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NOTES 



ON 



MIGRATORY MOVEMENTS 



THE AUTUMN OF 1911. 



Pav Migratiou is denoted thus: September 30th. 

 IS'iy:ht 3Iigratioii is denoted thus : September 2'Jtli/30th. 



THE MISTLE-THRUSEI [Turdus viscivorus). 



The records of this species -were so scanty that any systematic account 

 of its movements is impossible. 



On the 6th of August a flock was seen near Blandford (Dorset), and 

 during the early part of the month there was a large influx at Stentoii 

 (Perthshire), while there seems to have been a movement through 

 Staffordshire towards the end of the month, considerable numbers being 

 seen on the 21st, 24th and 28th. This migration also continued with 

 certain intervals duriug the greater part of September, more particularly 

 on the 9th, 11th and 12lh, while about the sauie time several flocks 

 were noticed in Leicestershire, all making for the south. On the 1st 

 of September an increase in Dorset was reported, but perhaps this was 

 due to local causes, and on the 9th a large immigration was noticed in 

 Mull (Argyllsliire). 



On the 17th and 27th of September small parties were seen coasting 

 south near Lowestoft (Suflolk), while on the 19th a large arrival was 

 reported from Stocksliold (Northumberland). From the Gth to the 10th 

 of October a few were noticed passing along the coast of South Yorlv- 

 shire and a flock was seen near Lowestoft making for the south on 

 the 26th. Single birds were recorded irom the Isle of May (Fifeshire) 

 and from Bell Itock Light (Tay) on the 20th/21st of October, while on 

 the 27lh numbers were reported from Mull. 



The only reports from English lights were of single birds at the 



