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During September small movements were noted all over Scotland, and 

 there was an influx at North Unst (Shetland) on the 21st and at the Outer 

 Hebrides on the 22nd and 23rd, but the most marked passage occurred 

 between the 24th of September and the 3rd of October, when migration 

 on a large scale was reported from many stations in the Orkney and 

 Shetland Islands, the Outer Hebrides and at the Isle of May (Fife). 

 Wheatears were passing throughout September along the coasts of 

 Northumberland, Yorkshire, Suffolk and Kent, the greatest numbers 

 being seen at Spurn Plead (Yorkshire) on the 12th, Lowestoft (Suffolk) 

 on the 12th and 14th, Thanet (E. Kent) on the 23rd, and Withernsea 

 (Yorkshire) on the 25th and 26th. On the 1st of October there was an 

 influx at Whitby (Yorkshire) and at Spurn Head, though a few migrants 

 were noted on the coasts of Yorkshire and Suffolk throughout the month, 

 the last straggler being seen at "Whitby on the 30th. 



On the coasts of Sussex and Hampshire during September small parties 

 of Wheatears were noted ; there was a considerable passage-movement 

 at Bishop Eock Light (Scilly Isles) on the lOth/llth and 17th/18th, 

 and at St. Catherine's Light on the I4th/15th, while stragglers were 

 passing Hanois Light from time to time up to the 16th/17th. A few 

 Wheatears were reported from St. Catherine's on the 2nd/3rd of 

 October and single birds from Fowey (Cornwall) on the 20th, 24th, 

 25th and 31st. 



In the west, observers at Oswestry (Shropshire) and Grange-over- 

 Sands (Lancashire) reported that local birds had left by the 4th of 

 September, and the ouly other records received were of single birds 

 or insignificant numbers seen at intervals in localities as widely apart as 

 Renfrewshire, Beith (Ayrshire), the Isle of Man, Clifton Down and 

 Exeter. The last stragglers were seen at Clifton Down on the 7th of 

 October and at St. Anne's-on-Sea (Lancashire) on the I3th of October. 

 In Scotland late records came from Fair Isle (Shetland) on the 29th of 

 October and the 2nd of November, Auskerry (Orkney) on the 31st of 

 October and the Flannan Isles (Outer Hebrides) on the 4th of November. 



The great majority, if not the whole, of the above notes refer to the 

 Common Wheatear. 



The return movement of the Greenland Wheatear was first noted at 

 the Pentland Skerries on the 7th of August and at Port Mahomack 

 (E. Ross-shire) on the 15th, after which date no records were received 

 until the 9th of September, when a passing bird was seen at Tunbridge 

 Wells (Kent). After that date, migration became more general. Through- 

 out September small parties were arriving in the Shetlands and on the 

 Isle of May, on the 21st and 24th many were seen at Fair Isle, and from 

 the 25th of September to the 1st of October large numbers arrived both at 

 that station and at the Isle of May. On the 30th of September a single 

 bird was noted at Fairlie (Ayrshire), a few at Fair Isle and the Isle 

 of May up till the 9th of October, and a male at Aberlady (Haddington) 



