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lu Doi'j-et large flocks were seen on tlie south coast on tlie '22nd, and 

 on St. Kikla large numbers were reported on the 9th and 11th. 



The light-records for October were very numerous, the principal being 

 as follow.s : — 



Newarp Light-vessel (Norfolk), many on the 15th/16th. 



Shipwash Light-vessel (Suffolk), si.\ty on board all d:iy on the lith 

 and thirty or forty flying west on the :?7th. 



Kentish Kuock Light-vessel (Es.'^ex), many on the 13th/14t]i and 

 14th/15th ; small flocks to the AV.S.W. on the 25th between 9 and 

 11 A.M. and a few to W.X.W. from 9 a.m. to noon on the 26th. 



Girdler Light-vessel (Kent), scores on deck and flying W.S.W. from 

 6 A.M. to o P.M. on the 13th, and many to the W.S.W. from G a.m. to 

 5 P.M. on the loth. 



Bardsey Light (Carnarvon), flocks to the E. on the 18th. 



English and Welsh Grounds Light-vessel (Biistol Channel), a flock to 

 the S. at 9.80 a.m. on the 28lh. 



In November immbers were noted on Fair Isle and at Girdleness 

 (Kincardineshire) on the 9th and lltli respectivel}'. Many were psissing 

 south on the Suffolk coast on the 1st and small numbers arrived in 

 Sussex on the 21st. The principal light-reports in November were : — 



Shipwash Light-vessel, flocks to the W. from 10 to 10.40 a.m. on the 

 1st and at 1 1.30 a.m. on the 14th. 



Kentish Knock Light-vessel, small flocks to the W.S.W. from 8 a.m. 

 to noon on the 2nd, and large flocks to the S.E. at 10 a.m. on the 10th. 



Bardsey Light, flocks on the island on the 17th. 



In December a great increase was noted in Sussex on the 14th and 

 loth (all males), which h.ad passed on by the following day. 



Chaffinches were observed almost daily during October and November 

 on Fair Isle, St. Kilda, the Pentland Skerries, at the Bell Bock Light 

 on the Isle of May and at the Butt of l/cwis, while a few were seen 

 throughout December on Fair Isle. 



THE BRAMBLING {Frinyilhi montifrm,jilUi). 



Arrivals were noted on Fair Isle (Shetland), Sule Skerry (Orkney) 

 and the Isle of Ma}' (Fife) during the Last week of September. 



In October large numbers were observed on Fair Isle between the 14tli 

 and 21 St, and small numbers on the Pentland Skerries (Orkney), at Cape 

 Wrath (Sutherland) and at the Butt of Lewis (Outer Hebrides) during 

 the same period. Between the 23rd and the 11th of November small 

 numbers were noted at all the above places. About the 2oth of October 

 a large Hock arrived at Loch Awe (Argyll), and smaller numbers at 

 Mull and Wigton on the 27th. Some were passing on the coast of 

 Suflblk on the 30th and a few were reported in Kent on the 4th and 

 11th and from the 17th to the 19th, while many arrived on the 9th. 



