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the lltl). Breedino^'-liaunts were abandoned in Cheshire between the 

 10th and 18th of September and in Bedfordshire about the 19th. A 

 single bird was taken at St. Catherine's Light (Isle of Wight) on 

 September llth/12th, while on October the 23rd another was caught 

 on a liner in the Bay of Biscay between Ushant and Finisterre. 



THE SEDGE-WARBLER {Acrocephalus phragmitis). 



The southward movement of this species commenced in the beo-innin"- 

 of August, the earliest emigrants being noted at St. Catherine's Light on 

 the night of the 4th, while large numbers left the south coast on that of 

 the 8th. On the nights of the 5th and 6th birds were crossing the Bristol 

 Channel on their way south, and on the 8th more northern ones were 

 recorded passing the lights in Pembroke and the Mull of Gallowa3^ The 

 east coast movement did not apparently begin until the 11th, when the 

 first migrant appeared at the Isle of May (Fife) ; little, however, was 

 recorded on that coast, the only other returns being from Spurn Head 

 Light on August 30th/31st and September lst/2nd. This, together with 

 the complete absence of records from inland observers, would look as 

 though migration by that route was of quite an insignificant character. 



Sedge- Warblers were last seen in Ayrshire on August the 22nd, while 

 some were still present in Cheshire on September the 10th, but no 

 decrease was noticed in the south of Yorkshire imtil the 24th. From 

 September the 6th to the 16th a considerable passage took place down 

 the west coast and across the Bristol Channel, while from the south 

 coast, from the Isle of Wight westward, emigration was continued 

 nightly during the first fifteen nights of the month, the largest numbers 

 being noted on the nights of the 5th, 8th, 10th and 14th. With the 

 exception of a few birds recorded at Hanois Light (Guernsey) on -the 

 llth/12th and two or three seen in Kent on the 19th and 23rd, there 

 were no further observations on this species. 



THE HEDGE-SPARROW {Accentor modnlaris). 



Single birds with migrant Song-Thrushes and Blackbirds were seen 

 in N. Staffordshire on September 6th and 21st. Movements were in 

 progress on the Suffolk coast on the 24th, 2.5th and 28th, while large 

 numbers arrived in the Isle of IMay (Fife) between October the 6th 

 and 9th. Specimens examined from both these latter localities belonged 

 to the British race only. 



THE LONG-TAILED TITMOUSE {Acredula caudata). 



Unusual numbers of Long-tailed Tits were reported from several 

 localities^ and it seems probable that migratory movements of some 



