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on the 14th and 15th. The hne o£ this immigration extended, 

 as far as our evidence goes, from the Eddystone light, 

 Cornwal], to St. Catherine's light, Hants. 



On April the 6th a small flock was observed at the Leman 

 and Owers lights, Norfolk, but there is no evidence to show 

 in what direction they were going ; another small flock noted 

 at the Haisboro' light, Norfolk, apparently arrived from the 

 east and continued westwards. On the 14th small flocks 

 were seen at the Norfolk and Essex lights, but evidence as 

 o the direction of their flight is lacking. 



On April the Ibth, between midnight and daybreak, a 

 large immigration took place on the south coast, and the 

 returns from the Eddystone, Portland Bill, and St. Catherine's 

 lights showed that hundreds of Wheatears passed into the 

 country. Nearly all these birds belonged to the smaller race, 

 but some taken at the Hants light belonged to the larger 

 form. 



On April the 16th at the Eddystone light, and on the 21st 

 at St. Catherine's light, smaller flights consisting of indi- 

 viduals of both the larger and the smaller race were observed; 

 while on the 24th, at the Eddystone light, only the larger 

 race was seen and, at St. Catherine's, only the smaller race. 

 On the 26th a rather larger flight v/as observed at the Dorset 

 lights, and after April the 24th all the wings sent from the 

 lights belonged to the larger race only. 



As by this time the species was fairly well distributed, 

 these immigrations cannot be traced with accuracy, but 

 Wheatears became generally more numerous, especially in 

 the north and north-west. Many had seLtled down in 

 Suffolk and Yorkshire by the 22nd, and in Devon, Mont- 

 gomery, and Staffordshire by the 29th, while nesting was 

 reported in Merioneth and Norfolk on the 25th. 



On May the 4th birds of the larger race were recorded 

 from the Bisho[)'s Rock light, Scilly Isles ; the next day 

 numbers were noted in Yorkshire, and on the night of 

 May the 5th there was a large immigration on the south 

 coast, birds being taken both at the Cornwall and Hants 

 lights, while the larger race was noted in Kent and Sussex, 



