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THE WHIXCIIAT {Pratincola ruhetra). 



July loth. Kirkliston (Linlithgow), passing from July L;tli to 



September 21st. 

 Aug. oth. York, plentiful during summer, by this date all home- 

 bred birds had left. 



„ 11th. Largo (Fife), a few passing. 



,, 18th. Tunbridge Wells (Kent), a few seen. 



,, 19tli. Oxted (Surrey), a pair. 



„ 20th 21st. S. Bishop Lt. (Pembroke), a few. 



„ 22nd. St. Margaret's Bay (Kent), a few seen. 



„ 23rd. Tunbridge Wells, some seen. 



„ 24:th. Dowles (Shropshire), mai'ked increase. 



„ 28th. St. Margaret's Bay, a few passing. 



,, 31st. Stocksfield (Northumberland), nearly all gone ; St. 

 JNIargaret's Bay, a few seen. 

 Sept. lst-14th. Pontefract (Yorkshire), a few seen daily. 



„ 4lh. Liirgo, several. 



,, 7tb. Oswestry (Shropshire), all home-bred birds gone. 



„ 28th. Ilayliug Island (Hants), a few arrived. 

 Oct. 14th. Sunniugdale (Berks), a few. 



Single birds were recorded from Luce Bay (Wigton) on the 23rd of 

 August, Tunbridge Wells August 31st, Dowles September loth, Ponte- 

 fract 18th, the Isle of May 10th and 23rd, Fair Isle 28th and October 3rd, 

 and the south coast of Yorkshire October 6th. 



THE REDSTART (Ruticilla phocnicurus). 



The earliest record came from Largo (Fife), where two males were 

 observed on the 7th of July. No further returns were received till the 

 end of the month, when a few birds on passage were seen in Cromarty, 

 Berkshire and SuiTey. 



With the first week in August an irregular movement began through- 

 out the country which lasted till the middle of October, but wiih two 

 exceptions the records were of single birds or of insignificant numbers. 

 Home-bred birds seem to have been on the move in Cumberland bj' the 

 end of July, and to have disappeared by the middle of August, while 

 observations from the Midlands and Scotland, Lowestoft (Sufiblk) and 

 the inland parts of Kent appear to prove that the species was moving 

 south in small numbers during August, while a passage on a larger scale 

 was reported from St. Catherine's Light (Hants) on 22nd/23rd, and 

 several birds were observed at Bournemouth on the 31st. 



A movement of similar character continued during September. During 

 this month notices of single birds or small parties were received from 



