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easterly or north-westerly direction. It should also 

 be stated that many species — especially among the 

 Ducks and Waders — are still found on passage in 

 the northern shires, long after they have finally 

 deserted our southern coasts for the season. Thus 

 the Scoters mostly leave Devonshire during March 

 and April, but they are still passing the coasts of 

 Yorkshire in May; the Jack Snipe, the Dunlin, 

 and the Sanderling leave in March; in the northern 

 shires they are still on passage in April and May. 



With the advent of March a further exodus of 

 our winter visitors takes place, and many of these 

 birds continue to leave throughout this and the fol- 

 lowing month. March initiates a migration north 

 of the Stonechat, the Hedge Accentor, the Goldcrest, 

 the Titmice, the Pied Wagtail, and the Wren, the 

 Goldfinch and the Brambling, the Yellow, Common, 

 and Reed Buntings, the Carrion and Hooded Crows, 

 the Jay, and the Short-eared Owl, the White- 

 fronted, Bean, and Pink-footed Geese, the Teal 

 and the Wigeon, tlic Tufted Duck and the Golden- 

 eye, the Gray Plover, the Turnstone, the Dunlin, 

 and the Purple Sandpiper. This movement is 

 continued throughout the month and into April, in 

 many cases gradually dying out in May. Fieldfares 

 and Redwings migrate in large numbers during April, 

 as also do Goldcrests, some of the Finches, Snow 

 Buntincjs, Starling-s, Golden Plovers, and Wood- 



