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followed, in the order named, up to midnight, by 

 Blackbirds, Skylarks, Stonechats, Redwings, Fieldfares, 

 Wheatears, and Song-Thrushes. To this hour the birds 

 had continued to arrive and pass on in a steady stream, 

 while many struck the lantern. Soon after midnight a 

 great increase in the emigrants was observed, and the 

 movement assumed the character of a great rush south- 

 wards. Song- Thrushes, Redwings, Mistle - Thrushes, 

 Blackbirds, Starlings, and Skylarks then appeared in vast 

 numbers, and were followed by Chaffinches, Grey Wag- 

 tails, Goldcrests, Fieldfares, White Wagtails, Meadow- 

 Pipits, and Curlews. At 5 a.m. the movement was again 

 intensified by a fresh arrival of most of the species 

 named and of others, including a Grasshopper- Warbler, 

 which struck the lantern, while a small party of Herons 

 passed close over the dome, calling loudly as they flew by. 



There were also many small passerines and a number 

 of larger birds — probably waders, from their notes- 

 present during the movement, but their identity was not 

 established. The Skylarks, Starlings, Song-Thrushes, 

 Redwings, and Blackbirds appeared to be the species 

 most numerously represented, and vast numbers of them 

 were observed ; but certain of the smaller birds were 

 almost equally plentiful. It would have been possible to 

 have captured some of them in great numbers ; and, as it 

 was, the killed or injured, which did not fall overboard, 

 included 76 Skylarks, 53 Starlings, 17 Blackbirds, 9 Song- 

 Thrushes, and examples of the Redwing, Mistle-Thrush, 

 Stonechat, Chaffinch, Meadow-Pipit, Grey Wagtail, 

 White Wagtail, Goldcrest, and Grasshopper- Warbler. 



Most of the emigrants went steadily southwards, but 

 many, dazzled by the light, tarried, and the majority of 

 the species named were present in some numbers until 

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