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September, in Cumberland and Kent on the lOtb, in Yorkshire on the 

 IGth, in Dorset and Wiltsliire on the '2'2nd, in Shropshire and Suffolk on 

 the :^3rd, in "Wigtown on the 24th, in Devon on the 26th, in Surrey on 

 the 30th, in Staffordshire on the 31st, and in Linlithgow on the 1st of 

 October. 



An example of the Northern "Willow-Warbler {Ph. t. cversmanni) was 

 obtained on the Isle of May on the Gth of October. 



THE SEDGE- WARBLER {Acrocephaliis i)hrafjniUis). 



July 30th. Peutland Skerries, one. 



August 1st. Little Ross Lt. (Kirkcudbright), one. 



,, 2nd. Wigtown, one seen. 



„ 20th/21st. Bardsey Lt. (Carnarvon), many. 



„ 21st/22nd. St. Catherine's Lt. (Hants), one. 



„ 22nd/23rd. St. Catherine's Lt., man}^ ; Hanois Lt. (Guernsey), 

 twelve. 



„ 30th/31st. Bishop Rock Lt. (Scilly Isles), "hundreds," many 

 killed and fell overboard, survivors left to S. at dawn. 



Sept. 8th. Hants, one seen. 



„ 11th. Devon, one seen. 



„ 12th. Isle of May (Fife), one seen. Kent, one seen. 



„ 16th. Little Ross Lt., one. 



„ 29th/30th. Isle of May Lt., one at 8.30 p.m. 



Oct. 6th/7th. Skerries Lt. (Anglesey), few. 



THE 



COMMON WREN {Troglodytes 2Mrvulas). 



Isle of May (Fife), an arrival. 



N. Unst Lt. (Shetland) and Little Ross Lt. (Kirlicud- 



bright), arrivals. 

 Fair Isle (Shetland), an arrival. 

 Girdler Lt.-v. (Kent), one on board at 8 a.m. 

 N.E. Lincolnshire coast, numerous on sea-banks. 

 Spurn Head (Yorkshire), a few on passage daily. 

 N.E. Suffolk coast, increase. 

 Pentland Skerries Lt. (Orkney) and Skcrryvore Lt. 



(Hebrides), a few. 

 Kentish Knock Lt,-v., a few. 

 Pentland Skerries Lt., a few. 

 Kentish Knock Lt.-v., a few. 

 Dungeuess Lt. (Kent), one killed. 

 Kentish Knock Lt.-v., several on deck. 

 Bass Rock Lt. (Forth), several ; Mull of Galloway Lt. 



(Wigtown), one. 

 Sule Skerry Lt. (Orkney), one. 



