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the coast of the same county on the 20th and 21st and many on the 25th. 

 Stragglers passing west were reported from Hampshire on the 16th, 

 22nd, 26th and 30th. In Lancashire many were recorded between the 

 18th and 22nd and again from the 26th to the 29th. 



In September some few were passing during the first part of the month 

 in Ayrshire ; many recorded in Lancashire on the 2nd, 4th and 5th, 

 had decreased on the 10th, and very large numbers noted there on the 

 12th were reduced to a few on the 15th. Yellow Wagtails were passing 

 daily in Hampshire from the 2nd to the 11th. In Suffolk a large gathering 

 took place on the 4th ; these birds had all passed on by the 7th. The 

 other records for the month referred to stray passing birds or small 

 parties in Linlithgowshire, Wigtown, Yorkshire, Somersetshire, Devon- 

 shire and Kent. An observer in the last-named county noted that the 

 flocks of Yellow Wagtails collected in Romney Marsh had all disappeared 

 by the middle of the month and that only stragglers were seen afterwards. 



There were two lighthouse records in September, both from Hanois 

 Light (Channel Islands), viz. :— Two birds on the 9th/10th and one on 

 the 14th/15th. 



THE MEADOW-PIPIT {Anthus pratensis). 



Migration commenced in Sussex in the first week of August. On the 

 Suffolk coast large numbers were observed on the 15th with an increase 

 on the 17th; there was a slight decrease on the 19th, but large numbers 

 were again observed between the 20th and 30th and a further increase 

 took place on the 31st, when some were reported to be coming in from 

 the north. In Cumberland migration commenced on the 30th and on 

 the 31st four were seen going south-east. The light-records for August 

 were: — St. Catherine's Light (Hampshire), single birds on the 9th/10th 

 and lOth/llth. 



In September the migratory movement increased greatly in volume. 

 At Fair Isle (Shetland) many were observed on the 1st and large numbers 

 between the 17th and 24th. On the coast of Suffolk large numbers were 

 recorded on the 7th, 12th, 14th, 16th, 18th and 23rd and decreased 

 numbers on the 8th, 17th, 19th to 21st and 24th. On the Yorkshire 

 coast many were moving in small parties between the 5th and 11th and 

 in more or less large flocks between the 12th and 18th ; after that date 

 the records referred to a few passing birds until the 27th, when a good 

 many were again noted on passage. At Corsemalzie (Wigtown) many 

 were reported on the 5th, also in Bedfordshire on the 7th, and in the latter 

 county hundreds were observed on migration on the 22nd. On the 7th 

 many were seen on the coast of Sussex, and an arrival of small numbers 

 took place there on the 10th ; all had passed on by the 12th. Small 

 parties and stragglers were recorded on the coast of Kent between the 



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