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the exception of a few birds Been at Spurn Head Light and the Outer 

 Dowsing Light-vessel (Lincolnshire) early in February and at Whitby 

 Light (Yorkshire) on the 27th/28th, no other movement was recorded 

 till the 4th/5th of March. This movement, which was only noticed at 

 Spurn Head (though a single bird was noted at Cromer Light (Norfolk) on 

 the 3rd/4th), reached its height on the 9th/10th, when there was a passage 

 of a considerable number of birds. After the middle of the month no 

 records came to hand till the end of March, when there was a decided 

 influx at the Outer Dowsing Light-vessel and at Spurn Head Light on 

 the 30th/31st. A few stragglers were reported at Cromer and Spurn 

 Head Lights during April, and the last birds seen were at Spurn Head 

 Light on the 4th/5th of May. 



On the west coast only a few Blackbirds were seen at the Welsh 

 lights during January, but in February a movement took place similar to 

 that which occurred on the east coast in March. Birds began to pass 

 along the coasts of Lancashire and Wales on the 3rd of February, and the 

 movement culminated in a large influx which was observed at Bardsey 

 Light (Carnarvonshire) and North Light, Lundy Island (North Devon) 

 on the 13th/14th, whilst smaller numbers were noted at St. Tudwal's 

 Light (Carnarvonshire) and South Stack Light (Anglesey). This 

 movement was renewed towards the end of the month, when there was 

 a very large passage at Bardsey Light on the 27th, 28th, while smaller 

 numbers were reported from some of the other Welsh lights. After 

 this no further record of importance was received, but a few stragglers 

 passed some of the Welsh lights during the first half of March and 

 Bardsey on the 3rd/4th of April. 



During the same period migration was also active on the south coast. 

 It commenced on the 3rd 4th of February, when some numbers werenoticed 

 at the Caskets Light (Channel Islands) and reached its height at the 

 middle of the month, when there was a large influx at St. Catherine's 

 Light (Hampshire) on the 12th/13th and at theEddystone Light (Corn- 

 wall) on the 14th/15th, while a few birds were seen at Hanois Light 

 (Channel Islands) on the 15th/16th. After this no further records were 

 received until the 26th/27th, when a few birds were noted at the Caskets 

 and St. Catherine's Lights on the 27th 28th. A large immigration 

 was uuticed at Hurst Light (Hampshire) on the 2nd/3id of March, and 

 a few stragglers passed the Caskets and St. Catherine's Lights during 

 the first half of the month. The last movements recorded were at 

 St. Catherine's Light on the 10th, 11th and the 27th '28th of April. 



THE STONECIIAT (rralineola rttbicola). 



Feb. 1st. Goathland (Yorkshire), returned to breeding-quarters, 



„ 11th. Caskets Lt. (Channel Islands), one. 



., 12th. Ambleside ^Westmoreland), one seen. 



25th. Cambridge, two males passing-, 



