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(Hampshire), several on the 9th/10th, one on the lOth/llth, and one on 

 the 12th/13th ; Bishop Rock Light (Scilly Isles), large numbers on the 

 llth/12th ; Hanois Light (Channel Islands), one on the 12th/13th, two 

 on the 14th/15th, and four on the 16th/17th. 



In October several were seen on the Isle of JVIay on the 1st and one on 

 the 2nd. The other records were those of passing stragglers in York- 

 shire, Suffolk, Dorsetshire, Hampshire and Kent. Two were taken at 

 St. Catherine's Light on the lst/2nd and one at Hanois Light on the 

 15th/16th. 



An observer in Somerset recorded the presence of three or four of this 

 species in a garden throughout October and until the 7th of November. 



Chiffjhaffs were last seen in Wigtown on the 25th of August, in 

 Shropshire on the 26th of September, in Devonshire and Sussex on the 

 30th, in Dorset and Hampshire on the 3rd of October, in Yorkshire on 

 the 4th and in Kent on the 9th. 



Besides the examples of the northern Chiff chaff recorded above from 

 the Isle of May, others were reported from Fair Isle (Shetland) on 

 the 29th of September and the 2nd and 3rd of October, from Auskerry 

 (Orkney) on the 30th of September, and from near Lerwick (Shetland) 

 on the 28th of October and the Gtli of November. 



THE WILLOW- WARBLER (Phylloscopustrochihis). 



Two Willow-Warblers were reported from the Bell Rock (Tay) on 

 the 7th of July, and one at Inchkeith (Forth) on the 31st. 



In August they were recorded as passing almost daily throughout the 

 month at Fair Isle (Shetland) and the Pentland Skerries. On the 3rd 

 a slight increase in numbers was observed in Suffolk and a decided 

 increase on the 16th was followed by a gradual decrease between the 

 19th and 21st. On the coast of the same county stragglers were passing 

 during the whole month. In Devonshire many were reported on passage 

 on the 20th, and a great influx Avas noted in Sussex on the 14th ; these 

 birds had passed on by the following day, but a further increase in 

 numbers took place on the 27th. The light-records for August were 

 fairly numerous, but with one exception the number of birds observed 

 was small. One Willow- Warbler was noted at the Morecambe Bay 

 Light-vessel (Lancashire) on the lst/2nd and thirty at Bardsey Light 

 (Carnarvonshire) on the 6th/7th. At St. Catherine's Light (Hampshire) 

 a few occurred on the lOth/llth, one on the 23rd/24th, and several on the 

 24th/25th. At Spurn Head Light (Yorkshire) a few were reported on 

 the 12th/13th and 14th/15th, two on the 18th/19lh ; and several on the 

 19th/20th, 20th/21st and 21st/22nd ; three were recorded at the Skerries 

 Light (Anglesey) on the 18tb/19th, while a great influx took place at 

 Inchkeith Light on the 22nd, when numbers of birds were at the lantern 

 from midnight till daybreak. 



