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wind was chiefly south and east. A very large arrival took 

 place in the third week, and winter visitors and passage 

 migrants continued to be reported in numbers from many 

 stations up to the end of the month. 



November. 



The first half of November was mild and wet, the wind 

 chiefly from some southerly quarter and the rainfall heavy. 

 After a cold snap about the middle of the month the 

 temperature rose again and remained above normal till 

 the 26th, when it again fell ; the wind was variable. In the 

 first week there was a good deal of movement of Starlings, 

 Skylarks, Turdince, and Geese. This continued during the 

 second week, with the addition of Wader, and the last of our 

 summer migrants are noted. In the latter half of the month 

 the same movements continued to a modified extent, and 

 there are a good many records of Little Auks on our 

 coasts and even far inland. 



December. 



The first three weeks of December were cold, and a good 

 deal of snow and rain fell ; during the first week the wind 

 was south and west, during the second north and east, and in 

 the third south and east. From the 24th to the end of the 

 month the weather was of a disturbed south-westerly type 

 and milder. For the first fortnight little migration is 

 recorded. A distinct weather movement, evidently caused 

 by the frost and snow, took place in the third week, after 

 which to the end of the year there was no movement worthy 

 of notice here. 



