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(Suffolk) on the 12tli/13tb, and the Ship-wash Light-vessel on the 16th 

 and 17th. On the west between the 5th/6th and the 17th/18th an 

 irregular movement took place, being noticed in W. Cheshire, at Bardsey 

 Island (Carnarvon) and at some others of the "Welsh lights; Fieldfares 

 were numerous in Brecon on the 13th and at Cheltenham (Gloucester- 

 shire) on the 23rd and 30th, while there was a big influx, probably of 

 weather-migrants at Oare (North Devon) on the 30th. 



Inland, numbers appeared in North Wiltshire on the 10th of November, 

 but they did not remain long : there was a passage all day at Hampton- 

 in-Arden (Warwickshire) on the 17th and at Bloxham (Oxford) on the 

 24th. On the south coast the only records received were of a few birds 

 at Hanois Light (Channel Islands) during the first half of the month. 



By the end of November, Fieldfares seem to have settled down in their 

 winter-quarters. They were reported as numerous at Bloxham on the 

 23rd of December, but it is probable that most, if not all, of the move- 

 ments recorded during- December were due to stress of weather. 



THE BLACKBIRD (Turdus merida). 



Single birds of this species were noted on the Pentland Skerries 

 on the 17th, 21st and 31st of July, and at the Bass Rock Light 

 (Forth) on the 23rd of August. 



Scattered records show that migrants were on the move throughout 

 the country during September. There was an influx in Staffordshire 

 from the 1st to the 15th, on the Sussex coast on the llth/12th, in 

 Northumberland on the 20th, and in North Wiltshire towards the end of 

 the month, while arrivals were reported at intervals between the 15th 

 and 29th from the Orkney and Shetland Islands, the Outer Hebrides, the 

 coast of Yorkshire and at some of the western lights. 



During October the only records received from the east coast were of 

 comparatively small numbers passing at Spurn Head (Yorkshire) from 

 the 1st to the 4th, at Holy Island (Northumberland) from the 13th to 

 the loth, and on the coast of Norfolk and Suffolk from the 9th to the end 

 of the month. In Scotland from the 30th of September to the 3rd of 

 October a large arrival took place ; between the 10th and the 20th there 

 was a great influx, which was renewed on a larger scale on the 23rd and 

 lasted to the end of the month. This movement was noticed in the 

 Orkney and Shetland Islands and the Outer Hebrides, and at many stations 

 on the east and west coasts. On the west coast between the 3rd/4th and 

 the 12th/13th Blackbirds were passing Bardsey Light (Carnarvonshire) and 

 other western lights, after which date no movement of importance was 

 reported till the 21st/22nd, when there was a great influx at Carnarvon 

 Bay Light-vessel and Bardsey Light, which was repeated on the following 

 night, while about the same time migration was reported from several 

 other western counties. In North Wiltshire there was a large influx of 



