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intervals between the 9th of July and the 29th August, and some were 

 noted at Fair Isle (Shetland) during- the latter half of August. On the 

 4th, 5th and 16th of August considerable numbers were seen at Hornsea 

 (Yorkshire) ; towards the end of that month a few migrants were reported 

 from Shropshire, Tunbridge Wells (Kent) and St. Leonards (Sussex), 

 while about the same time observers in Shropshire and Cardigan reported 

 that the home-bred birds had disappeared. 



Throughout September there seems to have been a movement on 

 a small scale down the east coast, single birds or small numbers being- 

 reported from Fair Isle, Spurn Head (Yorkshire) (4th to 14th), S.W. 

 Kent (6th to 25th), Lowestoft (Suffolk) (12th), Holy Island (Northum- 

 berland) (14th), Isle of May (Fife) (14th and 26th), Flamborough 

 (Yorkshire) (15th), Dungeness (Kent) (17th and 18th), Whitby (York- 

 shire) (24th), Lynn Well Light-vessel (Norfolk) (24th/25th) and 

 Pentland Skerries (80th), while flocks were seen between Withernsea 

 and Hull (Yorkshire) on the 25th and 26th. A solitary bird was noticed 

 at Dowles (Shropshire) on the 30th. In the south of Sussex and 

 Hampshire single birds were noted in tiie first and last weeks of the 

 month, while on the 17th/18th there was a passage-movement at Bishop 

 Rock Light (Scilly Isles) and a single bird was observed at Hanois 

 Light (Channel Islands). By the end of the month home-bred birds had 

 disappeared from the inland parts of Yorkshire, and stragglers were 

 observed in Cheshire on the 1st, in Renfrewshire on the 2nd and 9th, 

 and in Surrey on the 25th. 



The only records received during October were of single birds or pairs 

 at Fair Isle on the 2nd and 3rd, on Holy Island on the 7th, at Dungeness 

 on the 9th, at Shrewsbury on the 10th, at the Inner Dowsing Light- 

 vessel (Lincolnshire) on the 16th, and at Fowey (Cornwall) on the 

 22nd. 



THE REDSTART (Ruticilla phcemcurus). 



The first record came from Tarbatness (E. Ross-shire), where a single 

 bird was seen on the 12th of July. No further records were received 

 till the middle of August, during which month irregular movements of 

 single birds or small numbers seemed to indicate that this species was 

 leaviDg its summer-quarters. Single birds appeared at Largo (Fife) on 

 the 6th and Inchkeith (Forth) on the 22nd ; two struck the Inchkeith 

 Light on the 22nd/23rd, and one was seen at Lahill (Fife) on the 30th. 

 On the east coast of England single passing birds were noted in Kent 

 on the 10th and 22nd, in Northumberland on the 16th and 19th, and on 

 the Suffolk coast on the 27th and 28th. A similar movement of small 

 numbers was observed in Cheshire on the 2nd, and towards the end of 

 the month in Elgin, Surrey, some of the western counties, at the Chicken 

 Rock Light (Isle of Man) and in Hampshire. 



During September movements became more marked, especially on the 



