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From the 20th of October to the 21st of November a very large 

 immigration took place in Scotland, the birds being especially numerous 

 at several stations on the Orkney and Shetland Islands. Smaller 

 numbers continued to arrive up till tbe 29th. On the 6th/7th of 

 November many appeared at the Inner Dowsing Light-vessel (Lincoln- 

 shire) and on the same night some were heard passing over Hunstanton 

 (Norfolk), while the following day large numbers were coasting south 

 past that town. On tbe 13th a large flock arrived at Yarmouth 

 (Norfolk), and on the 29th and the two following days flocks were going 

 south in frosty weather at Cullercouts (Northumberland). 



THE ST AE LING (JSturnus vulgaris). 



On the 25th and 29th of June large flocks were recorded at Spurn 

 Head Light (Yorkshire) going westwards and on the 21st/22nd of July 

 many appeared at Cromer Light (Norfolk). On the 16th/17th of 

 August one was killed at the Skerries Light (Anglesey) and on the 

 19th a flock was again noted going west at Spurn Head, Between 

 the 7th and 21st of September one or two were recorded from Fair 

 Isle Light (Shetland), Pentland Skerries Light and the Isle of May 

 Light (Fife) on several dates, but no large migration was noted, nor 

 wei'e any seen at Holy Island (Northumberland) during that month. 

 In August and September a gradual flocking together and a certain 

 amount of local movement were noted in several places, but the only 

 records in the latter month from light-stations were of a single bird 

 at Chicken Eock Light (Isle of Man) on the 19th/20th, one at the 

 Outer Dowsing Light-vessel (Lincolnshire) on the 28th and several at 

 the Shipwash Light-vessel (Suffolk) on the 29th/30th. 



During the first fortnight of October immigration commenced on 

 the east coast, and flocks were noted on several days at one or more 

 light-stations between the Humber and the Thames going west or 

 south-west; there does not seem, however, to have been any arrival 

 of large numbers. Flocks were seen coming in from the east at Spurn 

 Head on the 4th and coasting from S.E. to N.W. at Mundesley 

 (Norfolk) on the 5th and 6th, while on the Suffolk coast an increase 

 was noticed which was probably due to the arrival of immigrants. A 

 considerable number of Starlings visited Bardsey Light (Carnarvonshire) 

 on the 3rd/4th and 5th/6th, and there were a few at the Skerries Light 

 on the 8th/9th, at St. Anthony and Eddystone Lights (Cornwall) on the 

 9th/10th, and at Bardsey, the Skerries and Eddystone Lights on the 

 following night. These were the only records from the western lights. 

 Many were noted at St. Catherine's Light (Hampshire) on the 9th/10th. 

 Rather different in numbers were the immigrations noted in Scotland 

 during the same period ; great numbers appeared at the Flannan Isles 



