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notes of a decrease in Yorkshire after the 16th, and of gatherings in 

 Wiltshire on the 27th and in Staffordshire on the 29th. 



During Septemher migration was active. The birds noted as congre- 

 gating in Staffordshire at the end of the previous month had left on the 

 2nd. Local birds had gone from Berkshire by the 7th ; a passing flock 

 was observed in Kent on the 6th and 7th, and in Yorkshire between the 

 9th and 11th. An observer in Cumberland reported the departure of Fly- 

 catchers in his district on the 12th, while a few that arrived in Suffolk on 

 the 14th had left again bj^ the 17th. The reports from the lights in 

 September were as follows : — a few at St. Catherine's on the lst/2nd, 

 5th/6th and 9th/10th, and large numbers on the 8th/9th, lOth/llth, 

 llth/12th and 13th/14th, while a few were seen at Smalls (Pembroke) 

 on the 6th/7th and at St. Anthony's (Cornwall) on the lOth/llth. 



The only October record was that of a bird seen in Hampshire on 

 the 5th. 



Spotted Flycatchers were last seen in Northumberland on the 10th of 

 September*, in Yorkshire and Berkshire on the 11th, in Shropshire on 

 the 12th, in Surrey on the 14th, in Radnor on the 16th, in Wiltshire 

 on the 17th, in Aberdeen and Devonshire on the 21st, in Suffolk on 

 the 23rd, in Cumberland and Kent on the 24th, and in Derbyshire 

 on the 25th.' 



THE SWALLOW {Hirundo rustica). 



The only emigratory movement of Swallows reported in July noted the 

 departure of large numbers from Somerset between the 28tli and 30th. 



During August migration was very active. Swallows were noted 

 congregating in numbers in Cumberland, Lancashire, Yorkshire, Wilt- 

 shire, Devonshire and Hampshire, followed by a marked decrease in 

 Hampshire between the 12th and 19th, in Warwickshire on the 15th, 

 and in Cumberland and Wiltshire on the 28th. An observer in West- 

 moreland reported a few stragglers as still present on the 13th, and in 

 Staflbrdshire the southward movement was in progress between the 

 18th and 24th. The following records were received from the lights : — 

 English and Welsh Grounds (Somerset) on the 2nd and 3rd of August, 

 one on each day going south. Spurn Head (Yorkshire) a small flock to 

 the south on the 20th, and eight seen at 10 p.m. on the night of the 

 30th/31st. 



In September the number of emigrants had greatly increased. Many 

 were reported going south in Northumberland during the first week 

 of the month, a great many were passing through Sussex between 

 the 2nd and 11th, and hundreds were passing the Isle of May (Fife) on 

 the 6th and 16th. On the 8th and 17th large flocks were observed 

 going east in Denbigh. Migratory movements on a more or less large 

 scale took place in Warwickshire on the 11th and 18th, in Westmore- 



