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were found on dissection to have their stomachs empty 

 or nearly empty, which AAOuld not have been the case had 

 they arrived in the morning. Birds noted as present in 

 the afternoon and not in the morning were of the following 

 species : — Linnet, Brambling, Chaffinch, Sky-Lark, Gold- 

 crest, Willow-Warbler, Garden-Warbler, Blackcap, Red- 

 start, Fieldfare, Redwing, Song-Thrush, Cuckoo, and 

 Long-eared Owl. 



Furthermore, on October 9th, 10th, and 13th I saw 

 Continental Song-Thrushes, Fieldfares, Redwings, Linnets, 

 Brambhngs, and Lapwings coming in oversea from the 

 N.N.E. These birds were noted arriving between 11.30 

 a.m. and 1.30 p.m. When passing over the coast-hne 

 they all appeared to be flying at about the same height, viz. 

 apparently one hundred feet, and at about the same pace, 

 which I judged to be not more than tAventy-five miles an 

 hoiu'. Most of them flew to the middle of the island before 

 alighting, and they did not seem to be tired. A Con- 

 tinental Song-Thrush and a RedAving which I shot as they 

 flew in had their stomachs quite empty. Had these birds 

 started from Scandinavia at dawn they must have flown 

 at an average speed of forty to fifty miles an hour, and 

 it seems much more probable that they had started before 

 dark the night before and had been travelHng all the 

 way at the speed they were flying at on their arrival. 



Among the birds which we saw during our stay on 

 the island those noted below are, I think, worthy of special 

 record. 



Continental Golden-crested Ween {Eegulns r. 

 reguhis). — Goldcrests obtained on September Kith, 25th 

 and 29th proved to be of this form, and no British Gold- 

 crests were identified. Those obtained on the 16th and 

 25th were single birds. The only immigration of any 

 size occurred on the 29th. On this date I found four 

 Goldcrests in the hedges in the morning, but on going 

 along the same hedges at three o'clock in the afternoon 

 I counted twenty, and later at 4.30 they had increased 

 still further. On the same afternoon there Mas a 



