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many light-stations from Spurn Lig-ht-vessel (Yorkshire) round the east 

 coast to St. Catherine's and Hanois Lights in the south ; there were also 

 records on several nights from the stations before-mentioned on the west 

 coast ; the only day migrations reported were from Spurn Light-vessel, 

 where flocks were noted going S.W. on the 6th, and from Shipwash 

 Light-vessel, where flocks were noted going N.W. on the 2nd and 3rd. 

 Between the 9th/10th and 20th/21st there were no records, probably 

 owing to moonlight nights, but after the latter date they again became 

 increasingly numerous towards the end of the month. During this 

 period the records from the west coast were the more numerous, obser- 

 vations coming from most stations between Chicken Rock Light in the 

 north to Bishop Rock in the Scilly Isles, and from there along the south 

 coast to Dungeness (Kent) ; there were rather fewer records from the 

 east coast lights. Of day migrations, there were records of flocks going 

 N. and N.W. at Cromer (Norfolk) on the 25th and 31st, some to the 

 W.S.W, at the Shipwash Light-vessel on the 28th, and a few to the east 

 at Morecambe Bay Light-vessel on the 30th. On the coast of N.E. 

 Suffolk flocks were noted going N. and smaller numbers to the N.E. and 

 E. on several days during March, while on the Sussex coast numbers 

 were reported going N.E. on the 23rd. On the 29th/30th some were 

 killed at the Mull of Galloway Light (Wigtown). 



On the last few nights of March and the first few days of April the 

 migratory movement appeared to be at its height, and this species was 

 reported from twenty-two different lights all round the coast from 

 Chicken Rock in the west to Spurn in the east, no fewer than thirteen 

 stations recording it on the night of the lst/2nd of April. On the 2nd/3rd 

 many Starlings were noticed migrating inland in Wiltshire. After the 

 4th/5th there were very few records from light-stations at night, but on the 

 25th/26th and 26th/27th of April some were again noted at the Chicken 

 Rock and Skerries Lights and at the English and Welsh Grounds Light- 

 vQgsel. Of the day observations, many were noted at Bardsey Light on 

 the 1st going north, and a few at Morecambe Bay Light-vessel going 

 east ; large flocks were flying west in Devon on the 6th, many were 

 recorded flying west at the Kentish Knock Light- vessel on the 12th and 

 to the N.W. on the 14th, while at Coquet Light (Northumberland) 

 migratory flocks were noted on several days. Up to the 13th of April 

 flocks were noted on the coast of N.E. Suffolk going for the most part 

 north, but some were seen going N.E. or E. and once to the S.E. On the 

 Holderness coast (Yorkshire), on the other hand, practically no migrants 

 were observed between the 14th and 18th of April. 



Mio-ratory flocks were seen in Derbyshire on the 22nd and 23rd of 

 April and on the coasts of Sussex on the 30th and Suffolk on the 8th 

 of May. 



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