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Head on the 1st, 2nd and 4th. On the Suffolk coast migratory movements 

 were noted on the 6th, 9th, 11th, 14th and 17th. Goldcrests Avere passing 

 in E. Kent on the 9th and a large arrival was reported in Wiltshire on the 

 14th ; these hirds passed on by the 16th, while a further increase in the 

 same county took place on the 29th ; of these arrivals only two remained 

 on the following day. The light-records in October were : — S. Goodwin 

 Light-vessel (Kent), one each day on the 2nd and 9th ; Bardsey Light 

 (Carnarvonshire), one on the 5th/6th ; Withernsea Light, some arrived on 

 the 9th; Spurn Head Light, one on the 9th/10th and one on the 13th/ 

 14th ; St. Anthony's Light (Cornwall), a few on the 9th/10th ; Hanois 

 Light, one (Continental race) on the 15th/16th, and two of the same 

 race on the 22nd/23rd ; Cromer Light (Norfolk), one on the 19th/20th ; 

 Lynn Well Light-vessel (Norfolk), one on the 20th ; Outer Dowsing 

 Light-vessel (Lincolnshire), three on the 23rd ; and Dudgeon Light- 

 vessel (Norfolk), one on the 25th. 



In November numbers were recorded at the Isle of May on the 23rd. 

 A great many arrived in Wiltshire between the 1st and 18th and passed 

 on by the 23rd. Single birds were taken at Chicken Hock Light on 

 the 4th/5th, at Withernsea Light on the 7th/8th, at St. Catherine's 

 Light on the 8th/9th, and at Hanois Light on the 14th/15th, while 

 on the 2nd of December a solitary bird was observed on the Flannan 

 Isles (Outer Hebrides). 



THE PIED WAGTAIL (Motacilla lugnbris). 



Migration commenced in the early part of July. A go.d many were 

 observed on the shore at Girdleness (Kincardine) on the 13th, numbers 

 of adults and young on the shore at Portmahomack (E. Poss-shire) on the 

 17th and a flock of old and young in Suffolk on the 30th. 



h\ August a passing flock of about forty individuals was noted in 

 Cheshire on the 5th and many on the 7th and a few on the 20th. In 

 Lancashire large flocks were recorded between the 7th and 16th ; these 

 had nearly all gone by the 28th. An increase in numbers took place in 

 Kent on the 8th, the bulk of these had gone by the 11th, a few passing 

 birds occurring on the 12th and 14th. In Sussex migration commenced 

 on the 9th and an increase also took place in Suffolk, followed by a large 

 decrease on the following day. Some were passing on the coast of the 

 same county on the 21st, large numbers were seen there on the 25th, and 

 a decrease was noted on the 28th. In Northumberland an observer noted 

 the departure of a flock of about thirty on the 16th, which at dusk went 

 to the north-east. On the 17th a passing flock of forty was observed in 

 Devonshire. During the latter half of the month many were recorded 

 at Lerwick (Shetland) and numerous small parties on the coast of 

 Carnarvonshire. 



In September a few Pied Wagtails were passing to the south-west in 



