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The arrival of about a hundred at the Sussex coast was recorded on the 

 2nd, a considerable number left the same county on the 9th, and a 

 further large contingent arrived there on the 27th. Swallows were 

 passing through Westmoreland in numbers on the 7th and 8th, they 

 were congregating in Cumberland on the 11th and had commenced to 

 leave Northumberland by the 14th. Small numbers were noted flying 

 S. in Warwickshire on the 11th and to the south-west on the 13th. 

 Numbers were congregating in Suffolk on the 12th and again in larger 

 numbers on the 21st, while a few were passing south along the coast of 

 that county on the 29th. In Kent a marked movement on the south- 

 east took place on the 30th. A passing flock of about two hundred 

 individuals was seen flying south in Wiltshire on the 25th, and a large 

 gathering was noted in Devonshire on the 30th which was followed by 

 a marked decrease on the following day. The only light-records for 

 August were of two flying south-west past the Outer Dowsing Light- 

 vessel (Lincolnshire) on the 7th and about thirty at the Skerries Light 

 (Anglesey) on the 23rd. 



For September the reports were very numerous, as vast numbers of 

 birds were evidently moving southward down the Yorkshire coast ; 

 a passage to the south-east was observed on the 1st and a gathering of 

 large numbers on Spurn Head on the 5th and (5th ; further passage- 

 movements were noted in this county on the 9th and 13th, while many 

 were moving south past Flainborough Head on the 15th and 16th and 

 at Spurn Head on the 27th. In Staffordshire large numbers were going 

 west on the 1st, and on passage (direction not recorded) between the 

 13th and 30th, especially on the 14th, 17th, 20th and 2Gth. Large flocks 

 were passing in Cheshire on the 3rd and again on the 15th, A flock was 

 recorded going west in the same county on the 19th and one to the north- 

 west on the 25th. A few arrived on the Isle of Wight on the 3rd and 

 passed on to the south. A great increase took place in Devonshire on the 

 4th followed by a decrease on the following day, and an observer in that 

 county reported that large numbers of local birds had left for the south on 

 the 7th and 8th. Passage-migrants were also passing in Devonshire on 

 the 8th and 9th, very large numbers were going north-west on the 13th, 

 great numbers were again observed on the 16th, immense passing flocks 

 were seen on the 22nd and 23rd, large flocks were flying south on the 24th 

 and thousands in the same direction on the 28th. In Suffolk some were 

 going south down the coast on the 5th and 25th of September, on the 

 6th large flocks were leaving, an increase in numbers took place on the 

 7th and this was followed by a decrease on the 13th. In Lancashire 

 large numbers were passing on the 6th, and in Gloucestershire small lots 

 were flying south-west on the 7th and to the east on the 14th, while a large 

 flock was going south on the 25th. A large gathering took place in 

 Brecon on the 15th, the birds leaving on the following day. Swallows 

 were said to be passing through Sussex in thousands on the 15th and 



