12.35 p.m.
Wind W.N.W. 4 to S.W. 3.

311

Oct. 24th. Shipwash Lt.-v. — Many Sky-Larks and a few " Spar-

(contd.). rows "and "Rooks" flying W. and N.W. between

10.40 a.m. and 1.30 P.M. Wind W.S.W. 1. Cloudy.

„ 24th/25th. Dudgeon Lt.-v. — A few Starlings and Sky-Larks at
10 p.m. Wind S.S.W. 2. Cloudy, misty.

Eddystone Lt.—A Sky-Lark. Wind W.X.W. 3.
Cloudy.

Haisboro' Lt.-v. — A few Starlings and Sky -Larks from
9 to 12 p.m. WindS.W. Misty.

Leman and Oicer Lt.-v. — Many Starlings and Sky-Larks,
with a, few Tree-Sparrows from 7.15 to 9.50 p.m.
Wind N.N.W. 3. Overcast, misty.

Outer Gahbard Lt.-v. — A few Sky-Larks and two
Hooded Crows, apparently arrived from E. between
8 and 10 p.m. ; a few Starlings from 4 to 6 a.m.
Wind S. to W.N.W. 4. Clear.

Spurn Head Lt. — Many Song-Thrushes and Ifedwings,
a few Blackbirds, Starlings and Sky-Larks from 8
to 10.30 p.m. Wind W. 5. Cloudy, misty.

,, 25th. Cromer if. —Large flocks of Starlings flying N. at

8 A.M.

Dudgeon Lt.-v. — Sixty "Crows" at 11.30 a.m. and
twenty Sky-Larks at noon, flying W. Wind W. 3.
Cloudy, misty.

Llanois Lt. — A small flock of " Larks " flying round
tower at noon. Wind N.W. 4. Heavy showers.

Inner Dowsing Lt.-v. — Several large flocks of Starlings
and '■ Crows " Hying W. during day ; a large flock
of " Crows " on beard at 4 P.M. Thick fog.

Kentish Knock Lt.-v. — Many large flocks of Starlings,
" Crows " and Sky-Larks and smaller flocks of Chaf-
finches and "Sparrows'' flying W. during the day.
Wind W.N.W. 1 to 3. Thick mist.

Outer Gabbard Lt.-v. — Two Rooks flying S.W. (one
taken) at 11.50 a.m. Wind S.W. 2." Clear.

312

Oct. 25th/26th. Carnarvon Bay Lt.-v. — A few Reed-Buntings at
10 p.m. Wind S.S.E. 3. Cloudy.

Lynn Well Lt.-v. — A few Starlings at 9 p.m. ; a dozen
" Crows " arrived on board at 8 p.m. and left at 9 a.m.
Wind W.S.W. 1. Dense fog.

Outer Gabbard Lt.-v. — Two Carrion-Crows between G
and 8 p.m. (one killed) and two Starlings between
12 and 4 a.m. Wind S.S.W. 1 to S.W. 1. Clear.

Spurn Head Lt. — A few Sky-Larks from 7.10 to
9.50 p.m. Wind S.W. 4 to S.S.W. 2. Misty.

„ 26th. Full Moon.

Dudyeon Lt.-v. — Six "Crows" flying W. at 7 a.m.
Wind E. 1. Fog.

Outer Dowdny Lt.-v. — Large numbers of " Crows "
flying round ship. Fog.

Outer Gabbard Lt.-v. — Six " Sparrows " on board from
8 to 12 a.m. Wind E.S.E. 3. Clear.

Shipwash Lt.-v. — Many Starlings, " Rooks " and Sky-
Larks and a few Chaffinches and " Linnets " flying
W. and N.W. from 8.30 a.m. to 12.40 p.m. Wind
calm, to S. by E. 2, to S. 3. Fog, to cloudy, to over-
cast and rain.

„ 26tk/27tk. Spurn Head Lt. — A few Sky-Larks from 7.45 p.m. to
3.50 a.m. Wind W.N. W. 3 to S.S.W. 5. Fog, to
cloudy and passing rain.

„ 27th. Dudyeon Lt.-v. — Fifteen Starlings flying W. at 10 a.m.
Wind S.W. 4. Cloudy.

Kentish Knock Lt.-v. — Several large flocks of Starlings
and Sky-Larks flying W. during the day. Wind
S.W. 6. Cloudy, clear.

Outer Dowsi?iy Lt.-v. — A Continental Redbreast taken
at 4 p.m. Wind S.W. by W. 4. Cloudy.

Shipioash Lt.-v. — Many Starlings and Sky-Larks flying
W. and N.W. from 10.10 to 11 a.m. Wind S.S.W. 6.
Cloudy.

313

Oct, 27th. Whitby Lt.— Small flocks of" Thrushes " and Fieldfares
(contd.). flying W. from over the sea during the day. Wind

S.W. 4. Cloudy.

„ 27th/28th. Leman and Ower Lt.-v. — Many Starlings and a few
Blackhirds fruni 8.20 to 9.10 p.m. Wind S.W. 4.
Overcast.

Skerries Lt. — A few Blackbirds at 2.30 a.m. Wind
S.S.E. 3. Passing showers.

„ 28th/29th. Spurn Head Lt. — A few Redwings and Sky-Larks
from 8.15 p.m. to 2.30 a.m. Wind S. 5 to 4.
Cloudy, squally.

„ 29th/30th. Leman and Ower Lt.-v. — Many Starlings and a few
Blackbirds from 10.20 to 12 p.m. Wind S. 3.
Overcast, rain.

Outer Dowsing Lt.-v. — A Starling at 6 p.m. Wind N.
by E. 6. Cloudy, squalls of rain.

,, 30th. Shipwash Lt.-v. — Many " Rooks " flying N.W. between
10.20 a.m. and 1.30 p.m. Wind S.S.W. 6. Over-
cast, rain.

„ 30th/31st. Leman and Ower Lt.-v. — Many Starlings, with a few
Blackbirds and Pied Wagtails from 8.40 to 9.1o p.m.
Wind S.W. 4. Overcast, misty rain.

Skerries Lt. — A Redwing and a Blackbird at 10 p.m.
Wind S.S.E. 3. Clear.

„ 31st/Nov.lst. Hanois Lt.—Two British Song-Thrushes at 8.30 p.m.
Wind N.N.E. 4. Dark, hazy.

Leman and Ower Lt.-v. — Many Starlings and a few
Blackbirds at 10.40 p.m. Wind W.S. W. 3. Cloudy,
mist}-.

Skerries Lt. — A few Sky-Larks at 10 p.m. Wind
S.S.E. 3. Passing showers.

Winterton Lt. — A few Starlings at 3 and 4 a.m.
"Wind S.W. 3 to X.W. 4. Passing rain, to mist.

Nov. 1st. Kentish Knock Lt.-v. — Several large flocks of Chaf-

finches and Sky-Larks flying W. during the day.
Wind N. 4 to 5. Cloudy, clear.

X

314

Nov. lst/2ud. Carnarvon Bay Lt.-v. — Large numbers of Blackbirds
and Starlings at 2 a.m. Wind N.W. 2. Cloudy.

Hanoi's Lt. — Fire Starlings and a Song-Thrush between
8 and 12 p.m. Wind N. 2. Dark.

Leman and Ower Lt.-v. — Many Starlings and Sky-
Larks, with a few Redwings, Fieldfares and Black-
birds from 9.20 to 11.40 p.m. Wind S.S.W. 4.
Overcast.

