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east coast of England from some easterly direction, many stations 

 reporting large numbers both by night and day ; immigrants were again 

 noted coming in on the Norfolk and Suffolk coasts, while increased 

 numbers were noted inland. Migrant parties were seen going west 

 along the Sussex coast on the 6th and 8th, and some were coasting 

 north at Cromer (Norfolk) on the 5th and 8th. The same west coast and 

 Channel lights recorded Sky-Larks nearly every night, but there do not 

 appear to have been any great numbers. Up to the 9th small movements 

 were recorded in Scotland. 



After the 14th of November there were practically no records of im- 

 migrants arriving on the e€ist coast, but some numbers were reported from 

 the W. coast and Channel lights up to the 20th, and there were records 

 of single birds on the 5th/6th of December at Bardsey Light and on the 

 Gth/7th at the Skerries Light. A considerable increase in numbers was 

 noted on the 26th and 27th of November in Wiltshire and flocks were 

 passing west on the 30th, while a further increase was recorded on the 

 9th of December. Migrants were seen passing Auskerry on the 8th 

 of November and the 1st of December, three were killed at Tarbatness 

 Light on the 4th and a small flock appeared at Sule Skerry (Orkney) 

 on the 30th. 



THE SWIFT {Cypselus apus). 



Swifts were congregating in Cheshire on the 16th of July and were 

 commencing to leave Lancashire on the 26th. In Somersetshire many 

 were passing south-west on the 28th, on which date there was a decrease 

 in Sussex, while a great decrease was noticed in Cheshire on the 29th. 

 Small numbers were recorded on passage at Fair Isle (Shetland), the 

 Pentland Skerries, Sule Skerry (W. of Orkney) and Skerryvore (Inner 

 Hebrides) during this and the following months. The light-records 

 for July were as follows: — A few at the North Light, Lundy Island 

 (North Devon), on the 14th/15th, at Hanois Light (Channel Islands) 

 on the 15th/16th and 2oth/26th, and at Winterton Light (Norfolk) on 

 the 30th/31st, whilst about fifty were observed at Trevose Head Light 

 (North Cornwall) on the night of the 29th/30th. 



During August migration became very general. Many Swifts were 

 passing through Sussex on the 1st and again on the 29th. The bulk of 

 the local birds had left Kent by the 7th, but an increase in numbers was 

 notfd on the following day, the new arrivals passing on by the 10th, 

 while small numbers were again observed on passage on the 17th, 25th 

 and 26th. On the 3rd about forty were recorded as passing in Berkshire 

 and small numbers in a continuous stream on the 20th and 21st. In 

 Cornwall a decrease was reported on the 5th and 9th and an increase on 

 the 23rd and 28th. The majority of the resident Swifts had left Wilt- 

 shire by the 6th, but migrants were observed on the 9th travelling 

 south-west and on the 12th to the south-east ; a great increase in numbers 

 took place in that county on the 14th and 15th followed by a decrease 



