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stations on the east and west coasts between the 10th of September and 

 the 10th of October. 



During the first half of October there was a steady stream of 

 immigrants arriving on the east coast between the Ilumber and the 

 Thames, as evidenced by the daily returns from the east-coast light- 

 stations, while actual arrivals were witnessed on the Suffolk and Norfolk 

 coasts, and at Spurn Head parties were passing inland up the Ilumber 

 from the 1st to the 4th. It is worthj of note, however, that our 

 observer at Holy Island saw no movements that he could be sure of 

 between the 18th of September and the 13th of October, but on the latter 

 date there was a temporary increase in numbers. A general increase in 

 numbers was noticed in Suffolk on several days, between the 1st and 7th 

 in Essex, on the 7th in Kent, on the 1st aud 10th in Sussex (where the 

 birds quickly passed on) and on the 4th in Cheshire, while on the 11th 

 aud loth parties of migrants were passing westward inland in Kent. On 

 many mornings during this period flocks were coasting south at Lowestoft 

 (Suffolk), aud on the 2nd small flocks were seen crossing the Humber 

 from south to north. On the west coast, on many nights during October, 

 small numbers were recorded from the Skerries, South Stack and Bardsey 

 (Carnarvonshire) Lights, while on the 6th flocks were going out to the 

 west at the latter station. A few were noted at the Eddystone (Cornwall) 

 and St. Catherine's Lights on the 9th/10th and again at the Eddy- 

 stone on the llth/12th and following night. In Scotland a further 

 arrival was recorded at the Pentland Skerries on the 9th, while many 

 were killed at Tarbatness Light (E. Ross-shire) and smaller numbers 

 at the Isle of May Light (Fife) and Mull of Galloway Light (Wigtown). 



During the last, half of October immigration on the east coast con- 

 tinued night and day over the same area as before. The largest number 

 of records was received between the 20th and 25th, and flocks were 

 seen coming in from some point between E.N.E. and E.S.E. to the 

 Norfolk and Suffolk coasts on many days, while flocks coasting south at 

 Lowestoft were seen on several days. On the Sussex coast small parties 

 were noted working in a westerly direction along the coast on several 

 days. On the west coast flocks were seen each morning from the 23rd to 

 the 25th passing Holyhead going from N.W. to S.E., while there were 

 a few birds at Bardsey Light on the 21st/22ud and on the following 

 night at Bardsey, South Stack, the Skerries and Chicken Rock (Isle of 

 Man) Lights. At the Channel lights many were recorded at Hanois 

 Light on 15th 16th, at the Hanois and Eddystone Lights on the 

 22nd, 23rd, and a few on the following night at Hanois Light, while flocks 

 were seen passing that station on the 23rd and 25th. In Scotland a 

 large immigration took place from the 24th to the 26th when hundreds 

 arrived at some of the northern stations, flocks passed Auskerry all day 

 going S. W. aud many appeared at the Isle of May. 



During the first ten days of November numbers kept pouring on to the 



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