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Gi'ey Wap^tails were fir^t observed at Largo (Fife) on the otli of 

 September, arrivals touk place on the Flannans and at Tarbatness 

 (E. Ross) on the 7th and 8th and in Wigtown on the 30th, while passing 

 birds were noted in Lancashire on the 9th, 13th and 21st, in Worcester 

 on the 19th and in Leicester on the 30th. On the 2.jth a Grey Wagtail 

 was observed at sea off Uahant making for the mainland. 



In October the records were mostly those of stragglers. Single birds 

 were passing in the Isle of Man on tlie 1st, in Cheshire on the 1st and 

 8th and in Essex on the 3rd, an increase took place in Kent on the 6th, 

 and single birds were reported from SufFolIi on the 9th, AVarwickshire on 

 tlie 1 1th, Hertfordshire on the 21st and Northumberland on the 27th. 

 Arrivals took place in Norfolk on the 20th, and many were recorded ou 

 the south coast of Cornwall on the 28th. On tlie 3rd of the month a 

 single example was seen at sea about twenty miles north of Santander 

 (N. Spain). 



Two birds were observed at Cardross (Clyde) on the 4th and rn the 

 Northumberland coast on the 11th of November. 



THE YELLOW WAGTAIL {MotacUla raii). 



The emigration of this s])ecies commenced early in August. Large 

 numbers were passing in Lancashire between the 4th and 11th, a good 

 many in Suffolk on the Gth, and many at Balgray (Clyde) between the 

 Gtli and 13th. Large numbei's were recorded on the coast of Suffolk and 

 a small party in Yorkshire on the 2oth, the former passing on during the 

 two following days, while a great increase took place in Cheshire on the 

 31st. Minor movements in August were reported from the Hampshire 

 coast between the 13th and 31st, from Linlithgow on the 14t]i and 19th, 

 from Lancashire and Dorsetshire on the 19th, on the Suffolk coast 

 between the 19th and 23rd, in Kent on the 22nd and 31st, and in 

 Somerset during the latter half of the month. Yellow Wagtails were 

 reported as being seen for the last time in Staffordshire on the 22nd. 



In September the great increase that took place in Cheshire on the 

 31st of the previous month was followed by a decrease on the 2nd and 

 an increase again on the 10th. Numbers were observed pa.ssing in 

 Jjiincashire on the 1st and 2nd and in Yorkshire between the 1st and 

 loth ; an observer in that county reported from sixty to a hundred 

 sitting on telegraph wires at (3 p.m. on the 21st, after which daj' he saw 

 no more. Numbers were passing in Hampshire between the 13th and 

 18tli. Movements of small numbers were recorded in Dorset on tlie 

 1st, Surrey on the 3rd, Linlithgow on the 4th, Devonshire on the 5th 

 iind ()th and Suffolk ou tiie 8th and 12th. The last bird was seen in 

 IIiiui]isliire en the 27tli, and one was killed at Ilanois Light (Guernsey) 

 on the 29th/30th. 



