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THE OHIFFCHAFF {Phylloacopus rufus). 



The emigratory movement commenced early in August, Avlien a marked 

 decrease in numbers took place in Dorset between the 7th and 10th, and 

 many individuals of this species, in company with Willow- Warblers, 

 ■were observed in south Devonshire among the bushes at the foot of the 

 cliffs on the 10th and 11th, all moving steadily m an easterly direction. 

 Another observer in the same county reported several in a passing flock 

 of Whitethroats and Spotted Flycatchers on the 23rd. At dawn on the 

 31st a small party in a very tired condition was observed in south 

 Hampshire. 



In September a few were recorded on passage on the north coast of 

 Norfolk on the 14th. A great reduction in the local birds was noted in 

 Sussex on the 21st; on the same day there was a slight increase in 

 Somerset, followed by a decrease on the 29th. The following reports 

 were received from the lighthouses during September: — at St. Cathe- 

 rine's (Hants) large numbers between 2.80 and 4.30 a.m. on the 13th/14th, 

 and smaller numbers, or stragglers, on the lOth/llth, llth/12th, 

 12th/13th and 14th/15th. A few at Bardsey (Carnarvon) at 2 a.m. on 

 the 9th/10th and 14th/15th, and two at Flatholm (Somerset) oJi the 

 12th/13th. 



In October small numbers were reported at St. Catherine's on the 

 5th/6th, 7th/8th, 9th/10th, and a single bird on the 14th/15th. Many 

 were seen at Hanois Light (Guernsey) at 2.30 a.m. on the 5th/6th. The 

 last lighthouse record was of two (one killed) at the South Foreland 

 (Kent) at 9.15 p.m. on the 31st of October/lst November. 



Chitfchatfs were last seen in Nottinghamshire on the 12th of September, 

 in Yorkshire on the 18th, in Leicestershire on the 21st, in Staffordshire 

 on the 22nd, in Wiltshire on the 25th, in Gloucestershire and Berkshire 

 on the 26th; in Surrey on the 30th, in Hampshire on the 5th of October 

 and in Sussex on the 10th. 



THE WILLOW-WAEBLEK (Phylloscopus trocMlus). 



A marked decrease of this species was noted in Warwickshire at the 

 end of July. 



In August an increase was observed in the same county on the 7th, 

 the fresh arrivals remaining until the 27th. On the former date '\^'illow- 

 Warblers were reported as being very numerous in Wiltshire, and con- 

 tinued to be so until the 24th. In Cumberland flocks of twenty or thirty 

 were observed on passage between the 10th and 12th, and again between 

 the 17th and 19th. On the 11th and 12th large numbers were seen in 

 south Devonshire in company with Chiflchaffs, as mentioned under the 

 heading of that species, and many appeared on the Isle of May (Fife) on 



