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on the 28rd, in Essex and Surrey on the 30tli, in Bedford on the 

 2nd oF October, in Somerset and Ilarapsbire on the Bth, in Cornwall on 

 the 7th and in Kent on the .31st. 



An example of the Scandinavan Chiffchatf (P/f. r. uliethvis) was shot 

 on St. Kilda on the 11th of October and a second occurred on Fair Isle 

 on the 24th. 



THE WILLOW- WAIIBLER {Phylloscopus trochilus). 



The first movement of AVillow- Warblers to be recorded was on 

 tlie 1st of August, when an observer in Cumberland noticed them 

 gatliering into flocks with Whitethroats. The main body of the local 

 summer-residents had left that district by the 10th. Between the 2nd 

 and the 6th large numbers were noticed on passage in Dorset and some 

 numbers in Wiltshire also on the 0th ; similar movements were recorded 

 from Devon from the 8th to the loth, in Yorlisliire on the 9tb, in 

 Lancashire on the 10th and in Lancashire and Wiltshire again on tlie 

 20tli. A gradual decrease in numbers was noticed in Warwick between 

 the 13th and 20th and a considerable decrease in Dorset on the 20th. 

 Large numbers occuri'ed at Hanois Light (Guernsey) and St. Catherine's 

 Light (Hants) on the 22ud/23i"d, and a small Hock of migrating AVillow- 

 Warblers and Whitethroats was seen in Sussex on the 24th. 



On the west coast this species was observed passing continuously on 

 the Lancashire coast from the Gth to the 21st and considerable numbers 

 occurred at the lanterns of the Carnarvon, Pembroke and Bristol Channel 

 Lights between the 19th and 23rd. Small numbers of passage- mi grants 

 occurred at Fair Isle (Shetland) on the 7th, the Pentland Skerries 

 (Orkney) on the Otli and at the Bell Rock Liglit (Tay) on the 10th, and 

 at all these stations together with tlie Isle of May (Fife) during the 

 latter lialf of the month. 



In September single passage-migrants were seen on the N.E. 

 Lincolnshire coast on the 7th and 23rd, a decrease in Shropshire was 

 noted during the early part of the month and the main body of the 

 local residents left Cardigan between the loth and 2oth. A large 

 emigratory movement was noticed on the coast of East Sussex on the 

 22nd. The only light-record for tlie month was one of several birds at 

 the Nab Light-vessel (Hants) at 6 a.m. on the Gth. In the course of 

 the same day an observer on a steamer in the Bay of Biscay recorded 

 the arrival of a Willow- Warbler on board, when the vessel was about 

 80 miles from the mouth of the Gironde. The bird loft sliortly after 

 living due east. 



In October a few stragglers were observed in Cumberland on the 2ud, 

 on Fair Isle on tlie 3rd and 4th, in Northumberland on the 5th, on 

 St, Kilda on the Gth and in I'lssex on the 22nd, while a single bird was 

 taken at the lantern of the Inchkeith Light (Forth) on the 12th. 



AVillow-Warblcrs were last seen in Gloucester on the 5th of 



