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the 1st, 2iid and 9th of September. A considerable exodua took place 

 from the Kent and Sussex coasts between the 7th and 10th of September, 

 and on the 3rd and 10th from Hampshire ; by the 10th also most of the 

 Yellow Wagtails had disappeared from Surrey. 



It is not quite clear whether the movements on the eastern half of the 

 south coast were of a direct emigratory character, or whether they we7-e 

 wholly or partly of a westerly "coasting" nature. It seems probable, 

 however, that both movements took place, and in any case westerly 

 movements of a considerable magnitude were definitely recorded, along 

 the Hampshire coast on the 1st of September, and along the Sussex and 

 Kent coasts on the 8th. 



Yellow Wagtails were last seen in Ayrshire on the 5tli of September, 

 in Kent on the 23rd, in Hampshire on the 25th, and in S. Devon on the 

 30 th. 



THE TREE-PIPIT (Anthns trivialis). 



Many birds left their breeding-haunts in the Arden district of War- 

 wickshire on the 30th of July, the last disappearing between the 10th 

 .and 14th of August. Migration does not appear to have become general, 

 however, until the end of this month, as birds were still present in their 

 summer-quarters in Radnor, Worcester, and Shropshire up to the 16th 

 or 19th, and migration was not noticed in E. Fife until the 22nd. The 

 last bird was seen in N. Staffordshire on the 2nd of September, and in 

 Berkshire on the 19th. The first evidence of emigration was received 

 from St. Catherine's Light (Isle of Wight), where a few birds occurred on 

 the 9th/10th of September, others were seen at Ilanois Light (Guernsey) 

 on the 12th/13th, while the passage of quite small numbers was noted on 

 the N. coast of Norfolk on the 15th, 16th and 18th, and the last migrant 

 was seen on the Isle of May on the 18th. 



THE MEADOW-PIPIT {Anthus pratensis) . 



Passing migrants were noticed in Linlithgow so early as the 13th of 

 July. During the first ten days of August the breeding-haunts of this 

 species in the higher parts of Cumberland and Westmoreland were 

 abandoned, and at the same time the birds were noticed as already 

 congregating on the coast of Kent. On the 22nd and 23rd migrants were 

 arriving on the Hampshire coast and passing on to the south. 



The earliest east coast record was received from the Newarp Light-vessel 

 (Norfolk) on the 3rd/4th of September, but it was not until the middle 

 of the second week of the month that foreign immigrants began to 

 arrive in numbers. Most of the records of their movements came from 



