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Sussex between the 1st and Gtli and again between the 14th and 16th. 

 Many were reported in Lancashire on the 2nd with a decrease on the 4ih ; 

 an increase on the following day was succeeded by a decrease on the 

 18th and a passing flock of about fifty was noted on the 22nd. In 

 Suffolk some were passing on the coast on the 3rd and 25th, and at 

 Broughton (Peeblesbire) a large flock was seen on the 4th. Small 

 numbers were passing on the coast of Yorkshire between the 4th and 

 30th except on the 18th, when large numbers were recorded. Pied 

 Wagtails were numerous in flocks at Old Aberdeen on the 10th, and in 

 great numbers in Brecon between the 10th and 30th. Iu Devonshire 

 large flocks of migrants were reported on the 19th and 20th and many, 

 both old and young, between the 26th and 28th. In Westmoreland, 

 Wagtails were on passage throughout the month, especially on the 2nd, 

 from the 12th to 14th and 18th to 21st ; on the 22nd flocks observed 

 were going to the south-east. There were only three light-records in 

 September, viz.: — St. Catherine's (Hampshire) on the 10th and 14th, 

 when many appeared in the fields about the lighthouse, and Bishop Bock 

 Light (Scilly Isles), where one occurred on the night of the lOth/llth. 



On the 1st of October a large movement to the west-south-west took 

 place on the Sussex coast, and small numbers were travelling south- 

 west between the 2nd and 7th. In the same county large numbers were 

 on passage on the 10th and 11th, very large numbers on the loth, and 

 small numbers between the 18th and 25th. A large flock arrived in 

 Yorkshire on the 1st and left again on the 5th, and numbers arrived 

 in Somersetshire on the 17th and 18th. Great numbers were observed 

 in Brecon between the 1st and 6th. The light-records for October 

 were : — Hanois Light (Channel Islands), three on the 2nd/3rd ; Leman 

 and Ower Light- vessel (Norfolk), thirty on the 22nd/23rd and live on the 

 30th/31st. 



A small movement to the south-west took place on the Sussex coast 

 on the 7th of November. 



In December, Pied Wagtails were passing over Portsmouth in a 

 southerly direction on the 1st, 3rd, 4th and 8th. 



THE WHITE WAGTAIL {Motacilla alba). 

 Aug. 25th. Isle of Man, several. 

 " o, . i Isle of Man, some small parties. 



Sept. 2nd. Westmoreland, two passing. Gloucester, one. 



„ 12th/13th. Hanois Lt. (Channel Islands), one. 



„ 14th. Lancashire, one. 



„ 15th. Westmoreland, one. Devon, large numbers. 



„ 19th. Cardigan, five. 



„ 24th. Lancashire, one. 



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