St. Catherines Lt. — Large numbers of Starlings from
8 p.m. to dawn. Wind N. 1. Cloudy.

Spurn Head Lt. — Large numbers of Blackbirds passing
continuously from an hour after sunset to an hour
before sunrise (147 killed;. Wind W.N.W. 0.
Cloudy, misty.

„ 2nd. Moon, Last Quarter.

Shipwash Lt.-v. — Many Starlings, <l Books" and Sky-
Larks and a few Blackbirds flying W. and N.W.
from 9.10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wind W.N.W. 4 to
S.W. 4. Blue sky, with clouds and mist, to fog.

,, 2nd/3rd. Eddy stone Lt. — A few Song-Thrushes, Bedwings,
Blackbirds and Starlings all night. Wind S.W. 1.
to S. 2. Cloudy.

Hanois Lt. — A few Starlings from 8 to 12 p.m. Wind
S. 1. Bark.

Leman and Ower Lt.- v. — Many Starlings and Sky-
Larks, with a few Bedwings, Fieldfares and Black-
birds from 8.15 to 10.40 p.m. Wind W. 4. Overcast,
misty.

Lin.dy North Lt. — Many Song-Thrushes and Black-
birds, with a few Starlings at 6 p.m. and three
Chaffinches at midnight. Wind S.S.E. 3. Bain.

Lynn Well Lt.-v. — A few Starlings at 10 p.m. Wind
N.W. 4. Overcast.

St. Catherines Lt.— A Water-Bail at 11 p.m. Wind
N.E. 1. Cloudy.

315

Sov. 2nd/3rd. Sfurn Thud Lt. — A few Blackbirds from 9,20 tc
(contd.). 11.60P.JC. Wind N.W. 4 to 5. Cloudy, squally.

,, 3rd. Hanoi a Lt. — A few Starlings and Sky-Larks and a

Redbreast round the tower during the day.

Kentish Knock Lt.-v. — Several large flocks of Chaf-
finches, Starlings and Sky-Larks flying W. during
the day. "Wind N.N.W. 4. Thick mist to 1 p.m.
Cloudy, clear after.

,, 3rd 4th. Chicken Mock Lt. — Large numbers of Song-Thrushes.
Blackbirds and Starlings, with a few Redwings and
Sky-Larks all night. Wind S.W. 4. Haze.

Hanois Lt. — A few Redwings, Blackbirds, Starlings
and Sky-Larks from 8 p.m. to 6 A.M. Wind W. 1 to
S.S.W. 3. Dark.

Kentish Knock Lt.-r. — Large numbers of Starlings and
Sky-Larks. Wind W.N. W. 2 to 4. Cloudy, clear.

Leinan and Oioer Lt.-v. — Many Starlings, with a few-
Redwings, Fieldfares and Blackbirds from 7.50 to
10.20 p.m. Wind W.S.W. 4. Overcast, drizzling.

St. Catherine's Lt. — Many Starlings at 9.30 p.m. and a
Redwing at 12 p.m. Wind E. Cloudy.

Skerries Lt. — A few Song-Thrushes, Blackbirds and
Starlings at 11 p.m. Wind S. 3. Drizzle.

S. Hishoj) Lt. — A few Song-Thrushes, Blackbirds and
Starlings at midnight and Sky-Larks at 2 a.m.
Wind S.W. 5. Cloudy.

S. Starfc Lt.— Many Song-Thrushes, Redwings, Black-
birds and Starlings all night. Wind S. 4. Overcast,
showery.

Spurn Head Lt. — Large numbers of Blackbirds passing

continuously all night. Wind N.W. 5. Cloudy.
Squally. Passing rain.

Winterton Lt. — A few Starlings at 10 and 12 r.M.
Wind N.W. 2 to N. 2. Passing mist, to cloudy and
misty.

, 4th. Cromer Lt. — Many flocks of Starlings, Sky-Larks and

Lapwings 11 \ ing X. from dawn to 10 a.m.

X2

316

Nov. 4th. Dudgeon Lt.-v. — Large numbers of Blackbirds,
(contd.). Starlings, " Crows " and Sky-Larks flying W. all day.

Wind W. 4. Overcast, misty.

Leman and Oicer Lt.-v. — Flocks of Blackbirds, Star-
lings and Sky-Larks flying W.N.W. at 10.20 a.m.

Lynn Well Lt.-v. — A large flock of Blackbirds flying
N.W. at 3 p.m. Misty.

Outer Dowsiny Lt.-v. — Thirty "Crows" flying W. ;
four Sky-Larks on board at 11 a.m. Wind W. by
S. 5. Misty rain.

Outer Gabbard Lt.-v. — A dozen Blackbirds flying W.
at 9 a.m. Wind W.S.W. 3. Misty rain.

„ 4th/5th. Chicken Rock Lt. — A Goldcrest and a Lapwing at 9 p.m.
Wind S.W. 4. Hazy.

Hanois Lt. — A few Song-Thrushes (both races), Red-
wings, Blackbirds, Starlings and Sky-Larks from 1 2
to 6 a M. Wind S.W. 5. Heavy rain.

Leman and Ower Lt.-v. — Many Starlings, with a few
Fieldfares and Blackbirds from 8.50 to 9.20 p.m.
Wind W.S.W. 4. Overcast, rain.

Lynn Well Lt.-v. — A few Starlings and Sky-I/arks at
6 p.m. Wind S.W. 4. Overcast, rain.

Outer Gabbard Lt.-v. — A few Starlings and Sky-Larks
from G to 8 p.m. Wind W. by S. 3. Fog.

St. Catherine's Lt. — A Water-Bail and a Storm-
Petrel at 10 p.m. and a Starling at 2 a.m. Wind
W.S.W. 5. Overcast,

Skerries Lt. — Two Blackbirds and a Starling at 11 p.m. ;
a Fieldfare at 3 a.m. Wind S.W. 7 to W.N.W. 4.
Bain, to clear.

S. Bishop Lt. — A few Redwings at 11 p.m. and Black-
birds at midnight. Wind W.S.W. 7. Fog and
rain.

Spurn Head Lt. — Many Blackbirds and a few Starlings
and Sky-Larks from 7.15 to 12 p.m. Wind S.S.W. 4,
to S.W. 4. Overcast, misty, to rain.

317

Nov. 4th/5th. Withernsea Lt.— Many Blackbirds from 11 p.m. to
(contd.). 4 a.m. Wind N. 1. Misty.

n -5th. Cromer Lt. — Many Starlings, Sky-Larks and Lapwings

Hying X. all day.

Hanois Lt. — Several "Thrushes" and Blackbirds on
rocks at dawn.

Shipioash Lt.-v. — Many Starlings and a few Chaffinches
and " Rooks " flying W. and X.W. between 9.40 a.m.
and 3.10' p.m. Wind S.AV. 4 to N. by W. 3. Fog.

Whitby Lt. — A Woodcock in the garden at 3 p.m.
Wind X. 3. Misty.

„ 5th/6th. Bardsey Lt. — Large numbers of Redwings and Starl-
ings, many Song-Thrushes and Blackbirds, with a
few Fieldfares, Sky-Larks, Water-Rails, Lapwings,
Dunlins, Common and Jack Snipes and a Moorhen
from 7.30 p.m. to 5 a.m. Wind W.S.W. 3. Over-
cast, passing rain.

' Chicken Hock Lt. — Large numbers of Blackbirds and
Starlings with a few Song-Thrushes and Redwings
all night. Wind X.W. 2. Overcast.

