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Thk Little Bunting (Emberiza pusilla). Two or three arrived, Isle of 

 May (Fife), September 28th ; one, Fair Isle (Shetland), 28th and 

 30th ; one, Isle of May, 29th ; three arrived, Fair Isle, October 1st. ; 

 and single birds were seen, 2nd, 3rd, 5th, 7th and 11th. 



The Reed-Bunting (JEmberiza schceniclus) , Two passing, Rusthall 

 Common (Kent), September 10th and 13th; one passing, Tun- 

 bridge Wells (Kent), 22nd ; one arrived, Isle of May (Fife), 24th; 

 two or three passing, Spurn Head (Yorkshire), 26th and 27th, 

 and one or two on 30th ; some arrived, Pentland Skerries and 

 Auskerry (Orkney), 28th, and small arrivals took place there up 

 to October 5th ; two arrivals, Holy Island (Northumberland), 

 September 29th ; three passing, Tunbridge Wells, October 7th ; 

 further arrivals, Fair Isle (Shetland), Auskerry and Pentland 

 Skerries, 11th to 30th; increase, Orl'ord (Suffolk), 11th; one 

 arrived, Holy Island, 1st, none 2nd to 7th, three 8th, one 9th, 

 four 10th, none 11th and 12th, five 13th, none 14th to 16th, one 

 17th, none 18th ; many, Fair Isle, 13th and 14th ; one, taken on a 

 boat in the North Sea, about 24th ; twenty, Carnarvon Bay Lt.-v. 

 October 25th/26th; single birds, Pentland Skerries, November 

 5th and Flannan Isles (Outer Hebrides), November 18th and 

 December 13th. 



The Lapland Bunting (Calcan'ns lapponicas). Two arrived, Fair 

 Isle (Shetland), September 14th, three on the 17th and 19th, two 

 on 20th and single birds on October 2nd, 17th and 22nd ; single 

 birds, Yarmouth (Norfolk), September 23rd and November 5th. 



The Kose-coloubed Starling (Pastor roseus). Male shot, Pevensey 

 (Sussex), June 22nd. 



The Nutcracker (Nucifraga caryocatactes). One seen, Gunton (Nor- 

 folk), October 26th; one seen, Brede (Sussex), November 16th; 

 pair shot (slender-billed), Wartling (Sussex), December 26th 

 and 28th. 



The Jay (Garrulus glandarius). Increase, Grange-over-Sands (Lanca- 

 shire), October 8th ; great influx, near Canterbury (Kent), 16th 

 to 18th. 



The Wood-Lark (Alauda arborea). Single birds arrived, Isle of May 

 (Fife), September 29th, Fair Isle (Shetland), October 9th and 

 Auskerry (Orkney), 26th. 



The Shore-Lark (Otocorys alpedris). Male, S.E. Suffolk coast, 

 October 12th and four or five on 19th ; three, Yarmouth (Nor- 

 folk), 14th, one on October 17th and November 5th, 8th and 11th 

 and three on 12th ; one, Fair Isle (Shetland), October 17th ; about 

 fourteen, N. Cotes (Lincolnshire), November 5th. 



The Nightjar (Caprimulgus europceus). One seen, Black Mountain 

 (1400 ft.) (Carmarthen), August 12th ; last heard, Hindhead 

 (Surrey), 14th ; young in down, Littlesea Heath (Dorset), 17th • 

 two seen, Wareham (Dorset), 29th ; one, Wyre Forest (Shrop- 



