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THE GOLDFIXCH {CardueUs elegans). 



Numbers of Goldfinches were noted on passage on several days in the 

 last half of September on the Stiff oik coast, while two on passage were 

 seen on the South Yorkshire coast 



From the 24th to the 28th a decided increase was recorded in Kent. 

 During the first half of October migrants were again seen on the Suffolk 

 coast on several days, and an increase in numbers took place in S. Hamp- 

 shire and in Essex at the end of that month. Others were seen on passage 

 on the Suffolk coast on the 9th of November. 



There is no evidence to show that any of these records refer to 

 immigrants from abioad. 



THE SISKIN (Chrysomitris spinus). 



The first arrivals were noted on Fair Isle (Shetland) on the 24th of 

 September, and from that time until the 1st of November arrivals of quite 

 small numbers were noticed almost every day at this station, Auskeny 

 (Orkney), the Isle of May (Fife) and the Bass Rock (Forth). One was 

 seen on Holy Island (Northumberland) on the 30th of September and on 

 the 2nd of October a flock of forty arrived with a strong N.E. wind, but 

 all were gone on the 4th. On the 4th of October three on passage were 

 noted on the South Yorkshire coast and on the first a flock was detected 

 in Cardiganshire. Oil the 7th some were seen at Yarmouth (Norfolk) 

 coasting from the north. Siskins were seen in Essex on the 17th of 

 November and in Brecon on the 18th. 



THE CHAFFINCH {Fringilla Calebs). 



The first migrants were noticed at the Outer Dowsing Light-vessel 

 (Lincolnshire) on the 18th of September and at the Girdler Light-vessel 

 (Kent) on the 24th and 25th. A large increase was detected on the 

 Sussex coast on the 12th, and in Kent, where there had been numbers 

 all the month, a decrease was noted on the 16th and 17th. Arrivals 

 were noted at the Isle of May (Fife) on the 24th of September and at Fair 

 Isle (Shetland) on the 25th. On the 29th and 30th with a strong S.E. 

 wind arrivals took place at Holy Island (Northumberland) where 

 they remained until the 6th of October ; on the same dates a similar 

 arrival was noted on the South Yorkshire coast, the flocks consisting of 

 males, and on the 30th an unusual arrival took place at the Isle of May. 

 From the end of September up to the 8th of November a steady flow of 

 immigrants was recorded at many Scotch stations, being especially 

 noticeable in the Outer Isles and in the north. 



Throughout October almost daily arrivals of immigrants were recorded 

 at the light-vessels between the Humber and the Thames, the direction 



