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of the home-bred birds throughout the month and a temporary increase 

 in numbers was noted in Wiltshire. A large flock on pass-age was noted 

 at the Butt of Lewis (Outer Hebrides) from the 9th to the 11th, and on 

 the 13th there was a considerable passage at Spurn Head (Yorkshire) 

 of flocks from N.E. to S.W. On the 18th, 26th and 29th there were 

 small arrivals at Holy Island (Northumberland), while on the last 

 days of the month flocks were migrating south along- the Suffolk coast. 



Linnets were recorded iu varying numbers as birds of passage at 

 the Pentland Skerries from the 22nd of September to the 29th 

 of October. On practically every day in October flocks were seen 

 moving south on the Suffolk coast, while from the 3rd to the 7th and 

 on the 21st flocks were also coasting north; this same movement was 

 noticed on the Norfolk coast at Mundesley on the 5th and 6th and 

 at Spurn Head on the 2nd. On the 9th, 10th, 11th and 13th arrivals 

 were noted at Holy Island and, at least on one occasion, were seen 

 to come in over the sea from the N.E., while on (he 9th flocks were 

 again arriving from the N.E. over the sea at Spurn Head and o- ino> 

 on to the S.W. 



Temporary influxes were noted on the 20th of October on the Cornish 

 coast and on the 24th on the coast of West Sussex, while on the 23rd 

 24th and 2oth flocks were seen at Holyhead (Anglesey) coming in from 

 the N.W. and passing on to the S.E. 



During the first ten days of November a few flocks were still travelling 

 south along the Suffolk coast, and on the 4th a further increase was 

 noticed on the coast of West Sussex, where flocks were noted goino- west 

 on the 12th. A flock was seen going S.W. at Kyle Ehea (Skye) on 

 the 1st, on the 17th a small flock visited the Bass Rock (Forth), while 

 others came to the Pentland Skerries on the 8th of December. The 

 numerous records of " Linnets " from light-stations are too vague to be 

 relied upon ; but a bird of this species was killed at the Dudgeon Light- 

 vessel (Norfolk) on the 20th/21st of October and another was taken on 

 a fishing-boat on the 19th of November ten miles east of Lowestoft 

 (Suffolk). 



THE SNOW-BUNTING (Plectrophenax nivalis). 



The Snow-Bunting was first noted at the Flannan Isles (Outer 

 Hebrides) on the 18th of August and on Fair Isle (Shetland) on the 7th 

 of September. Small numbers of immigrants were reported from all 

 parts of Scotland up to the 19th of October, and on the 8th large numbers 

 were recorded from the Flannan Isles. Single birds were seen at Holy 

 Island (Northumberland), Spurn Head (Yorkshire) and Lowestoft 

 (Suffolk) on the 12th of September, a second arrived on Holy Island 

 on the 17th and an increase took place at Spurn Head on the 19th. 



