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In September small numbers were passing at the Peutland Skerries 

 during the month and up to the 4th of October, while large numbers 

 were observed at Fair Isle during the same period. At Spurn Head 

 Light a good many were noted from the 10th to the 12th ; there was 

 an increase on the 15th and passing stragglers were seen throughout 

 the rest of the month. In Devonshire an increase took place on the 13th 

 and 14th, many were recorded on the 17th, nearly all of which had gone 

 by the 19th, and a small influx was noticed on the 80th of September 

 and on the 1st of October. At Holy Island (Northumberland) a few 

 stragglers were reported on the 12th, 24th and 30th of September, and 

 again on the 1st, 2nd and 4th of October. The light-records for 

 September were as follows: — St. Catherine's Light, twenty on tbe 

 9th/10th, one on the lOth/llth and 14th/loth ; Hanois Light (Channel 

 Islands), one on the lOth/llth, 12th/13th and 16th/17th, and two on the 

 14tli/l5th and 17th/18th ; Bishop Rock Light (Scilly Isles), large numbers 

 on the llth/12th and many on the 17th/18th ; Spurn Head Light, several 

 on the 12th/13th and three on the 15th/16th. In October single birds 

 were recorded at St. Catherine's Light on the lst/2nd, and at St. Tudwal 

 Light (Carnarvonshire) on the lOth/llth. In November a solitary bird 

 was observed in Hampshire on the 5th. 



Willow- Warblers were last seen in Shropshire on the 12th of 

 September, in Dundee on the 15th, in Wigtown and Dorsetshire on 

 the 22nd, in Renfrewshire and Linlithgowshire on the 23rd, in Suffolk 

 on the 28th, in Sussex on the 29th, in Surrey on the 1st of October, in 

 Hampshire on the 3rd and in Kent on the 9th. 



THE SEDGE-WARBLER {Acrocephalus phragmitis). 



July 16th/17th. Hanois Lt. (Channel Islands), one. 

 „ 24th/25th. Hanois Lt., one. 



Aug. 3rd/4th & I g H d u (Yo rkshire). several. 



5th/6th. i F J ' 



„ 6th/7th. Bardsey Lt. (Carnarvon), six ; Isle of May Lt. (Fife), 



thre '. 

 „ lOth/llth, Spurn Head Lt., five ; St. Catherine's Lt. (Hampshire), 



a few. 

 „ llth/12th. Hanois Lt., one ; Isle of May Lt,, some. 

 „ 14th/15th. Spurn Head Lt , one. 

 ,, 16th/17th. Skerries Lt. (Anglesey), two. 

 „ 17th/18th. Spurn Head Lt., six. 



,, 18th/19tb, Spurn Head Lt., three ; Isle of May Lt., some, 

 „ 24th/25th. St. Catherine's Lt., two. 

 „ 26th/27th. Spurn Head Lt., one. 

 Sept. 2nd. Renfrew, last seen ; Wigtown, Jast seen. 

 „ 9th/10th. St. Catherine's Lt., ten. 



