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Sussex from the IStli lo I'Slli, travelliiip; in directions vaning- from soutli- 

 soutli-east to south-west. A gradual decrease was reported from 

 Cumberlaud between the ]5th and lOlh, a decrease was noticed in 

 Staffordshire on the KHh, and a single bird occurred at Chicken liock 

 Light (Isle of Man) on the 16th/17th. Migrants arrived at Noup Head 

 (Orkney) on the 20tli and they were passing in numbers in Sutherland 

 on the 26th. On tlie 27th a flock of about twenty was recorded in 

 North umbei'land and small parties on the Hampshire coast on the same 

 date. Many small flocks on passage were noted in Cheshire on the 28th, 

 and one or two small parties in Cumberland on that and the following 

 day. In Leicester a large movement to the south took place during the 

 last week of the month. 



In October stragglers were passing through Staffordshire from the 3rd 

 to the 2oth, a great increase was reported in Cumberland on the 4th 

 followed by a great decrease on the subsequent day, the last bird being 

 seen on the 8th. On the same day a few were passing on the S. Yorkshire 

 coast and between the 14th and 18th numbers passed through Oxford- 

 shire, while a gradual increase was recorded in Sussex between the 14tli 

 and 22nd. Single birds were taken at Bardsey Light (Carnarvon) on 

 the 15th/16th, at St. Catherine's Light (Hants) on the 17tli/18th and 

 at Hanois Light (Guernsey) on the 18th/19th, while small numbers 

 occurred at Hanois Light on the 16th/i7th and 17th/18th. 



Pied Wagtails were last seen in Wigtown on the 17th. A few were 

 coasting south in Suffolk on the 18th, an increase was observed in 

 Lancashire on the 21st, and on the same day a good many were noted 

 on passage in Hertfordsliire. Small numbers left the Sussex coast 

 to the S.W^ on the 23rd, and a few were flying south on the coast of 

 Northumberland on the 26th, 27th and 30th. 



In November the increased numbers noted in Sussex between the 14th 

 and 22nd of the previous month had passed on by the 11th ; small parties 

 of migrants, however, were passing on the coast of the same county on 

 the 8th and 10th, from the 12th to the 10th and on the 24th. On the 

 9th of December a slight increase in numbers took place in Sussex, and 

 westerly and south-westerly movements were noticed. On the 31st a 

 passing flock of twenty was observed in East Ross. 



THE GREY WAGTAIL {MotaciUa jnelanope). 



Some migratory movements on the part of this species were noted in 

 Cumberland during the last week in July. 



In August an observer in the above county reported small parties on 

 the move throughout the month. There were also records of the occur- 

 rence of this species in Bedfordshire on the 6th and 30th and on the 

 Flannan Isles on the 12th and 17th, and frequent notices of its appear- 

 ance at Stornoway (Lewis) between the 21st and the 4th of September. 



