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17th, bat in a favourite locality in North Wiltshire, Redwings were 

 entirely absent. An observer at Foisted (Essex) reported that the main 

 body of Redwings in that district had left by the end of November, 

 but stragglers were passing the Outer Dowsing Light-vessel (Lincoln- 

 shire) on the 3rd/4th and 5th/6th of December, and Ilanois Light on 

 the 3rd/4th and the llth/12th. 



THE FIELDFARE (Tardus pilaris). 



Single birds were observed in Thanet (E. Kent) on the lGth of 

 September, at Spurn Head (Yorkshire) on the 18th, and on Fair Isle 

 (Shetland) and at three other stations on the east coast of Scotland 

 between the 20th and 26th. 



With the adveut of October the regular migration commenced, be- 

 coming more marked towards the end of the month. In Scotland from 

 the 26th of September to the 12th of October small numbers only continued 

 to arrive, but there was an influx at the Flannan Isles (Outer Hebrides) 

 on the 3rd and 8th. An immigration took place between the 12th and 

 the 18th, large numbers being noted in the Orkney and Shetland Islands 

 and the Outer Hebrides, with smaller passages at more southerly 

 localities. A fresh influx began on the 22ud and lasted till the end of 

 October, great movements taking place at many of the northern, eastern 

 and western stations. When noted, the direction of the flight was to the 

 south-west. Small movements continued in Scotland up to the 16th of 

 November, after which date migration practically ceased. Small parties 

 were arriving at Spurn Head on the 2nd of October, at Holy Island 

 (Northumberland) between the 4th and 18th, at Maidstone (Kent) from the 

 7th to the 21st, and at Whitby (Yorkshire) on the 27th, while from the 

 19th to the 31st arrivals were reported from Northumberland, Lincoln- 

 shire, Cambridgeshire, Suffolk and Essex, and there was a great influx on 

 the S.E. coast of Suffolk on the 18th. In the west, early in October, sin°le 

 birds were observed in Cheshire and Worcestershire, and a flock arrived 

 at Brampton (Cumberland) on the 7th. During the latter part of the 

 month Fieldfares were passing S. along the coasts of Renfrewshire 

 Lancashire and Anglesey ; the earliest migrant was seen in North Devon 

 on the 28th, while on the 31st many were observed in Worcestershire 

 flying to the south-west. About the same time records from Yorkshire, 

 Warwickshire, Wiltshire, Surrey and Oxfordshire, appeared to indicate 

 that birds of this species were moving inland. 



On the east coast of England migration was at its height from 

 the 1st to the 10th of November, large numbers being reported from 

 Northumberland, Cambridgeshire and Essex, while a continuous passage 

 was noticed at many stations along the coast from Spurn Head to the 

 Shipwash Light-vessel (Suffolk). After the 10th migration began to 

 wane, but arrivals were reported from the Outer Gabbard Light-vessel 



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