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stragglers were seen in Derbyshire between the 16th and 23rd, many 

 were passing south in Staffordshire on the 4th and 5th, and small parties 

 arrived on the north coast of Norfolk on the 29th and 30th. Many were 

 seen in Suftblk on the 20th and 22nd, and a small passing flock in 

 Hertfordshire on the 27th. Departures took place from the Hampshire 

 coast between the 1st and 12th. Lighthouse records for August were : — 

 one killed at Lynmouth Foreland Light (N. Devon) on the 9th, and 

 three seen at Spurn Head Light (Yorkshire) at 11 p.m. on the 

 llth/12th. 



The only reports of any importance in September were numbers going 

 south in Hampshire on the 1st and 2nd, stragglers flying to the west in 

 Sussex between the 6th and 13th, a small flock passing in Surrey on the 

 8th, and numbers going from east to west in Lancashire on the 18th. 

 Six were seen at Spurn Llead Light at 9 p.m. on the lOth/llth. 



Swifts were last seen in N, Staffordshire between the 9th and 13th of 

 August, in Cumberland on the 10th, in Somerset between the 12th and 

 15th, in Warwickshire on the 13th, in Wiltshire on the 15th, in Radnor 

 on the 16th, in Merionethshire on the 17th, in Lincolnshire on the 21st, 

 in Shropshire between the 21st and 29th, in Devonshire on the 23rd, in 

 Berkshire on the 24th, in Kent between the 27th and the 2nd of 

 September, in Suffolk on the 3rd of September, in Gloucester on the 

 1st, in Durham on the 2nd, in S. Staffordshire and Cornwall on the 3rd, 

 in Surrey on the 8th, in Cheshire and Norfolk on the 9th, in Yorkshire 

 on the 10th, in Sussex on the 13th and in Lancashire on the 18th. 



THE NIGHTJAR {Caprimulgus europceus). 



Inland records of this species were very few. One was recorded on 

 passage in Cheshire on the 12th of September, and one in Derbyshire 

 on the 19th. Two fully-fledged yoimg were found in Montgomery as 

 late as the 20th of August. 



The lighthouse records were two killed at St. Catherine's Light (Isle 

 of Wight) between 10 p.m. and dawn on the lOth/llth of September, 

 and one killed at the same light between 2.30 and 4.30 a.m. on the 

 13th/14th. One was also killed at Morecambe Bay Light-vessel 

 (Lancashire) at 9 p.m. on the 7th/8th of October. 



Nightjars were last seen in Staffordshire on the 31st of August, in 

 Suffolk on the 4th of September, in Siirrey on the 8th, in Middlesex on 

 the 10th, in Leicestershire on the 15th, in Hampshire on the 30th, 

 while a single bird was noted in Suffolk as late as the 27th of 

 October. 



THE OITCKOO {Cuculm eanorus). 



In August young birds were recorded on passage in Hampshire 

 between the 12th and 19th, and again on the 22nd and 23rd, 



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