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The ouly movements recorded diu-ii)g' February were those of Bii.'all 

 mimbers at JJardsey Liglit (Carmirvoii) ou the iiig-hts of the I6th, I7th 

 and 19th and the assemblinj^- of .-^mall tlocks iuto burger ones in Essex 

 during: the tliird week of the month, 



But little miyratiua was observed durino; M^vch, and though small 

 numbers of birds were recorded in several southern counties, definite 

 movements were few. A large eastward movenient was reported from 

 N.W. Sulfolk on the 2Gth and northward passages in Hampshire on the 

 28th and 3l3t, and in Somerset on the ;30th. Very large numbers 

 congregated in Essex durjng; the last four da3'S of the month, a slight 

 increase was noticed in Berkshire on the 30th, a sn;all fiock was seen on 

 passage on the Cornish coast on the 17th, and one or two single birds 

 arrived on Dungeness (Kent) on the 26th and 29th. 



Migration was evidently much more active during April ; snrall 

 numbers occurred at the Skerries Light (Anglesey) on the .jrd/4th and 

 at IJardsey and Skerj-ies Lights on the 14th/loth. A continuous east- 

 ward passage was recorded in i!N.W. Surtblk throughout the month 

 Besides numerous flocks, often of large size, tj^e majority no doubt 

 being ou passage, recorded from localities all over England and Wales 

 deKnite northward mpvements were remarked in Leicester on the 7th, 

 in Lancashire on the Jlth, in S.W. Siiffolk on the 12th, in Somerset 

 and Gloucestersiiire pu the 13th, jn Middlesex and Berkshire on the 

 14th, in Somerset on the 20t}i and 27th, in Cambridgeshire on the 24th 

 and in Middlesex on the 28th, 



Eastward movements were recorded in Shropshire on the 23rd and 

 2oth, and decreased numbers in Shropshire on the 13th and 24th and in 

 Yorkshire on the 19th and 27th. Ju the Eden Valley (Cuniberb^nd) 

 but little alteration in numbers was noticed unt^l the 20th, when the 

 main body departed ; during the following week tlie numbers gradually 

 rose again, and these left on the night of {he 27th. 



The last Fieldfares disappeared from Cheshire between th^ 30th of 

 April and the 3rd of Maj', a few were seen jn Hampshire and 31iddlesex 

 on the 1st of May, a few occurred at Chicken Bock Light (Jsle of Man) 

 on the niglit of the 4th, a small flock was seen in Oxford and a few in 

 Essex on the oth. Fieldfares were seen for tbe last time in the Eden 

 Valley on the 7th, and a single bird was seen in Gloucesterslrire as 

 late as the 12th. 



THE BLACKBIUD {Turdiis merula). 



A single bird was killed at Hanois Light (Guernsey) on January 

 17th/18th. 



A large influx of Blackbirds occurred on Jlayling Island (Hampshire) 

 and on the neighbouring coast of Sussex during the cold weather on the 

 2nd of February ; the majority of these had passed on by the 5th> 

 and all had gone by the 9th. Si-x occurred at St. Catherine's Light 



