104 BRITISH BIRDS. 



Times. 



The principal time of arrival of migrants on the north 

 side of the island, in the vicinity of Suda Bay, was 

 unquestionably late in the afternoon, about an hour 

 before sunset and onwards. 



I am somewhat inclined to think that this represented 

 the result of a small diurnal shifting of quarters from 

 the south side of the island, preparatory to a departure 

 northwards at dusk, rather than the true arrival from 

 over the sea. This surmise could not be verified, how- 

 ever, on account of the entire absence of data concerning 

 the south coast. In the early mornings there was never 

 anything like the number of migrants to be seen that 

 there had been the previous evenings, the obvious 

 inference being that the majority had departed at some 

 period of the night. 



(To be continued.) 



