74 BRITISH BIRDS. [vol. xin. 



In September 1913 no more than four or five were seen on 

 any one day, and none were seen anywhere except in one of the 

 farm gardens, where they stuck pretty closely to some tamarisk 

 bushes. There were two birds there on the 4th, and fresh 

 birds arrived on the 8th, 9th, i6th and 21st ; and the majoritv 

 only made a stay of one day. 



The Spotted Flycatcher {Muscicapa s. striata). 



A regular double-passage migrant in small numbers. 



Spring passage, from the end of the first week in May to 

 the first week in June. 



Autumn passage, from the end of the first week in August 

 to the fourth week in September. 



As a summer resident evidently not constant, recorded by 

 Mr. Aplin as " several about the farm gardens," but not seen 

 by Mr. Coward. It is, of course, possible that some, at any 

 rate, of the birds seen by Mr. Aplin were halting migrants. 



In June 1913 represented by two pairs that were nesting 

 in the neighbourhood of on^ of the willow-beds in the centre 

 of the cultivated area. There were certainly no birds in the 

 farm gardens. 



In esivly September small numbers probably passed on 

 most nights between the 2nd and 9th, as specimens were 

 taken at the lantern on four nights, and from two to six were 

 seen about the island on each day from the 3rd to the 7th. 

 There were none on the 8th, but three were seen on the 9th, 

 two on the loth, and one, the last, on the 12th. Some of these 

 birds were found frequenting the rocks at the south end of the 

 island and in this situation proved very puzzling to identify. 



The Pied Flycatcher {Muscicapa h. hypoleuca) . 



Unrecorded from the light prior to the autumn of 1913, 

 when a few occurred on August 30th 31st and a single bird 

 was killed on September 25th/26th. Three were found on 

 the island on September 3rd, and these of course may have 

 been there since August 31st, or they may have arrived the 

 previous night, when a heavy movement was recorded at the 

 lantern, though the species was not represented amongst the 

 birds killed. They had all gone on the 4th, but five more 

 were seen on the next day. Only one of these remained on 

 the 6th, and this was the last seen. 



The Chiffchaff {Phylloscopus c. collyhita). 



Probably a regular double-passage migrant, but only once 

 recorded in spring, viz. : a considerable number on April 

 iith/i2th, 1910. 