Eddystone Lt. — A few Song-Thrushes, Redwings and
Starlings after midnight. Wind X. X.W. 2. Cloudy.

Hanois Lt. — A few Redwings, Fieldfares, Blackbirds
and Starlings from 12 to dawn. Wind N.E. 3.
Very dark.

Inner Dowsing Li. -v. — A few Blackbirds and Sky-
Larks at 5 a.m. AVind S.S.W. 1. Overcast, clear.

Kentish Knock Lt.-c. — Large numbers of Blackbirds,
Starlings and Sky-Larks. Wind X. X.W. 4. Over-
cast, clear.

Lemon and Oicer Lt.-v. — Many Starlings, with a few
Fieldfares and Blackbirds from 8.1o to 9.50 p.m.
Wind S.AV. 4. Cloudy, passing mist.

Outer Dowsing Lt.-v. — A few Blackbirds, Starlings and
Sky-Larks from 2.30 tu 3 a.m. Wind S. 3. Over-
cast.

318

Nov. 5th/6th. Outer Gabbard Lt.-v. — Six Sky-Larks, apparently
icontd.). flying W., between 8 and 12 p.m. Wind N. 2.

Fog.

Skerries Lt. — A few Song-Thrushes and Blackbirds
at midnight. Wind W.S.W. 3. Clear.

S. Bishoj) Lt. — A few Song-Thrushes, Redwings,
Lesser Redpoll.-;, Starlings and Sky-Larks between
11.30 P.M. and 3 A.M. Wind N.E. 4 to N.N.E. 3.
Cloudy.

S. Goodwin Lt.-v. — Three Woodcocks and a Starling
at 6 p.m. Wind N. 3. Fog.

Spurn Head Lt.—A few Fieldfares between 8.30 and
9.30 p.m. Large numbers of Redwings, Blackbirds
and Sky-Larks pissing continuously all night (124
killed)." Wind W.N.W. 3 to S.W. 2.

Winterion Lt. — A few Starlings from 9 to 9.50 p.m.
Wind S.W. 3. Cloudy, misty.

Withernsea Lt. — Many Blackbirds from 9.40 P.M. to
5 a.m. Wind W.XW. 2. Misty.

,, 6th. Dudgeon Lt.-v. — A few "Crows" flying N.W. and

N.E. and Sky-Larks to the W. between 9 a.m. and
2 p.m. An " Owl " on board at 5 p.m. Wind S. 3.
Clear.

Hanuis Lt. — A small flock of " Thrushes" flying round
the tower at 11 a.m. Calm. Bull, gloomy.

Inner Dowsing Lt.-v. — Flocks of Starlings, " Crows,"
Sky-Larks and " Wild Ducks" flying W. during day.

Kentish Knock Lt.-v. — Many large flocks of Starlings
and Sky-Larks flying S.W. during the day. Wind
S.E. 2. Cloudy, clear.

Lynn Well Lt.-v.— A flock of Blackbirds flying N.W.
at 4 p.m.

Outer Gabbard Lt.-v. — Sixty Blackbirds flying W. at
9 a.m. ; twelve Sky -Larks to the S.W. at 11.50 a.m.
and twenty Tree-Sparrows to the W. at 1 p.m
(2 killed). Wind E. 3 to S.E. 4. Misty, to clear.

319

Nov. 6th. S. Bishop Light. — A flock of Chaffinches living S.E. at
(contd.). 9 a.m. Wind W.N. W. 1. Cloudy.

Whitby Lt. — A Woodcock in the garden at noon.
Wind S.W. 2. Misty.

,, 6th/7th. Chicken Rock Lt. — A few Redwings, Fieldfares, Chaf-
finches, Starlings and Sky-Larks all night. Wind
N.W. 2. Cloudy.

Cromer Lt. — Many Blackbirds, Starlings, Sky-Larks
and Lapwings from 11.30 p.m. to dawn. Wind
S.S.W. 3. Overcast, misty.

Dudgeon Lt.-v. — A few " Thrushes," " Crows," Jack-
daws and Lapwings at 8 and 10 p.m. and large
numbers of " Thrushes," Redwings, Blackbirds,
Starlings and Sky-Larks at midnight. Wind S.W. 3.
Clear to misty.

Haisboro'1 Lt.-v. — Large numbers of Starlings, many
Redwings, Fieldfares, Blackbirds and Sky-Larks, a
Water-Rail and a Jack Snipe from 9 p.m. to 6 a.m.,
went W. at dawn. Several Curlews heard, flying
W. Wind S.S.W. 4. Misty.

Hanois Lt. — A few Starlings from 8 to 12 p.m., a
Continental Redbreast and a few Redwings at 11 p.m.
and a few Fieldfares from 12 to 4 a.m. Calm. Hazy,
very dark.

Inner Doiosing Lt.-v. — Large numbers of Redwings,
Fieldfares, Blackbirds, Snow-Buntings, Starlings and
Sky-Larks from 4 to 6 a.m. Wind S.W. 3 to
W.S.W. 3. Fog.

Kentish Knock Lt.-v. — Large numbers of Redwings,
Blackbirds, Starlings and Sky-Larks, with a few
Lapwings and Woodcocks from 7 p.m. to dawn.
Wind S.S.AV. 2 to 3. Overcast, clear.

Leman and Ower Lt.-v.— Many Starlings and Sky-
Larks, with a few Fieldfares and Blackbirds from
10.15 to 11.10 P.M. Wind \Y. by N. 4. Overcast,
misty.

320

Nov. 6tb/7th. Lynn Well Lt.-v — Many Redwings, Fieldfares, Black-
(contd.). birds, Starlings, Sky-Larks and Water-Rails, a

Common Scoter and a Jack Snipe from 10 p.m. to
2 a.m. Wind S.W. 3 to S.S.W. 3. Fog.

Outer Dowsing Lt.-v. — A few Redwings and Starlings
at 7 p.m.; a Jiickdaw at 7.30 p.m. ; large numbers of
Blackbirds and Starlings, many Fieldfares and a few
Redwings, Chaffincbes, Sky-Larks, Lapwings and
Knots from 11 P.M. to 6 a.m. Wind S.W. by W. 3,
to S.S.W. 3. Overcast, to fog at 3 a.m.

Cuter Gahbard Lt.-v. — Large numbers of Starlings and
a few Sky-Larks at 9.20 p.m. ; many Redwings,
Fieldfares, Blackbirds, Starlings and Sky-Larks, with
a few Chaffinches and Jack Snipes, apparently coming
from E. at 1 a.m. Wind S.S.E. 3 to S.W. Over-
cast.

St. Catherine's Lt. — Large numbers of Redwings and
Starlings and a few British Song-Thrushes, Black-
birds, Sky-Larks and Water-Rails from 8 p.m. to
5 a.m. Calm. Overcast, gloomy.

Skerries Lt. — A Water-Rail at 11.45 p.m., a Starling
at midnight and two Blackbirds at 3 a.m. Wind
W.S.W. 2, clear to rain.

Sjiurn Head Lt. — A Dunlin at 9.50 p.m. Redwings,
Fieldfares, Blackbirds, Starlings and Sky-Larks
passing continuously from 1 hour after sunset till
suniise (308 killed). Wind S.W. 2. Overcast,

misty.

Winterton Lt. — Many Blackbirds and Starlings from
8 p.m. to 4.30 a.m. A. large flock of Curlews at
5 a.m. Wind S.S.W. 3 to S.W. 3. Cloudy, to over-
cast and misty.

