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10th, in Yorkshire on the 17th, in Suffolk on the 20th, in Kent and 

 Cumberland on the 21st, in Surrey on the 23th and in Cambridgeshire 

 on the 31st. 



Nests with young birds were reported from Northumberland on the 

 6th of October and from Cheshire on the 9th, 



THE SAND-MAKTIN (Cotile riparia). 



Large numbers of Sand-Martins were observed ou the coast of Sussex 

 on the 1st of August, and reports of the departure or decrease in the 

 numbers of the local birds were received from Yorkshire, Warwickshire 

 and Sussex during that month. In September large numbers were 

 observed on passage in Suffolk on the 6th. On the 9th, 12th, 16th and 

 23rd considerable migratory movements took place in Sussex, that of the 

 12th being especially noteworthy, as a continuous stream of birds passed 

 between noon and dusk in a south-west and west-south-west direction. 

 In Devonshire immense numbers were passing on the 13th and large 

 numbers on the 22nd. 



In October about two hundred were noted going south-east in Sussex 

 on the 9th, and about a hundred on the 18th. 



In November a single bird was seen in Sussex on the 11th. Sand- 

 Martins were last seen in Gloucestershire on the 7th of September, in 

 Dundee and Yorkshire '~>n the 9th, in Linlithgowshire on the 10th, in the 

 Isle of May (Fife) on the 13th, in Shropshire on the 18th, in Devonshire 

 on the 25th, in Kent on the 27th and in Hertfordshire on the 30th. 



THE GREENFINCH {Ligurinus chloris). 



Three Greenfinches were seen on passage on the 7th of August at the 

 Pentland Skerries, a migrating flock was noticed in South Devonshire on 

 the 13th of September, on which day the first lots were seen coasting- 

 south on the Suffolk coast, a similar movement being noted on the South 

 Yorkshire coast on the 20th. 



During the whole of October and up to the end of the first week in 

 November great numbers were seen moving south along the Suffolk 

 coast early in the morning of each day, except on the 28th and 29th, when 

 there was a very strong S.W. wind. Many were noted coasting south 

 on the morning of the 7th of November at Hunstanton (Norfolk). 

 Migrants were also noted coasting north on the Suffolk coast on the 

 4th and oth of October. Small arrivals were recorded during the last 

 half of October, and in November at the Flannan Isles (Outer Hebrides), 

 Auskerry (Orkney), Iuchkeith (Forth) and the Isle of May (Fife). 



Greenfinches were seen coming in from the east on the Suffolk coast 

 on the 18th of October, and single birds were recorded from the Dudgeon 

 Light-vessel (Norfolk) on the 28th of October and Cromer Light 

 (Norfolk) on the 13th/14th of December, while many were seen at the 

 Shipwash Light-vessel (Suffolk) on the 7th/8th of November. 



