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flying south down the Suffolk coast and a few more on the 29th. A few 

 were seen on passage in Devonshire on the 24th, and large numbers left 

 Northumberland on the 27th. 



In September migratory movements were more marked. An observer 

 in Staffordshire reported large flocks leaving his neighbourhood to the 

 west on the 1st and 3rd ; on the 12th the adult local birds took their 

 departure and a large proportion of the young birds on the 26th, the latter 

 moving in a southerly direction. There was a small passage in Sussex 

 on the 1st and 6th and a very large one on the 9th, on the 12th small 

 flocks were passing all day and some numbers on the 17th. On the 23rd 

 very large numbers passed over the Isle of Wight going south, and in 

 Devonshire passing birds were recorded. On the Suflolk coast many 

 were going south on the 5th and smaller numbers on the 19th and 20th. 

 A few were travelling south-west in Gloucestershire on the 7th and 

 great numbers in the same direction on the 14th and to the south-east 

 on the 29th. In Warwickshire on the 8th many House-Martins were 

 passing from north-east to south-west and from south-east to north-west, 

 and small numbers from north-east to south-west on the 21st. On the 

 following day large numbers were again passing, but the direction of 

 their flight was not recorded. Numbers arrived in Yorkshire on the 

 9th and passed on by the 14th, many were also passing Flamborough Head 

 on the 15th. In Kent some were going south-west on the 10th and 

 others on the 14th and 15th. Between the 13th and 28th House- 

 Martins were passing through Northumberland, especially on the 21st, 

 when large numbers were recorded. On the 14th, large flocks going 

 south were reported from Lauderdale (Berwick), and large numbers 

 were passing in Westmoreland between the 25th and 28th. On the 29th 

 a considerable movement took place in Somersetshire and thirty were 

 going south in Hampshire. Four were reported going west past the 

 Girdler Light-vessel (Kent) on the 28th. 



On the 1st of October a few were flying south down the Suffolk coast, 

 and a flock went south-west over the Isle of Wight, where some were 

 also noted going south on the 5th. In Sussex a flock of forty was 

 recorded on the 8th, and on the following day an immense movement 

 took place, the birds arriving in small parties from the north and going 

 south-east. Large numbers occurred in East Lothian on the 16th, on 

 which date a small passing flock was also noted in Cumberland. The 

 light-records for October were : — Girdler Light-vessel, many to the 

 south-west on the 1st and 5th. 



In November a single House-Martin was seen in Essex on the 7th 

 and three on the Suffolk coast on the 24th. 



House-Martins were last seen in Benfrewshire on the 28th of Sep- 

 tember, in Warwickshire on the 3rd of October, in Lincolnshire on the 

 7th, in Brecon on the 9th, in Oxfordshire on the 10th, in Worcestershire 

 on the 12th, in Derbyshire on the 13th, in Shropshire and Sussex on the 