Withernsea Lt. — Many Redwings, Blackbirds, Starlings,
Sky-Larks and Knots from 12 to 5 a.m. Wind W. 1
to N.W. 2. Misty, to fog.

7th. Leman and Oxoer Lt.-v. — Many Jackdaws, " Crows "
and Sky-Larks flying S.W. at 4 p.m. Overcast,

rain.

321

Nov. 7th. Shipwanh Lt.-v. — Many Starlings and Sky-Larks with

(contd.). a few "Thrushes," Blackbirds, Chaffinches, "Linnets"

and " Rooks" flying W. and N.W. between 8.40 a.m.

and 2.30 p.m. Wind 8.S.W. 4 to S.W. 4. Overcast,

to overcast and misty.

S. Slack Lt. — Two flocks of Starlings flying N.W.

7tb/8th. Carnarvon Bay Lt.-v. — Large numbers of Song-
Thrushes, apparently living S.W., at 1 a.m. Wind
W.S.W. 4. Overcast, rain.

Cromer Lt. — A few Blackbirds from 1 to 3 a.m. Wind
S.S.W. 5. Clear sky, misty.

Eddystone Lt. — A few Redwings, Blackbirds aud
Starlings after midnight. Wind W.S.W.3. Cloudy,
drizzling.

llanois Lt. — A few British Song-Thrushes, Continental
Redbreasts, Starlings and Sky-Larks from 8 p.m. to
4 a.m. Calm. Dark, hazy.

Inner Dowsing Lt.-v. — Large flocks of birds flying W.
(none taken).

Kentish Knock Lt.-v. — Several Blackbirds, Starlings
and Sky-Larks. "Wind W. by S. 5 to 6. Overcast.

Leman and Oiver Lt.-v. — Many Blackbirds and Sky-
Larks, with a few Redwings, Fieldfares and Starlings
from 9.20 to 10.50 p.m. Wind S.W. 3. Overcast,
misty rain.

Outer Gabbard Lt.-v. — Many Redwings, Blackbirds,
Starlings and Sky-Larks from 12 to 4 a.m. ; went
AY. at dawn. Wind W. by N. 2. Overcast, misty.

Shipivash Lt.-v. — Many Fieldfares, Blackbirds, Green-
finches and Starlings irom 7.40 to 10.10 p.m. Wind
S.W, 4. Clear sky, with clouds.

South Bishop Lt. — A few Song-Thrushes, Blackbirds
and Starlings at 6 a.m. "Wind S.W. Overcast.

Spurn Head Lt. — A Jack Snipe at 10.40 p.m. Red-
wings, Fieldfares, Blackbirds, Starlings and Knots
passing continuously all night (114 killed). Wind
S.W. 2. Overcast, misty.

322

Nov. 7th/8th. Witkernsea Lt.—X Goldcrest .at 8 p.m. Wind N.W. 1.

(eu)rfd.). Misty.

„ 8th. Cromer Lt. — A dozen Sky-Larks flying N. at noon.

Dudgeon Lt.-v. — A Blackbird on deck ; Starlings and
Sky-Larks flying W. all day. Wind W. 3. Hazy.

Leman and Oiver Lt.-v. — Large flocks of Redwings,
Blackbirds, Starlings and Sky-Larks flying W.S.W.
at 12.40 p.m. Wind W.S.W. 4. Cloudy, drizzling.

Skerries Lt.— Fifty Starlings on the island at 8 a.m.
Wind W.S.W.

,, 8th/9th. Bard&ey Lt. — A few Song-Thrushes, Redwings, Field-
fares, Blackbirds, Starlings, Water-Rails, Common
and Jack Snipes and Dunlins from 6.30 till 12 p.m.
Wind W.S.W. 4. Cloudy, passing rain.

Cromer Lt. — A few Song-Thrushes and Starlings from
4.30 to 5.30 a.m. Wind S.S.W. 2. Overcast,

misty.

Dudgeon Lt.-v. — A Lapwing at midnight. Wind W. 3.
Hazy.

llanois Lt. — A few Starlings and a Continental Red-
breast at 8 p.m. ; a Chaffinch at 6 a.m. Wind, calm
to S. 2. Hazy.

Leman and Oicer Lt.-v. — Many Sky-Larks, with a few
Redwings, Fieldfares, Blackbirds and Starlings from
9.40 to 10.20 p.m. Wind S.S.W. 4. Overcast,
rain.

Li/nn Well Lt.-v. — A few Fieldfares, Blackbirds,
Starlings and Sky-Larks from 4 to 7 a.m. Wind
S.S.W. Misty.

Older Gabbard Lt.-v. — Many Redwings, Blackbirds,
Starlings and Sky-Larks from 12 to 4 a.m., went
N.W. at dawn. Wind W. 2. Overcast, misty.

St. Catherine's Lt. — A few Continental Song-Thrushes,
Redwings, Goldcrests and Sky-Larks, and a Storm-
Petrel from 12 to 5 a.m. Wind W.N.VV. 3.
Overcast.

323

Nov. Mli iitli. Skerries Lt.—A few Redwings, Blackbirds and Star-
(contd.). lings, a Water-Kail and a Dunlin between 9 p.m.

and 1 a m. Wind S.W. 7 to 5. Squally, to passing
showers.

S. Bishop Lt.—A few Song-Thrushes and Sky-Larks
at 11 p.m. Wind W.S.W. 4. Cloudy.

S. Stack Lt. — A few Starlings at 11 p.m. Wind
S.W*. Overcast.

Spurn lie,,,! Lt.—A Sturm-Petrel at 5.30 p.m.; several
Fieldfares at 2 and a flock of Knots at 2.30 a.m.
Redwings and Blackbirds passing continuously all
night (145 killed). Wind S.W. 4. Overcast, misty.

Winterton Lt. — A few Starlings at 10 and 12 p.m.;
several Blackbirds, " Thrushes " and House-
Sparrows at 5 a.m. Wind S.S.W. 3 to S.W. 3.
Cloudy, to misty, to fog.

Witkemsea Lt. — A King-Dove at 7.30 p.m. Wind
E. 1. Drizzle.

„ 9th. New Moon.

Dudgeon Lt.— Twenty " Crows " Hying X.W. at 0 a.m. ;
forty Starlings at 10 a.m. and sixteen Sky-Larks at
2 p.m. Hying W. AYind S.W. 4. Clear.

Shipwash Lt-v.—A few Chaffinches, "Hooks" and
Sky-Larks living W. and X.W. from 1.30 to 2.10 p.m.
Wind S.W. 4. Overcast, to cloudy and misty.

„ 9th/10th. Bardsey Lt.—A few Redwings, Fieldfares, Blackbirds
and Starlings from 7 till 12 P.M. Wind W. 5.
Overcast, passing rain.

Illinois Lt.—A few Redwings and Sky-Larks at 2 a.m.
AN bid X.W". Cloudy, passing showers, dark.

Outer Gabbard Lf.-v.—A few Kedwings, Blackbirds,
Starlings and Sky-Larks from 12 to 4 a.m. Wind
W. 4 Overcast, misty,

Shipwash Lt.-v. — Many Fieldfares and Starlings
between 7 and 10.20 p.m. Wind S.W. 4. Over-
cast.

324

Nov. 9th/10th. South Bishop Lt. — A few Song-Thrushes, Redwings
(contd.). and Blackbirds fiom 8 to 8.30p.m. Wind W.N.W 5.

Drizzling rain.

Spurn Head Lt. — Redwings and Blackbirds passing
continuously all night (164 killed). "Wind S.W. 5.
Overcast, misty.

