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Dumbers of birds partaking iu these movements appear to have been 

 quite smaU. 



Small numbers of migrants were noted on the nights of the 3rd and 

 6th of February at the Pembrokeshire lights and during the second half 

 of the mouth movements were recorded on almost every night at one or 

 more of the west coast stations between the Bristol Channel and the Isle 

 of Man. In every case the numbers were small. On the south coast 

 no migration was noticed until after the middle of February, when 

 a few birds were seen at the Start Light (Devon) on the 18th/19th ; 

 during the last week of the month, however, movements of considerable 

 size occurred on the eastern half, between the Iste of Wight and Kent, 

 while at the same time migration was also taking place through the 

 Channel Islands. 



The only records received from the east coast stations during February 

 were of a single bird killed at Southwold Light (Suffolk) on the 22nd/ 

 23rd, a few at the Kentish Knock Light-vessel on the 27th/28, and of two 

 flocks that passed the Shipwash Light-vessel (Suffolk) on the 28th. 



During the first week of Mai'ch west coast movements were recorded 

 of apparently exactly the same character as those of the latter half of 

 February, with tlie exception that on the 3rd/4th the numbers noted at the 

 Chicken Rock Light (Isle of Man) were very large. The Channel Island 

 and south coast migrations were also continued, but on a rather smaller 

 scale, and birds of both the British and Continental races were received 

 from St. Catherine's Light (Isle of Wight). The chief feature of this 

 period was, however, the magnitude of the east coast movements, which 

 beginning at the end of February appear to have reached their maximum 

 on the 2nd, 3rd and 4th of March ; they were noticed taking place both 

 by day and by night and were recorded at six stations between the mouth 

 of the Thames and the north-eastern point of Norfolk, while the numbers 

 participating iu them were considerable. During the daytime, when 

 the direction of flight could be ascertained, the birds were travelling 

 west, and a considerable increase was noticed in north-west Suflblk 

 during the same period. After the 7th of March there were practically 

 no east coast movements of the Song-Thrush recorded. 



The entire absence of records during the middle of March was 

 apparently due to the age of the moon, which reached its full on the 

 14th. It was not until the 21st that movements were again recorded 

 from the lights, although, from the few observations sent iu by our 

 inland observers, arrivals would seem to have been taking place during 

 the third week on the Hampshire coast, while considerable movements 

 were also noted in Cheshire and Lancashire between the 13th and the 

 18th. From the 22nd of March to the end of the month, arrivals were 

 taking place almost nightly at points along the south coast between 

 the -Isles of Scilly and the Isle of Wight, the largest numbers being 

 observed on the 22nd/23rd, 28th/29th and 30th/31st, all the birds taken 



