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THE REDSTART {Ruticilla phcenicurus). 



The chief emigration of this species seems to have taken place in 

 September, during the first part of which month it was noted on migra- 

 tion in Lincobi, Sussex and Dorset, On the 19th there was a migration 

 in Lincoln, and on the same day many were noted at Kent and Hants 

 lights. On the 22nd and 24th at Hanois light (Channel Islands) and on 

 the 27th at St. Catherine's it was again noted ; while on October the 2nd, 

 11th, and 23rd stragglers were observed at Cromer (Norfolk), Eddystone 

 (Cornwall) and St. Catherine's (Hants) lights respectively, 



TPIE WHITETHROAT {Sylvia cinerea). 



The emigration of this species was not easy to trace. It was recorded 

 at the Eddystone light (Cornwall) on August the 27th. 



On September the 3rd a migration was noted in Lincoln, and in the 

 Isle of Man it was seen for the last time. The last were noted in 

 Lincoln on the 14th and in Lancashire on the 16th. 



On the 19th many were recorded at St. Catherine's light (Hants), and 

 a few on the 22Qd at Hanois light (Channel Islands). 



A few stragglers were noted on September the 27th and on October the 

 10th at St. Catherine's light. 



THE GOLDCREST {Reyulus cristatus). 



The first immigratory birds were noted on September the 1 9th on the 

 Lincoln coast. On the 22nd a few were recorded at the Essex lights 

 going N.W. Birds were seen at the Norfolk light on the 2Gth, and on 

 the same day the first immigrants were recorded in Suffolk and on 

 September the 30th others were seen at the Suflblk lights. On October 

 the loth a large increase was noted in Suffolk. 



On November the 3rd, 10th, and 12th it was recorded at the Suffolk 

 and Norfolk lights. 



THE CHIFFCHAFF {Phylloscopus rvfus). 



From the few counties from which observations were received it appears 

 that this species gradually diminished in numbers throughout Septem- 

 ber. The last birds were noted on August the 2l3th in Shropshire, on 

 September the 14th in Derby, 17th in Denbigh, 18th in Devon, 20tli 

 in Cornwall, 28th in Hampshire and Wilts, 30th in Cambridge and 

 Dorset, October the 1st in Berks, 3rd in Wilts, and 1 Ith in Sussex. 



A few were noted at the Hanois light (Channel Islands) on September 

 the 18th and at St, Catherine's (Isle of Wight) on September the 27th, 

 and stragglers on October the 10th and 2.jrd, 