„ lOth/llth. Kentish Knock Lt.-v. — A few Starlings and Sky-Larks
from 6 to 8 p.m. Wind S.W. 5. Overcast, clear.

Spurn Head Lt. — A few Redwings and Fieldfares
between 7.30 and 11 p.m.; a Dunlin and a flock of
Knots between 2.30 and 3 50 a.m. ; Blackbirds
passing continuously all night. Wi»d W.S.W. 4
to S.W. 1. Overcast, misty, fog at times.

„ lltk/12th. Leman and Oiver Lt.-v. — Many Starlings and Sky-
Larks, with a few Blackbirds from S.20 to 10.15 p.m.
Wind W.N.W. 5. Overcast, passing rain.

Spurn Head Lt. — Several Song-Thrnshes at G.30 p.m. ;
a few Starlings and Sky -Larks between 9 and
9.30 p.m.; a Snow-Bunting at 2.25 a.m.; several
flocks of Grey Plovers, Lapwings, Knots and Our-
lews between 8.20 p.m. and 0.50 a.m. ; Blackbirds
passing continuously all night. Wind S.W. 3 to
N.N.W. 9. Overcast, misty, to cloudy and squalls
of rain.

„ 12th. St. Catherine's Lt. — Large numbers of Starlings flying
E. at 9 a.m.

,; 12th/13th. Kentish Knock Lt.-v. — Many Sky-Larks and a few
Blackbirds. Wind N.N.W. 7. Cloudy, passing
rain.

Leman and Oxver Lt.-v. — Many Starlings and Sky-
Larks, with a few Blackbirds from 9.10 to 10.10 p.m.
Wind N.W. 4. Overcast, misty rain.

Outer Gabbard Lt.-v. — A few Fieldfares, Blackbirds,
Starlings and Sky-Larks from 8 to 12 p.m. Wind
N.N.W. 5. Cloudy, rain.

Skerries Lt. — A Fieldfare and two Starlings at 3 a.m.
Wind N.N.E. 8. Saually.

325

Nov. 13th. Kentish Knock Lt.-v. — Large numbers of " Crows " and
Sky-Larks flying W.N.W. during tlie day. Wind
N.N. \V. 6 to 7. Cloudy, clear.

Outer Gabbard Lt.-v. — Sixty " Crows " and seven " Dun-
Crows " flying N.W. between 10 and 11 a.m. Wind
N, 4 to N.N.W. 4. Cloudy, rain.

St. Catherine's Lt. — Large numbers of Starlings flying
E. at noon.

„ 13th/14th. Hanoi* Lt—A few British Song-Thrushes, Fieldfares,
Blackbirds and Starlings from 12 to 6 a.m. Wind
N.N.E. 5 to N.E. 5. Cloudy, squally.

Outer Gabbard Lt.-v. — A few Blackbirds and Starlings
from 6 to 8 p.m. aud Starlings from 12 to 4 A.M.,
apparently arriving from E. Wind N.N.W. 4 to N.
Clear, to overcast and rain.

Si. Catherines Lt. — Many Redwings and Starlings,
with a few Blackbirds and Sky-Larks from 11 p.m.
to 4 a.m. Wind N.N.W. 3. Overcast, showery.

S. Bishop Lt. — A few Song-Thrushes, Blackbirds,
Starlings and Sky-Larks at midnight and Redwings
and Blackbirds at 3 a.m. Wind N.E. 7 to 6. Ram,
squally.

„ 14th/15th. Bardsey Lt. - Large numbers of Song-Thrushes, Black-
birds and Starlings, with a few Redwings, Field-
fares, Chaffinches, Sky-Larks, Jack Snipes and Dun-
lins from 7 till 12 p.m. Wind N.E. 2. Overcast,
passing rain.

Eddystone Lt. — A few Song-Thrushes and Sky-
Larks before midnight. Wind N. 2. Overcast.

Hanois Lt. — A few British Song-Thrushes, Gold-
crests, Blackbirds, Continental Redbreasts and Star-
lings from 12 to 6 a.m. Wind N.E. 3. Gloomy,
dark.

Kentish Knock Lt.-v. — Large numbers of Redwings,
Blackbirds and Sky-Larks. Wiud N.N.W. 4.
Overcast, thick mist.

Lundy North Lt.— A few Starlings and a Blackbird at
1.30 a.m. Wind N. 2. Overcast.

326

Nov. 14th/15th. Outer Gabbard Lt.-v. — A few Starlings from 2 to
(contd.). 4 a.m. Wind N. Overcast, rain.

St. Catherine 's Lt. — A few Continental Song-Thrushes,
Bla ck birds and Sky-Larks at 3 a.m. Wind X. X. K. 3.
Overcast.

St. TudwaVs Lt.—A few Song-Thrushes, Blackbirds
and Starlings from 11 p.m. to 4 a.m. Wii.d X. 1.
Rain.

aS'. Bishop Lt. — Large numbers of Blackbird*, Starlings
and Sky-Larks, many Song-Thrushes and Redwings,
a few " Linnets " and a Hock of " Plovers,"' from 10
to 12 p.m. Wind N.E. 2 to 1. Drizzling rain, to
overcast.

8. Stack Lt. — Many Song-Thrushes and Blackbirds at
9 p.m. Wind X.N.E. 4. Cloudy, squally.

„ ]5th. Hanoi's Lt.—A few "Thrushes" and Blackbirds on
rocks at dawn.

Outer Gabbard Lt.-v. — Five "Dun Crows" flying
S.W. at 1 p.m. Wind X.X.W. 4. Misty.

„ 15th/lGth. Bardsey Lt. — Many Starlings, with a few Song-
Thrushes, Redwings, Fieldfares, Blackbirds and
Skylarks, a Knot and a Storm-Petrel from 8 p.m. to
3.;J0 a.m. Wind X.X.E. 2. Overcast, drizzle.

Carnarvon Bay Lt.-v. — Many Song-Thrushes and
Blackbirds at 2 a.m. Wind X. 2. Overcast, passing

showers.

Cromer Lt. — A few Starlings.

Eddy stone Lt. — Many Song-Thrushes, Blackbirds, Sky-
Larks and a Fieldfare before midnight. Wind X. 2.
Cloudy.

Haisboro1 Lt. — Ten Fieldfares at 2 a.m. Wind W. 2.
Overcast, rain.

Morecambe Bay Lt.-v. — A Fieldfare at 2.30 a.m.
Wind S.E. 1. Fop;.

327

Nov. 16th/16th. Skerriea Lt. — Many Blackbirds and :i few Song-Thrushes
{contd.). and Fieldfares from 9 to 9.30 p.m.; a Fieldfire and

a Water-Rail at 4 a.m. Wind N.N.E. 4 to N. 3.
( Hear, showery.

,, 16th. Moon, First Quarter.

Outer Gabbard Lt.-v. — Twenty Starlings flying W. at
10 a.m. Wind N. 2. Overcast, clear,

„ 16th/17th. Bardsey Lt. — A few Song-Thrushes, Redwings, Field-
fares, Blackbirds and Starlings from 10 till 12 P.M.
Wind N. 2. Drizzle.

Dudgeon Lt.-v. — Many "Thrushes," Starlings, Sky-
Larks and Curlews at 3 A.M. Wind W.S.W. 3.
Fog.

Eddystone Lt. — A few Blackbirds and Starlings all
night. Wind N. 2. Overcast.

