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east and south coasts. At Spurn Head (Yorkshire) passage-movements 

 took place on the 10th and 13th, and during the greater part of the month 

 a movement of small numbers was noted at Holy Island (Northumber- 

 land), Spurn Head, on the N.E. Lincolnshire coa-t, the coast of Suffolk, 

 and at Lungeness (Kent) and in inland parts of Kent. On the south 

 coast there was a passage at the Bishop Rock Light (Scilly Isles) on the 

 17th/ 18th; a few birds of this species were observed at St. Catherine's 

 Light (Hampshire) on the 9th/10th and 15th/16th and at Hanois Light 

 (Channel Islands) from the 9th/10th to the 17th/18th, while during the 

 latter part of the month a few stragglers were reported from several parts 

 of the south coast. At the same time returns from Yorkshire, Warwick- 

 shire and Surrey also show that this species was moving south in small 

 numbers. The only records from the west were of single birds noted at 

 Clifton (Lancashire) on the 9th. and on the S.W. coast of Scotland on 

 the 18th and 21st. 



In Scotland, between the 21st of September and the 25th of October, 

 there was a steady stream of Redstarts on passage, which was observed 

 at Fair Isle (Shetland), several stations in the Orkney and Shetland 

 Islands, and at the Isle of May (Fife). On other parts of the coast, with 

 the advent of October the height of the migration seems to have been over, 

 but a few single birds were seen during the early part of the month at 

 Holy Island, Whitby (Yorkshire), Spurn Head, Lowestoft, St. Catherine's 

 Light and in Hampshire, the last stragglers being seen atFowey (Corn- 

 wall) on the 19th and 21st. 



THE BLACK REDSTART {Ruticilla tithys). 



Caterham (Surrey), one seen. 



Isle of May (Fife), one seen. 



Dungeness (Kent), one seen. 



Holy Island (Northumberland), one passing. 



Lerwick (Shetland), one. 



Wells (Norfolk), one seen ; Orford (Suffolk), one. 



Skerries Lt. (Anglesey), one. 

 „ 13th to 25th. Haytor (Devon), a pair at intervals. 

 ,, 15th/16tli. Hanois Lt. (Channel Islands), one. 

 „ 15th & 18th. Holyhead (Anglesey), one seen. 

 „ 22nd. Penrhyn Manor (Anglesey), one seen. 

 „ 25th. S.E. Suffolk coast, one. 

 „ 31st. Fowey (Cornwall), one. 

 Nov. 2nd. Great Orme Head (Carnarvon), one seen. 

 „ 6th. Tarbatness Lt. (E. Ross-shire), one killed. 



„ 6th &7th. Downderry (Cornwall), one seen each day. 

 } , 9th. Lerwick, a m-)le. 



