THE SKY-LAlMv {AlfinJa arroisis). 



The records of this specie, were almost wliolly derived fruin li^lit- 

 stiitions, and those from the poiith coast were very scanty. The only 

 ones that iiidicated the arrival uf any number of birds were tliose fi'om 

 the Warner Light- vessel (Hampshire) on the ].'}th/14th of February 

 and the S. Foreland Light (Kent) on the 2it\\/-2-'){h. A considerable 

 immigration, unrecorded at the lights, took place on the coast of west 

 Sussex on the 2oth, 26th and 27th of March, the birds travelling in a 

 N.E. dii'ectiou. Smaller arrivds were recorded on the Ilamiishire coast 

 on the 20th of February and on the Kent coast on the 2nd of April. 

 The other south coast records were all of single birds, taken at Ilanois 

 Light (Guernsey) on tlie 21st/22nd and 25tli/26th of January and the 

 12th/13th of March and at the ]']ddystone Light (Cornwall) on the 

 19th/20th of Apiil. 



On the nig'lits of the 17th and 29th of .January quite small numbers Averc 

 recorded at the lanterns of Lundy Island North Light and the Skerries 

 Light respectively, but with these exceptions the west coast records of 

 the Sky-Lark for that month were the same as those of the Starling and 

 the two species were apparently frequenth' travelling in company. 



In the same way those for February and March were vei-y similar, 

 the records covered the same period and the same area, but the indi- 

 vidual records of the Sky-Lark wcie more numerous than those of the 

 Starling in February though the number of birds would seem to have 

 been rather less, whereas in March both the number of records and the 

 number of birds in the case of the Starling fiir exceeded those of the 

 present species, which in addition was only recorded from the Isle of 

 Man and the N.W. coast of "Wales. 



In April tlie only west coa>t records were those of quite small num- 

 bers at the Skerries Light on the night of the 14th and at Bardsey 

 Light on that of the 20th. 



Also like the Starling the east coast movements seem to have been 

 the principal feature of the Sky-Larlv's spring migrations. ConsideraLde 

 movements were recorded at intervals between the 11th and 22ud of 

 January at stations between the Kentish Knock and the "Wash, the 

 direction of flight being apparently to the X.NV., while on the LSth a 

 flock was seen to arrive at Yarmouth from over the sea. During 

 February, March and April the Sky-Lark"s records were slightly less in 

 number than those of the Starling, but they covered a slightly longer 

 period, viz. from the 8th of February to the 7th of April, and differed from 

 the latter in several respects. Duiing the period betvreen the 8th of 

 February and the loih important movements both by day and night 

 took place in the area between Whitby and the "Wash, the records were 

 continuous, the numbers large and the direction of flight towards some 

 point between S.W. and N.W. In the case of the Starling there were 

 only two ieolated records dUiing this period. Between the loth and 



