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Sept. 25th, Lancashire, six. 

 „ 26th. Gloucester, our. 



„ 29th. Gloucester, one. 



Oct. 8th. Auskerry (Orkney), two. 



„ 10th. Pentlancl Skerries, two. 



„ 12th. Pentland Skerries, one. 



,, 28th. Auskerry, one. 



The main movements recorded from the Northern Isles 

 and east and west coasts of Scotland took place 

 between the 13th and 17th of August, hut migration 

 was more or less in progress from the 25th of July 

 till the 3rd of October. 



THE GREY WAGTAIL {Motacilla melanope). 



The migratory movement of this species began early in August. The 

 first records came from Sule Skerry ^Orkney), where stragglers were 

 recorded on the 9th and 17th, a small party of fifteen was observed at 

 Tiumpanhead (Outer Hebrides) on the 21st, large numbers at Girdleness 

 (Kincardine) on the 22nd and 31st and many at Tarbatness (E. Ross-shire) 

 on the latter date. Several small parties were reported in Westmoreland 

 on the 23rd and 24th and stragglers between the 28th and 31st. 



In September single birds, which were probably migrants, were 

 recorded in Kent between the 10th and 18th and again on the 27th. 

 Grey Wagtails were passing in Somersetshire on the 16th and in ones and 

 twos in Suffolk on the 18th, 25ih and 28th. In Westmoreland stragglers 

 were passing throughout the month, but larger numbers were observed 

 on the 12th, and again between the 18th and 21st, while some noted in 

 the same county on the 22nd were moving to the south-east. A flock 

 was reported in Lancashire on the 25th. 



In October single birds were noted on the Yorkshire coast on the 3rd, 

 in Warwickshire on the 6th, 8th and 11th, in Suffolk on the 8th, in 

 Somersetshire on the 19th and in Worcestershire on the 31st. A passing- 

 flock of about twenty-five was seen in Wiltshire on the 29th. 



Two were reported at Fort William (Inverness) on the 10th of 

 November, and one at Lauder (Berwick) on the 3rd of December. 



THE YELLOW WAGTAIL (Motacilla rati). 



A few Yellow Wagtails were observed in Cheshire on the 5th of 

 August, many on the 7th and a few on the 20th, and a small number in 

 Cumberland on the 5th, 7th, 11th and 19th. An observer in Yorkshire 

 reported the departure of the bulk of the local birds between the 10th 

 and 20th. In Suffolk, Yellow Wagtails were noted as gathering in 

 small numbers on the 15th and 27th, a few were recorded as passing on 



