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7th and 26th going south-east, south and south-west. Large flocks 

 occurred in Gloucestershire on the 14th. Between the 17th and 24th 

 numbers of Meadow-Pipits were recorded at the Flannan Isles and Butt 

 of Lewis (Outer Hebrides) at N. Unst (Shetland) and at the Isle of May 

 (Fife). The light-records for September were : — Outer Dowsing Light- 

 vessel (Lincolnshire), one on thel3th/14th ; Kentish Knock Light-vessel 

 (Essex), one on board on the 16th, several on the 16th/17th and a few on 

 the 18th/19th ; Hanois Light (Channel Islands) one on the 16th/17th ; 

 Butt of Lewis Light, many on the 17th. 



In October many were observed on the coast of Yorkshire on the 1st 

 and a few on the 2nd and 3rd, but all had gone on the following day. 

 Great numbers were recorded from the Flannan Isles on the 3rd and 

 many in Oxfordshire on the 3rd and 11th. Large numbers were 

 noted in Hampshire on the 8th and a few on the 20th, 23rd and 31st, 

 some of them going south ; at Inchkeith (Forth) many occurred on 

 the 7th. In Norfolk small numbers coasting to the north-west were 

 reported on the 5th and 6th. A good many were seen about Bungeness 

 Lighthouse (Kent) on the 8th, and small arrivals took place in Sussex 

 on the 10th, which had all passed on by the 12th. A large flock was 

 observed in the same county going south-west on the 18th. In Anglesey 

 many small flocks were noted between the 14th and 25th, and some 

 numbers on the cliffs on the south coast of Cornwall between the 20th 

 and 31st. Two arrived on the Suffolk coast from the east on the 29th. 

 The October light-records were : — St. Catherine's Light, two on the 

 21st/22nd ; Hanois Light, many on the 2nd/3rd, three on the 14th/15th, 

 many on the 15th/16th, few on the 16th/17th, 17th/18th, 22nd/23rd 

 and 23rd/24th ; Eddystone Light (Cornwall), several on the 9th/10th ; 

 St. Anthony Light (Cornwall) a few on the 9th/10th; Spurn Head 

 Light (Yorkshire), two on the 13th/14th. 



In November some were seen in the Flannan Isles on the 9th and at 

 Fair Isle on the 16th and 25th. Small numbers were seen on passage 

 in Hampshire on the 4th of Becember, two at Fair Isle on the 5th and 

 one on the 9th. 



THE SPOTTED FLYCATCHER {Muscicapa grisola). 



A number of Spotted Flycatchers were noted in Devonshire on the 5th 

 of August, a marked decrease took place on the 9th and many passing birds 

 were recorded on the 20th. Observers in Staffordshire and Warwickshire 

 reported the departure of local residents by the 20th and 24th respec- 

 tively. Reports from the lights for August were as follows : — Bardsey 

 Light (Carnarvonshire), two on the 6th/7thj Isle of May Light (Fife), 

 one on the 9th ; St. Catherine's (Hampshire), two on the 24th/25th. 



In September they w r ere passing at Lerwick (Shetland) on the 3rd. In 

 Shropshire an observer noted that all the local birds had left during the 

 first week of the month. On the 9th a slight increase was reported in 



