228 BRITISH BIRDS. [vol. vni. 



I saw Goldcrests arrive as if from the east in the early 

 morning; once I saw a Great Tit fly about half-a-mile 

 due west at a single flight, and I noticed that the 

 bushes nearest the east coast most often contained 

 Wrens and Goldcrests, particularly in the morning. The 

 Black Redstarts and Firecrests must have come from 

 the east ; so I think all or most of these small bush- 

 haunting birds may have come from that direction. 

 Every day there were some Wrens, but the number 

 was getting smaller by early November ; hardly any 

 Goldcrests or Stonechats were passing after the end of 

 October ; early in the month I have seen both species 

 in abundance at Dungeness. 



It may be worth while to give exact particulars of 

 the occurrence of Firecrests. On October 15th I saw 

 one near Lydd, in the company of a Chiffchaff ; the 

 rest were near Dungeness Point: — October 1 8th, one; 

 23rd, one ; 25th, one (possibly the same, but I think 

 not) ; 28th, one ; 29th, one (possibly the same, but 

 at a different part) ; November 1st, four (two together, 

 one with a Goldcrest and one with four Goldcrests) ; 

 3rd, one (probably one of the two) ; 4th, one (the same). 

 Only the two mentioned were with Goldcrests, and 

 several were on days when I saw no Goldcrest. 



On October 28th the wind dropped completely, and 

 late the same day a period of strong easterly winds, 

 chiefly south-east, set in. In the few hours of absolute 

 calm I had the good fortune to hear a Dartford Warbler's 

 harsh note from some distance ; on any other day I 

 should have missed it. For some time I could not 

 get near the bird, but eventually I had excellent views 

 of it ; apparently it was a female. It moved west at each 

 flight while I watched it ; this was not necessary, as it 

 was some way from the sea, and it might have moved 

 various other ways to avoid me. This is the only 

 evidence with regard to its point of arrival. No Dartford 

 Warbler has been recorded from Kent since 1891, 

 according to Dr. N. F. Ticehurst. 



