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Oct. 13t]i/14tli. Longships Lt. (Cornwall), large numbers ; St 

 Anthony's Lt. (Cornwall), a few. 

 23rd. Coquet Lt. (Northumberland), several on the island ; 

 P. and O. liner in Bay of Biscay, between Ushant 

 and Finisterre, several seen. 

 " Nn 41-1 1 Yarmouth, many (Continental race). 



„ 29th. Dudgeon Lt.-v. (Norfolk), one on board at 9 a.m. 

 ,, 29th/30th. Bardsey Lt. (Carnarvon), one. 

 Nov. 1st & 2nd. Lowestoft, a few (Continental race). 



„ 2nd. Mull of Galloway Lt. (Wigtown), one (Continental 



race). 



Many arrivals were recorded during the latter half of October at 

 Lerwick and Fair Isle (Shetlands), the Pentland Skerries (Orkney), the 

 Bell Hock and Isle of May (Fife) and the Bass Hock (Forth) ; all of 

 those examined from the Isle of May belonged to the British race, 

 except one Continental bird obtained on the 22nd. 



THE WHITETI-mOAT {Sylvia cinerea). 



The earliest recorded movement was in Warwickshire, where a great 

 increase in numbers was noted on the 20th of July, followed by a 

 reduction to normal numbers on the 26th and a further reduction on 

 the 30th. 



In August many local birds bad left Shropshire by the 10th and 

 practically all by the end of the month. From the lights large 

 numbers were reported at St. Catherine's (Hants) between 12 and 3 a.m. 

 on the 8th/9th and between 9 and 11 p.m. on the lOth/lith, and also at 

 the Smalls Light (Pembroke) between 1 and 4 a.m. on the 31st/lst 

 of September. Small numbers were observed at St. Catherine's on the 

 4th/5th and 31st/lst of September. 



In September large numbers arrived in Kent on the 9th and passed 

 on the following day, a decrease also taking place in Yorkshire. A 

 few that arrived in Sussex on the 16th had all gone by the end of 

 the month, and a passing flock of about twenty was noted in Dorset on 

 the 18th. The lighthouse records for September were very numerous, 

 and the most important were the following : — Large numbers at 

 St. Catherine's on the 5th/6th, 6th/7th, 8th/9th;, lOth/llth, llth/12th 

 and 13th/14th, and at Smalls on the 6th/7th. The Flatholm light- 

 keeper reported many on the island on the 10th, and some were noted at 

 the Longships (Cornwall) at 3 a.m. on the 12th/13th. Many were also 

 observed at Bardsey (Carnarvon) at 2 a.m. on the 14th/15th. Besides 

 the above, stragglers were reported at Chicken Hock (Isle of Man), 

 Morecambe Bay (Lancashire), Skerries (Anglesey), Helwick (Glamorgan), 

 Flatholm (Somerset), Anvil Point (Dorset), St. Catherine's (Hants), 

 Bishop Eock (Scilly) and Hanois (Guernsey). 



