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The only records received from the west were of single birds at 

 Bardsey Light (Carnarvonshire) on the 3rd/4th, 9th/10th and 22nd/23rd, 

 and at the Skerries Light (Anglesey) llth/12th. 



In Scotland, movements to the east were noticed in the Tay Valley 

 from the 22nd of September to the 1st of October, while single birds 

 were recorded on the Isle of May (Fife) on the 28th and 30th of 

 September and the 1st of October; at Auskerry (Orkney) on the 30th 

 of September, at the Isle of May Light on the 9th of October, and on 

 Tiree (Argyll) and Fair Isle (Shetland) on the 22nd. Movements to the 

 west were recorded in the Tay Valley from the 6th to the 26th of 

 October. 



THE SONG-THRUSH (Turdus musicus). 



The first movement of this species recorded was on the 22nd/23rd of 

 July, when a few Song-Thrushes were observed at the Chicken Rock 

 (Isle of Man). 



On the 17th of August large numbers were seen flying S. at Romsey 

 (Hampshire), and by the end of the month observers in Northumberland, 

 Wiltshire and Suffolk reported that the local birds had passed on, while 

 from the 23id of August to the 30th of September small parties of 

 Thrushes, probably of the British race, were on the move on buth sides 

 of the mainland of Scotland. 



During September migration became general. From the 1st to the 

 15th there was an almost continuous passage in Staffordshire; a few 

 migrants were seen at St. Catherine's Light (Hampshire) on the 9th/10th, 

 and numbers at Dowles (Shropshire) on the 12th; from the 18th/19th 

 to the 20th/21st movements were recorded from several of the western 

 lights, more particularly from the Chicken Rock Light on the 18th/19th ; 

 there was an arrival in N.W. Suffolk and in Northumberland on the 

 20th, while small parties of migrants (some Continental) were arriving 

 on Holy Island (Northumberland) and at Spurn Head (Yorkshire) 

 during the latter part of the month. In Scotland migration began on 

 the 21st of September and lasted uctil the 2nd of October, large numbers 

 being reported from Fair Isle (Shetland), the Pentland Skerries, 

 Inchkeith (Forth), and the Isle of May (Fife), and it is probable that 

 the majority of the^e migrants belonged to the Continental form. 



Migration continued throughout October. On the east coast there was 

 an occasional passage of small numbers at Holy Island from the 2nd to 

 the 18th, birds of both forms being procured ; and at Spurn Head Light 

 from the 1st to the 4th, and again on the 20th/21st and the 24th/25th ; 

 the movement was also noticed on the coast of Suffolk, especially on the 

 1st, the 9th and the 11th, at the Kentish Knock Light-vessel (Essex) on 

 the 23rd when large numbers were seen flying S.W., and at Whitby 

 (Yorkshire) on the 27th. On the west there was a movement along the 



