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Nov. 6th. Fair Isle, one female. 



Dec. 6th. Auskerry, one female. 



„ 29th. Bucks, a male seen. 



THE GARDEN-WARBLER (Sylvia hortensis). 



Pentland Skerries, one. 



Fair Isle (Shetland), one. 

 7th to I Auskerry and Sule Skerry (Orkney) and Peutl uid 

 Skerries, small numbers passing. 



Hanois Lt. (Channel Islands), one. 



Spurn Head Lt. (Yorkshire), two. 



St. Catherine's Lt. (Hampshire), three. 



Spurn Head Lt. ; several. 



St. Catherine's Lt., several. 



Hampshire, bulk of residents gone. 



Kent, one passing. 



St. Catherine's Lt., two. 



S.E. Yorkshire coast, one passing. 

 „ 13th to 16th. Hampshire, stragglers passing. 

 ,, 1-lth. Isle of May (Fife), one passing. 

 „ 14th/loth. St. Catherine's Lt., one ; Hanois Lt., one. 

 „ 15th/16th. Hanois Lt., several. 

 ,, 16th/17th. Hanois Lt., two. 

 ,, 17th 18th. St. Catherine's Lt., one. 

 ,, 18th. Sussex, one passing. 

 ,, 21st. Isle of May, one. 



,, 29th. Holy Island (Northumberland), one passing. 

 Oct. 1st. Holy Island, three passing. 



,, lst/2nd. Hanois Lt., two. 

 „ 2nd. Fair Isle, one. 



„ 2nd/3rd. Hanois Lt., numbers. 



THE CHIFFCHAFF {Phylloscopus rufus). 



An observer in Wiltshire recorded the departure of the main body of 

 Chiffchaffs from his neighbourhood on the 19th of August. 



In September there were reports of the departure of resident birds 

 from Lancashire and Shropshire during the first week of the month. 

 Small numbers were noted on passage in Sussex on the 7th and 27th, in 

 Devonshire on the 15th and 17th, and in Kent between the 23rd and 

 27th. On the Isle of May (Fife) a good many examples of the northern 

 form (PA. r. abietinus) were reported between the 28th of September and 

 the 3rd of October, and some of the common Chiffchaff on the 29th. 

 The light-records for September were as follows : — St. Catherine's LLjht 