Hanois Lt. — -A few Song-Thrushes, Redwings, Black-
birds and Starlings from 12to6 a.m. WindN.N.W.2.
Passing drizzle.

Lundy North Lt. — A few Blackbirds at midnight.
Wind W. 3. Clear sky.

Li/nn Well LJ.-v. — Many Knots and a Blackbird from
10 p.m. to 4 a.m. Wind S.W. 2. Overcast, dark
and misty, to fog at 12.40 a.m.

Morecambe Bay Lt.-v. — Several " Thrushes,'' Black-
birds and Sky -Larks at o a.m. Wind W.S.W. 3.
Misty rain.

Outer Gabhard LJ.-v. — Ten Starlings from 10 to 12 p.m.
Wind N.W. 2. Overcast, clear.

. 17th. Spurn Head Lt. — Several Redwings, Fieldfares, Black-
birds, Starlings and Knots flying S.W. between
8.30 and 10.30 a.m. Wind W. 5 to 4. Blue sky,
with clouds and mist.

,, 17th/18th. Bardsey Lt. — A Sky-Lark and a Dunlin before mid-
night ; a few Song-Thrushes, Redwings, Fieldfares,
Blackbirds, Starlings and Dunlins from 5 till 7 a.m.
WindN.N.W. 3. Cloudy.

328

Nov. 17tli/18th. Eddystone Lt. — A few Song- Thrushes and Redwings
(contd.). after midnight. Wind S.E. 2. Cloudy, drizzling.

Jlanois Lt. — A few Redwings at 3 a.m. and Starlings
from 12 to 6 a.m. Wind N.N.W. 2. Passing
drizzle.

Spurn Head Lt. — A few Song-Thrushes, Redwings,
Blackbirds and Knots from 8.40 to 12 p.m. Wind
W. 3 to 1. Misty.

„ 18th/19th. Bardsey LA. — A few Song-Thrushes, Redwings, Field-
fares, Blackbirds and Starlings at 4.30 a.m. Wind
W.N.W. 4. Cloudy, passing rain.

Eddystone Lt. — A few Song-Thrushes, Redwings and
Blackbirds before midnight. Wind N.N.W. 3.
Cloudy.

Spurn Head Lt. — Many Song-Thrushes and Black-
birds from 6 to 11 p.m. Wind W.N.W. 1 to 4.

Misty, to fog.

,, 19th/20th. Eddystone Lt. — Many Song -Thrushes, Redwings,
Blackbirds, Starlings and Sky-Larks before midnight.
Wind N.N.W. 4 Cloudy.'

Kentish Knock Lt.-v. — A few Sky-Larks at 11.30 p.m.
Wind W. by N. 3. Cloudy, misty.

Spurn Head Lt. — Many Song-Thrushes, Redwings,
Blackbirds and Lapwings from 6.10 to 11 p.m.
Wind W. 6. Squally.

„ 20th. Cromer Lt. — A large flock of Ring-Doves flying N. at

10 A.M.

Spurn Head Lt. — A few Redwings, Fieldfares, Black-
birds and Starlings, hundreds of " Crows " and a
flock of Lapwings flying S.W. between 8.40 a.m.
and 2 p.m. Wind W. 7 to 6. Cloudy, squally, to
blue sky and clouds.

„ 20th/21st. Spurn Head Lt.— \ Jack Snipe at 9.20 p.m. ; a
Water-Rail at midnight; Redwings and Blackbirds
passing continuously all night. Wind W.N.W. 6, to
W. 5, to W.S.W. 4. Clear sky, misty.

329

Nov. 21st. Spurn Head Lt. — A lew Redwings and Blackbirds,

and a flock of Knots flying S.W. between 8.30 and
1 1 a.m. ; large numbers of " Crows " flying S.W. all
day. Wind W. 4 to S.W. 4. Overcast, misty, to
fog.

,, 2lst/22nd. Spurn Head Lt. — A few Blackbirds and Starlings from
5.45 to 10 p.m. Wind S.W. 4. Cloudy, misty.

„ 22nd. S/mm Head Lt. — Several Blackbirds flying S.W. at
dawn and tbirty "Crows" to S.W. at 10.30 a.m.
Wind S.W. 4. Cloudy, misty.

„ 22nd/23id. Spurn Head Lt.—A few Song-Thrusbes, Blackbirds
aud Starlings from 7.20 to *.2o p.m. Wind S.W. 3
to 6. Cloudy, hazy.

„ 23rd. Cromer Lt.—A flock of " Crows " flying S. at 7.30 a.m.
WindS. S.W. 3.

„ 24tb. Full Moon.

,, 28th/29th. Bardsey Lt.—A few Redwings, Blackbirds and Star-
lings from 8 till 12 p.m. Wind E.S.E. 2. Overcast,
rain.

Spurn Head Lt. — A few Blackbirds and two flocks of
Dunlins between 9 and 12 p.m. Wind S.S.E., 5 to
N. 6. Cloudy, rain-squalls.

„ 29tb/30tb. Hanoi's Lt. — A few Redwings from 11 p.m. to 2 a.m.
Wind E. 9. Heavy rain-squalls.

Dec. 1st. Moon, Last Quarter.

„ 2nd/3rd. Kentish Knock Lt.-v. — Many Starlings at 3 a.m. Wind
N.W. 3. Overcast, misty.

Skerries Lt. — A Fieldfare and two Starlings at 3 a.m.
Wind S.W. 3. Clear.

3rd/4tb. HanoisLt. — -A few Redwings at 2 a.m. Wind S.W. 3.
Passing showers.

Kentish Knock Lt.-v. — Many Starlings at 11 p.m.
Wind S.W. 3. Overcast, drizzle.

Outer Dowsing Lt.-v. — A few Redwings and Starlings
from 8 to 32 p.m. ; large numbers of Blackbirds and
Starlings from midnight to dawn. Wind S.S.W 4.
Fog, to drizzle.

B30

Dec. 4th. Kentish Knock Lt.-v.—A few Starlings flying W. by S.
at 9 a.m. Wind S.W. 3. Overcast.
„ 4(li/oth. Skerries Lt. — A few Song-Thrushes, Blackbirds and
Starlings at 11.45 p.m. and Song-Thrushes at 2 A.M.
Wind S.W. 6 to S.S.W. 7. Rain, to squally.

Winterton Lt. — A few Starlings at 9 and 11 p.m.
Wind S.W. 4 to S.S.W. 4. Misty.

„ 5th/6th. Bardsey Lt. — A few Song-Thrushes, Redwings, Black-
birds, Sky-Larks and Starlings from 12.30 to 3 a.m.
Wind S.W. 5. Cloudy, passing rain.

Cromer Lt. — A few Starlings. Wind S. Overcast,
misty.

Kentish Knock Lt.-v. — A few Starlings at 7 p.m.
Wind S. 4. Cloudy, misty.

Neioarp Lt.-v. — Large numbers of Starlings and Sky-
Larks at 11 p.m. AVind S.W. by S. o. Overcast.

Outer Boivsiny Lt.-v. — A few Redwings, Blackbirds,
Starlings and Sky-Larks from 9 to 12 p.m. Wind
S.S.W. 5. Usercast.

Skerries Lt. — A few Song-Thrushes, Blackbirds and
Starlings between 7 and 10.30 p.m. Wind S.S.W. 4.
Char.

Winterton Lt. — A few Starlings at 8 p.m. and a Sky-
Lark at 11 p.m. Wind W. 4. Cloud}', passing rain.

