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16th, stragglers were noted between the 17th and 22nd, and many were 

 flying east along the coast during the afternoon of the 2Gth, while on the 

 28th many were again passing in small lots, but the direction of their 

 flight was not stated. In Kent stragglers were passing between the 

 14th and 16th and 18th and 29th. In the northernmost counties small 

 parties were passing south-east in Northumberland and south in West- 

 moreland on the 21st. Small numbers were passing south, south-west, 

 and north-west in Warwickshire on tbe 29th. A small lot was noted 

 going east in Hampshire on the 30th. The light-records for September 

 were: — Kentish Knock Light-vessel (Essex), several to the west en the 

 3rd and great numbers to west-north-west on the 7th ; Bishop Rock 

 Light (Scilly Isles), twelve to the south-west on the 6th ; St. Catherine's 

 Light (Hampshire), one killed on the night of the lOth/llth, and large 

 numbers congregating on the 15th ; Spurn Head Light (Yorkshire), 

 thousands to the south-west from 8.45 to 10.45 a.m. on the 13th, the 

 birds passing in a continuous stream ; Hanois Light (Channel Islands), 

 a few passing on the 22nd and 28th. 



In October the emigratory movement continued up to the middle of 

 the month. Small numbers were on passage in Lancashire and Suffolk 

 on the 1st, and in the former county a few were passing west on the 4th 

 and another party (direction not stated) on the 6th. Swallows were 

 passing in Wiltshire on the 4th and 5th. On the former date a small 

 party was recorded going east in Sussex and large numbers to the south- 

 east on the 9th. A large flock was reported travelling from south-west 

 to north in Hampshire on the 7th, and about a hundred were noted on 

 passage in Somersetshire on the 9th. A considerable assembly was ob- 

 served in Essex on the ]2th, the birds taking their departure that night ; 

 on the same date a few were going south in Suffolk and on the 13th large 

 numbers were passing to the south-west in Devonshire. The last record 

 of a migratory movement was that of a small passing flock in the Isle of 

 Man on the 16th. There were no light-records for October. 



In November two Swallows were seen in Cornwall on the 2nd, two iu 

 Sussex on the 4th, and one in Hampshire on the 6th. Swallows were 

 last seen in Lancashire and Flint on the 30th of September, in North- 

 umberland on the 6th of October, in Ayrshire and Hampshire on the 

 8th, in Wiltshire on the 11th, in Cambridgeshire on the 12th, in Surrey 

 on the 15th, in Warwickshire on the 18th, in Lincolnshire, Shropshire 

 and Cornwall on the 22nd and in Brecon on the 26th. 



THE HOUSE-MARTIN (Clielidon urbica). 



On the 1st of August hundreds of House-Martins were reported on 

 the Sussex coast, a large passing flock was also seen on the 3rd and laro-e 

 flocks on the 13th and 29th. In Warwickshire small parties were passing 

 south on the 11th and south-west on the 13th. On the 22nd some were 



