observed at the Kentish Knock Lightship. 139 



the great E. to W. flights set in, in all of which this bird 

 participated largely, passing in Hocks in the fore- and after- 

 noon. On the morning of Oct. 15th it was passing in flocks 

 to the S.!S.\Y. as an emigrant and to the W. as an immigrant. 

 Many were present during the great night-movement of 

 Oct. 17th-18th. 



25. Stuknus vulgakis. Starling. 



First observed on Sept. 24th, but down to Oct. 8th single 

 birds only were seen, passing occasionally to both the S.S.W . 

 and W. during the day-time. On Oct. 8th small parties 

 passed from E. to W., and the initial movement in this direc- 

 tion was followed by others of considerable magnitude, which 

 have already been treated of. Small numbers were occasion- 

 ally observed emigrating from N.W. to S.E. during October. 

 A solitary individual alone came under notice during the 

 important nocturnal emigratory movements which took place 

 in the latter half of September. The second occasion on 

 which this species was observed at the lantern was during 

 the great night-movement of Oct. 17th-18th, when thirty- 

 two examples were killed or captured, all of them of the 

 ordinary green-headed race. I secured only one specimen 

 of the purple-headed form, and this came from the E. on the 

 afternoon of Sept. 28th. I much regretted not being able 

 to satisfactorily ascertain to what race the great numbers 

 passing from E. to W. belonged, for not a single bird came 

 aboard during these movements. It was impossible to say 

 from what quarter the birds taken during the night-move- 

 ment alluded to came. Some of my friends regard the 

 purple-headed birds procured by me at the Eddystone as 

 merely fresh-moulted specimens of the ordinary bird. If 

 this be so, how is it that all the fresh-moulted examples 

 obtained at the Kentish Knock at an almost identical date 

 had green heads ? 



26. Coavus monedula. Jackdaw. 



A few appeared from the E. at 4.25 p.m. on Oct. 17th, and 

 others followed and were Hying round the ship until 5 a.m. 

 on the 18th. Two were captured. 