6th/7th. Sherries Lt. — A. few Song-Thrushes, Blackbirds and
Sky-Larks between 11 p.m. and 3.30 a.m. Wind
S.S.W. 5. Clear, to rain.

Winterton LA. — A few Starlings at 11.30 pm. Wind
S.S.E. 4. Misty.

7th/8th. Winterton Lt.—A flock of Starlings at 10 P.M. AVind
S. 5. Overcast, passing mist.

8th. New AL inn.

,. LOth/llth. Morecambe Bay Lt.-v. — A few Song-Thrushes at
1.30 a.m. AVind S.S.AV. 5. Overcast, passing
rain.

Winterton Lt.—A few Starlings at 2 a.m. Wiud
S. 2. Fog.

333

Dec. llth/12th. Hanoi, Lt.—A few Redwinga from 12 to 5 am
Wind S.S.W. 4. Dense fog.

» 16th. Moon, First Quarter.

„ 18tb/19th. Morecambe Bay Lt.-v.—A. few Song-Thrushes at 3 a.m.
Wind S.W. 5. Overcast, rain.

„ 19th/20th. Morecambe Bay Lt.-v.— A few Song-Thrushes at
2.30 a.m. Wind S. S.W. 5. Cloudy.

Y 2

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LIST OF OBSERVERS, ETC.,

from whom NOTES have been received during the
AUTUMN of 1912 and the SPRING of 1913.

Arranged in Counties alphabetically.

ENGLAND.

BEDFORDSHIRE.
Haines, Major G.

BERKSHIRE.
Cooper, C. Joy, N. H.

Cornish, Rev. J. G. Long-land, Miss

Evans, Miss C. Proctor, Major F. W

Haviland, Miss M. D. Rickett, C. B.

Hawkins, J. L.

BUCKINGHAMSHIRE.
White, S. J.

CAMBRIDGESHIRE.
Dent, G. Hony, G. B.

Farren, W.

CHESHIRE.
Boyd, A. W. Hendy, E. VV.

Coward, T. A. Hobkirk, R.

Cummings, S. G. Pownall, F. A.

Greg, Miss M.

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Dorrien-Smith, Miss E. I.
Le Marchant, Col. B. St. J
Mullens, Rev. T.
Rogers, 11. N.
Sargeaunt, A. St. G.
Vallentin, R.

CORNWALL.

Lights.
Bishop Rock.
Eddystone.
St. Anthony.
Seven Stories.
Trevose Head.

CUMBERLAND.

Britten, H.
Hartley, Miss A. M.
Hope, L. E.
Johnstone, T. L.
Kerr, Rev. R. H.

Parker, T. C.
Parminter, Rev. P. \V.
Popham, Mrs. Layhorne
Ritson, C.

DERBYSHIRE.

Busby, C. G.
Jourdain, Rev. F. C. 11.

Midland Railway Nat. Soc.
Statham, W. N.

DEVONSHIRE.

Agar, Rev. W. M.
Ashford, C. H.
Briggs, T. H.
Collier, F.
D'Urban, W. S. M.
Elliot, E. A. S,
Morshead, J. Y. A.
Morshead, R.

Newman, J. L.
Rousham, A. H.
Selley, E.

Teschemaker, AY. E.
Turner, C. E.
Wroth, J. Sparrow

North Lighthouse, Lundy Island.

DORSETSHIRE.

Curtis, E. H.

Curtis, W. P. Lights.

Lister, Miss G. Anvil Point.

Penrose, Dr. F. G. Shambles.

Fortman, Commander W.

334

DURHAM.
Temperley, G. W.

Egerton, Col. R.
Hope, G. P.
Kerry, F.
Meares, C. S.
Nichols, W. B.
Owen, J. H.

ESSEX.

Raynor, Rev. G. H.

Lights.

Kentish Knock.
Longsand.

Bennett, C. W.
Biscoe, W. E.
Cade, F. J.
Carles, W. R.
Gait, R. P.

GLOUCESTERSHIRE.

McAldowie, A. M.
Smith, Miss S. H.
Trew, E. F.
Webb, H. V.

HAMPSHIRE.

Beeston, H.
Borman, F. W.
Coles, R. E.
Gillett, E. F.
Gosse, Dr. P.
Green, W. P.
Griffith, Miss D.
Kelsall, Rev. J. E.
Kershaw, P.

Lee, W.
Miller, H. H.
Norman, C.
St. Mars, F.
Swinton, A. H.
Webb, E. J.

Hurst Lighthouse.

HERTFORDSHIRE.
Bannerman, D. A. Meiklejohn, A. H.

Bickerton, W.
Headley, F. W.

Lench, F.
llalfe, P. G.

Oldham, C.
Smith, J. Beddall

MAN, ISLE OF.

Chicken Rock Lighthouse.

■S.',i>

KENT.

Alexander, II. G.

Alexander, J. ('.

Austen, F.

Beccheno, Mrs.

Buxton, P. A.

Byron, H. S. D.

Elgar, H.

Farwig, II. II.

Hale, Llev. J. R,

Jones, Staff-Surgeon K. IT.

Tvleinwort, Miss M.
Ransley, II.
Rattray, Col. K. II.
Seppings, Capt. J. W. li.

Turner, Miss E. L.
Vinson, R.

Lights.
Girdler.

South Goodwin.

LANCASHIRE.

Dobson, J.
Melville, W. X.
Robinson. H. W.
Smaller, F. W.
Townsend. Gr.
Turner, II. B.

Walker, H.
Wilson, W.
Wright, J. H.

Morecarnbe Bay Light-
vessel.

Frisby, G.
Packe, C. J. M.

LEICESTERSHIRE.

Worthineton, Rev. H. E.

LINCOLNSHIRE.
Blathwayt, Rev. F. L. Liouxs.

Haigh, G. 11. Caton- Inner Dowsing.

Hales, G. 0. Brunwin Quter Dowsing.

Sowerby, G. N.

MIDDLESEX.

Blyth, R. 0.
Huxley, N. T.
Lodge, R. B.
Macpherson, A. Holte

Spreadbury, W. II.

Stone, W. G.
Storey, G.
Wardle, H. H.

330

NORFOLK.

Digby, Mrs. R. C.
Hamond, C. A.
Hamond, Miss W. E.
Monemenfc, W. B.
Nelson, Miss R.
Riviere, B. B.

Lights.
Cromer.
Dudgeon.
Haisboro'.
Lernan and Ower.
Lynn Well.
Newarp.
Winterton.

NORTHAMPTONSHIRE.
Cattell, W. C. Wright, C. E.

NORTHUMBERLAND.
Anderson, Mrs. L. Portal, M.

Black, J. G. Robson, J.

Charlton, J. M.
Dixon, R.

Hodgkin, Mrs. T. E.
Pease, Miss Audrv

Walton, J. S. T.
Welch, T. H.
Witherby, H. F.

NOTTINGHAMSHIRE.
Marsb, Miss N. Pearson, C. E.

Aplin, 0. V.
Bell, Miss C.

OXFORDSHIRE.

Maude, Miss F.

SHROPSHIRE.
Elliott, J. S. Laug, J. G.

Forrest, H. E. Pitt, Miss F.

Hodges, R. H. W.

SOMERSETSHIRE.
Knight, F. A. Smith, Miss A.

Lewis, Stanley Symes, Joseph H. (Jun.).

Maple ton, H. W. Turner, A. W

Popham, H. L.

337

STAFFORDSHIRE.

Bailey, A. B.
Bladen, W. Wells
Bryan, B.

Davies, W.

