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on the 7th. The last records iu Scotland were of one killed at the Mull 

 of Galloway Li»ht on the 11th and several at Fair Isle on the 14th. 

 Wheatears of this race were passing Holy Island (Northumberland) in 

 fluctuating numbers from time to time between the 23rd of September 

 and the 18th of October and Spurn Head between the 10th and the 30th 

 of September, especially on the 13tb, 14th and 20th, while small 

 numbers were noted at Flamborough (Yorkshire) on the 15th and at 

 Lowestoft (Suffolk) on the 28th of September and the 1st of October. In 

 the west a few migrants were noticed on the coast of Lancashire from the 

 21st to the 23rd of September and at Bardsey Light \ Carnarvonshire) 

 on the lOtb/llth of October, while in the south there was a passage of 

 small numbers at Hanois Light from the 9th/10lh to the 14th/15th 

 of September, an influx at Bishop Hock Light on the 17th/18lh, 

 and a few occurred at St. Catherine's Light on the 9th/10th of October, 

 at the Eddystone Light (Cornwall) on the 12th/13th and at Hanois 

 Light on the 15th/16th. 



THE STONECHAT (Pratincola rubicola). 



A few scattered records seem to show that this species was on the 

 move in small numbers during September. Some migrants were noted 

 at Tunbridge Wells (Kent) between the 5th and the 21st, and at Spurn 

 Head (Yorkshire) on the 12th; small numbers were recorded from 

 Dungeness (Kent) on the 17th and 18th and single birds from the Isle 

 of May (Fife) on the 13th and 18th, while towards the end of the 

 month a few Stonechats were seen passing in Bedfordshire and Shrop- 

 shire. During October there was a passage-movement on a small scale 

 at Spurn Head from the 1st to the 4th (many on the 2nd) and at 

 Dungeness (Kent) on the 8th and 9th (nineteen seen) ; single birds were 

 reported from Cambridgeshire and Caterham (Surrey) on the 12th, 

 St. Anne's-on-Sea (Lancashire) on the 13th, and from Hanois Light 

 (Channel Islands) on the loth/lGth, while between the 20th and 31st 

 many pairs were observed on the coast at Fowey (Cornwall). 



In Scotland three came to the St. Abb's Light (Berwick) on the 6th 

 of October ; on the 8th one was noted from Stornoway (Outer Hebrides), 

 a pair at Loch Awe (Argyll) on the 17th and at Craignish (Argyll) on 

 the 28th of November. Solitary stragglers were reported from Cullercoats 

 (Northumberland) on the 30th of November and the 29th of December. 



THE WHINCFIAT {Pratincola rubetra). 



With but few exceptions the records of this species were of single 

 birds or insignificant numbers ; so anything like a systematic treatment 

 of its movements is out of the question. 



A few Whinchats were passing in Linlithgowshire and Fife at 



