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during the month, but no rush of any kind is recorded. In 

 the first half an unusually large number of different species 

 of winter visitors arrived in the country, the normal 

 departures of our nesting-birds took place, and there was 

 some passage migration. In the last half there were more 

 winter visitors arriving, some departure of summer birds, and 

 a little passage migration. 



October. 



South-westerly winds and moderate temperature charac- 

 terised the first half of October; the migrations were almost 

 entirely arrivals of winter visitors, these coming into the 

 country in a steady stream. Small movements of passage 

 migrants and an ever-diminishing number of summer visitors 

 is reported. In the second half, with variable winds and 

 moderate temperature, the arrivals of winter visitors 

 increased, the last of our summer visitors is noted, and some 

 passage movements took place. 



November. 



In the first week, with strong winds chiefly from the 

 south-west and moderate temperature, some movements 

 among Starlings, Snow-buntings, Ttirdince, and Wader are 

 reported. The weather to the end of the month continued 

 unsettled, the winds being chiefly between south and west, 

 and the same kind of migration, though in a lesser degree, 

 continued till the end of the month. In the last fortnieht 

 movements of Swans and Geese are recorded, 



December. 



The first fortnight of December was unusually mild, 

 thereafter the weather became cold and unsettled. There 

 was very little movement during the month, a few records 

 of small numbers of a good many species were received, but 

 no big migrations are anywhere reported. 



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