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Lincoliisliire, -wliile the greatest number of birds appear to Lave been 

 passing between the 29tli and the 2nd. Although, owing to the lightness 

 of the nights, records from light-stations almost ceased after the 6th of 

 April, Redwings were leaving up to the end of the month. Many were 

 seen in J^.W. Suffolk on the 8th and 9th and in N.E. Suffolk on the 14th, 

 while on the 12th/13th a few were again recorded from the Kentish 

 Knock Light-vessel and a considerable emigration took place from the 

 Holderness district of Yorkshire on tlie 14tli/15th. Others were still 

 present in Cheshire on the 9th, in W. Yorkshire up to the 12th, in 

 Surre}- on the 14th ; while some were seen in Somerset on the 16th and 

 migration was again recorded at the Welsh Skerries on the loth/16th, 

 and at the Isle of Man on the 18th/19th, 25th/20th and 26th/27th. 



THE FIELDFARE {Turchts pilaris). 



A gradual increase in the numbers present in S.W. Yorkshire was 

 noted during February. 



During the tJrst four days of March records from the lighthouses show 

 that migration had begun, and it is probable that they indicate in part 

 the passage of the Irish winter-residents, as returns were only received 

 from stations between Cumberland and Carnarvon (including the Isle of 

 Man), while the numbers on the 3rd/4th were considerable and the 

 direction of flight was N.N.E. Few otlier records of movements were 

 received, but Fieldfares were still present in large numbers in many 

 parts of the country, and were observed congregating into larger flocks 

 here and there towards the middle of the month : the passage of flocks 

 was noted in N. Staflbrdshire during the last fortnight and in N.W. 

 Suffolk at the end of the month. 



Movements were again recorded at the west coast lights (between the 

 Isle of Man and Pembroke) on the first two nights of April. During the 

 first week of that month, however, the birds seem to have been checked 

 by the cold weather and strong N.E. winds, and it was not until the 

 subsidence of these durijig the second week that migration began in 

 earnest. Between the 9th and tlie 16th movements were general through- 

 out the country, many birds left by the east coast on the loth and 16th, 

 while after the latter date only small numbers and scattered flocks were 

 left in most places and were noted as passing here and there imtil the 

 end of the month. A considerable passage from S.W. to N.E. was, 

 however, noted on the Carnarvon and Lancashire coasts on the 19th and 

 20th, while considerable numbers were present in the Eden Valley 

 (Cumberland) until the 30th, a flock remaining until the 7th of May. 

 , The last stragglers were noted in Flintshire, Cheshire and Mont- 

 gomery on the 1st of JNIay, in Cumberland on the 8th and at the Skerries 

 Light (Anglesey) on the llth/12lh. 