Bowles, A. IF
Cuter, Rov. H.
Caton, Rev. 11. R>.
Cook, F. C.
Hollond, Mrs.
Stanford, J. K.
licehurst, Dr. C. B.

Acland, Miss C. M.
Bentham, C. H.
BoormaD, J.
Borthwick, T. W.

Bradshaw, G. W.
Bristowe, B. A.
Bunyard, P. F.
Chaloner, H.
Gillman, A. R.
Janner, E. C.

Arnold, E. C.
Arnold, J. C.
Dalgleish, J. G.
Field, W.
Finlinson, H. W.

Dutton, P. C.
Keary, Miss A. A.
Masefield, J. 11. B.

Robinson, J.

SUFFOLK.

Upclier, Major-Gen.

Lights.

Outer 0 aboard.
Shipwash.
South wold.

SURREY.

Jones, Mrs. E. Hughes-
Langman, T.
Nettleship, E.
Patteson, Mrs. Carlos
Platts, F. C. C.
Player, Mrs. Bernard
Russell, Miss F.
Shaw, Rev. W. A.
Thorburn, A.
Tutt, R. H.

SUSSEX.

Furley, G. M.
Shenstone, Miss A.
Ticeburst, Dr. N. F.

Owers Light-vessel.

Carter, Miss B. A.

WARWICKSHIRE.

Leigh, A. G.

WESTMORELAND.
Coward, C. W. Thornely, Miss

Kitching, Miss E. Yates, Miss Mary

338

WIGHT, ISLE OF.

Mcholl, A. M. C. St. Catherine's Lighthouse.

Spicer, N.

WILTSHIRE.

Bankes, A. Marshall, W. K.

Bartlett, J. Townsend, R. G.

Harrison, Bev. D. P. Vaughan, M.
Kyrle, Miss Money -

Beeston, T. J.

WORCESTERSHIRE.

Hadden, N. G.

YORKSHIRE.

Arundel, Major W, B.
Clarke, W. J.
Cooke, W.
Crook, S.
Ellison, Rev. A.
Green, J.
Jackson, H. R.
Lawton, F.
Medlicott, W. S.
Patterson, .T. D.
Pritfc, W. A.
Rhodes, G. P.
Boherts, T. N.

Scott, Rev. D. A.
Smith, S. H.
Snowdon, F.
Taylor, C. E.
Wade, E. W.
Wallis, E. A.

Lights.
Spurn Head.
Spurn Light-vessel.
Whitby.
Withernsea.

WALES.
ANGLESEY.
Lights.

South Stack.
Skerries.

Davies, C. F.

BRECKNOCKSHIRE.

Vaughan, A. Gwynne-

339

CARDIGANSHIRE.
Edwards, Stanley

CARMARTHENSHIRE.

Elton, H. B. Stephens, D. E.

Giles, L. Williams, D. L.

Powell, L. N.

CARNARVONSHIRE.
Jones, R. W. Lights.

Ortou, Dr. K. J. P. Bardsey.

Roberts, L. Wilson Carnarvon Bay.

St. Tudwal.

DENBIGHSHIRE.

Jones, Eoulkes Russell, W. B.

FLINTSHIRE.
O'Hea, Rev. L.

GLAMORGANSHIRE.

Evans, H. Ingram, G. C. S.

Evans, Herbert Salmon, H. M.

Hamer, David Sibbering-Jones. D.

MERIONETHSHIRE.
Kirkby, E. W.

MONMOUTHSHIRE.

Gabb, W. Baker Phillips, Capt. H. Yaughan

Laybourne, P.

PEMBROKESHIRE.
Kirkby, Dr. R. South Bishop Lighthouse.

RADNORSHIRE.

Owen, 0. R,

340

SCOTLAND.

ARGYLLSHIRE.

Cleave, H. P. 0.

AYRSHIRE.
Craig, J.

RENFREWSHIRE.
Mackeilh, T. Thornton Mallock, T

CHANNEL ISLANDS.
Lights.

Caskets.
Hanois.
Sark.

341

LIST OF LIGHT-STATIONS.

Anvil Point Lt., 55.

Bahama Bank Lt.-v., 80.

Bardsey Island Lt., 80.

Barnsne9S Lt., 2.

Beachy Head Lt., 50.

Berry Head Lt., 59.

Bishop Rock Lt., 65.

Bull Point Lt., 70.

Caldy Island Lt.,75.

Carnarvon Bay Lt.-v., 81 .

Chicken Rock Lt., 88.

Cockle Lt.-v., 25.

Coquet Island Lt., 6.

Cork Lt.-v , 34.

Corton Lt.-v., 28.

Cromer Lt., 17.

Cross Sand Lt.-v., 26.

Douglas Head Lt., 86.

Dudgeon Lt.-v., 15.

Dungeness Lt., 48.

East Goodwin Lt.-v., 44.

Eddystone Lt., 60.

English and "Welsh Grounds

Lt.-v., 72.
Flam borough Lt., 9.
Flatholm Lt., 73.
Galloper Lt.-v., 35.
Gull Lt.-v., 43.
Haisboro' Lt., 20.
Haisboro' Lt.-v., 19.
Hartland Point Lt.. 67.
Helwick Lt.-v., 74.
Inner Dowsing: Lt.-v.. 14.

Inner Fame Lt., 5.
Isle-of-May Lt., 1.
Kentish Knock Lt.-v., 36.
Languess Lt., 87.
Leman and Ower Lt.-v., 18.
Lizard Lt., 61.
Longsand Lt.-v., 37.
Longships Lt., 68.
Longstone Lt., 4.
Lowestoft Lt., 29.
Lundy Island North Lt., 69.
Lundy Island South Lt.,68.
Lynmouth Foreland Lt., 71.
Lynn Well Lt.-v., 16.
Morecambe Bay Lt.-v., 84.
Mucking Lt., 40.
Nab Lt.-v., 63.
Xewarp Lt.-v., 23.
North Foreland Lt., 41.
North Goodwin Lt.-v., 42.
Orfordness Lt., 32.
Outer Dowsing Lt.-v., 13.
Outer Gabbard Lt.-v., 31.
Owers Lt.-v., 51.
Portland Bill Lt., 57.
Royal Sovereign Lt.-v., 49.
St. Abb's Head Lt., 3.
St. Ann's Lt., 76.
St. Bee's Lt., 90.
St. Catherine's Lt., 52.
St. Mary's Lt., 7.
St. Nicholas Lt.-v., 27.
St. Tudwal's Lt., 79.

342

65

sketch-map su0win3 the positions of tiik most important
Light-Stations.

Selker Lt.-v., 8-5.
Seven Stones Lt.-v., 6 1.
Shambles Lt.-v..
Shipwash Lt.-v.. •'!•">.
Skerries Lt., 83.

Smalls Lt., 77.

.Smith's Knoll Lt.-v.. 22.

South Bishop Lt.. 78.
South Foreland Lt., 46.
South Goodwin Lt.-v.. 45.
South Stack Lt.. 82.
Southwold Lt., 30.
Spurn Head Lt., 11.

343

Spurn Lt.-v., 12.
Start Point Lt., 58.
Sunk Lt.-v..
Tongue Lt.-v., 39.
Trevose Head Lt., 60.
Varne Lt.-v.. 47.
Warner Lt.-v., ."4.
Whitby Lt.,8.
Winterton Lt., 24.
Withernsea Lt., 10.
Wolf Rock Lt., 62.
Would Lt.-v.. 21.

ERRATA.

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