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on six subsequent dates up to tlie 1st of November, whereas the first light- 

 ship records were on the 7th of October and the last on the 8th of 

 November, The first migrants did not reach Thanet (E. Kent) until the 

 26th of October, and many of them appear to have settled there as 

 winter-residents. 



THE CHAFFINCH {Fringilla coelehs). 



The east coast migrations of this species were well recorded and seem 

 to have been, both as to character, time of commencement and duration, 

 very similar to those of the Greenfinch, The first movement noticed 

 was the arrival of small numbers on the N.E, Suffolk coast on the 22nd 

 and 30th of September, The influx of Continental birds, however, 

 began with simultaneous arrivals in Shetland and Orkney from the 3rd 

 to the 5th of October, After those dates birds were constantly arriving 

 and passing down the east coast during the rest of the month and until the 

 end of the second week in November, They were observed passing to 

 the south in larger or smaller numbers nearly every day on the Suffolk 

 coast, and records from the light-stations between the Wash and Dunge- 

 ness were equally numerous, 'Movements by day were far more evident 

 than those by night, and in every case the direction of flight was towards 

 some point between N.W, and S.W, Further arrivals took place in 

 Fair Isle (Shetland) on the 11th of October and at the Isle of May (Fife) 

 on the 17th and 18th. 



On the west coast migration was not so marked, but still there was a 

 considerable movement taking place in the latter half of October. Ou 

 the 14th and 18th Chaffinches were passing Morecambe Bay Light- 

 vessel in a south-easterly direction and on the latter date vast numbers 

 were flying S.S.E. along the Dee Estuary (Cheshire), others occurred 

 at lights on the Isle of iNJan, the Welsh Skerries and the Pembrokeshire 

 coast between the 22nd and 25th, while many flocks arrived on Bardsey 

 Island (Carnarvon) on the 29th, 



There was very little evidence of emigration from the south coast ; 

 small numbers were seen in mid-Channel on the 22nd of October and in 

 the Bay of Biscay on the 23rd, while a few occurred at St, Anthony's 

 Light (Cornwall) on the 26th/27th and a good many at Seven Stones 

 Light-vessel (Isles of Scilly) on the 30th/31st, Chaffinches did not 

 begin to take up their winter-quarters in the S. Devon marshes until 

 the 17th of November. 



THE BRAMBLING {Frimjilla montifrincjilla). 



Bramblings were recorded from Tarbatness Light (Moray) and the 

 Isle of May Light (Fife) as early as the 25th of September, but were 

 not noticed elsewhere until the 2nd of October, when the fii'st bird reached 



