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and many again at the former light on the 9th/10th. On the 6th/7th 

 and on the three following nights many were noted at several of the west 

 coast stations from Chicken Rock Light (Isle of Man) to Ilelwick Light- 

 vessel (Bristol Channel). During the last week of October there were 

 again many records both from the south and the west coast lights, from 

 Bardsey Island to the Scilly Isles. The only reports of day migration 

 from the west coast noted flocks passing the Morecambe Bay I^ight- 

 vessel (Lancashire) to the E.S.E. on the 13th and 14th of October. 



Asregardsland-observations, we have evidence of numbers arriving on 

 the Suffolk coast at Lowestoft on many days during October from the 

 E. and E.S.E. At the same place, and sometimes on the same days 

 that these arrivals were taking place, flocks were noticed coasting soutli, 

 likewise at Cromer (Norfolk) on the 14th; and on the 13th flocks 

 were seen coming in from the east at Scarborongli (Yorkshire). At 

 Tunbridge Wells, in Kent, this species was heard passing over each 

 night from the 6th to the 9th, and flocks were passing over Thanet 

 (E. Kent) in a S.S.W. direction on the 14th, and in a W. direction on 

 the 15th. In South Hampshire the number of birds gradually increased 

 on the winter feeding-grounds during the month. On the 30th of October 

 many small flocks were arriving on the S.E. Sussex coast from the 

 S.E. 



During the first half of November there were a few scattered records 

 from several east coast lights, and this species was evidently still 

 arriving as late as the 12th. On the 13th and 14th many were reported 

 from the Bell Rock Light (Tay), and from the Pentland Slcerries Light 

 (Orkney) on the 14th. During the last days of the month there were 

 records of a few birds at several of the west coast lights. 



THE SWIFT {Ci/pselus opus). 



Swifts commenced to emigrate in the last two weeks of July. They 

 were reported on passage in the Isle of ?'ian on the 14th, and at the 

 Butt of Lewis (Outer Hebrides) on the 20tb, while on that date an 

 observer in Midlothian noted large numbers assembling, and on the 

 28th many were observed flying south in Staffordshire. 



During August the migratory movement was very active. In many 

 places in Scotland it was noted that the majority of Swifts had left by 

 the end of the month. A more or less marked decrease in numbers had 

 taken place in Northumberland by the 9th, in Lancashire between the 

 1st and 12th and in Yorkshire between the 13th and 31st, while many 

 local residents left Derbyshire on the IStli, Nottingham on the 4th, 

 Shropshire between the 10th and 14th, Staffordshire on the 27th, Suffolk 

 between the 22nd and 31st, Gloucester on the 20th and Kent on the 

 14th. Many were reported passing through Cheshire on the 13th, 



