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on the 17th. On the 7th, 15th, 17th, 19th and 23rd birds were recorded 

 on passage in Cheshire and a few were passing on the coast of Yorkshire 

 between the 8th and 18th and again on the 14th, 17th and 21st. On 

 the Norfolk coast Swifts were going south-east on the 12th, to the south 

 on the 19th (many) and to the south and south-east on the 23rd and 

 24th. Between the 12th and 31st they were observed on passage in 

 Lancashire, especially on the 18th, 24th and 31st. In Hampshire large 

 numbers were moving to the north-west on the 14th, a few in the same 

 direction on the following day and numbers to the west on the 25th. 

 There was a large arrival of Swifts in Brecon on the 19th, but all had 

 gone by the following evening, while on the 24th a large passing flock 

 was observed. Very large numbers were reported as flying south-east 

 in Devonshire on the 18th and many were again travelling in the same 

 direction on the 26th ; on the 29th numbers were again passing, but 

 their direction was not recorded ; on the last-named date many were 

 also reported as on passage in Gloucestershire. 



The light-records for August were : — Seven killed at Winterton Light 

 and about thirty seen at Trevose Head Light on the lst/2nd ; a few to 

 the south-west at Spurn Head Light (Yorkshire) on the 2nd, 10th, 12th, 

 17th, 19th and 27th and manv in the same direction on the 20th ; single 

 birds at Lynn Well Light-vessel (Norfolk) on the 21st/22nd and at the 

 Isle of May Light (Fife) on the 22nd and 25th ; about twenty at the 

 Skerries Light (Anglesey) on the 26th/27th. 



In September large numbers were observed in Sussex on the 1st, and 

 numbers were passing south on the coast of Fife on the 7th. The other 

 records for this month were of very small numbers or stragglers. A 

 single bird was seen at Spurn Head Light on the 3rd and another on 

 the 8th. 



In October a passing bird was recorded on Holy Island (Northumbeiv 

 land) on the 1st and another in Middlesex on the 3rd. 



In November two were reported in Essex on the 6th and one in 

 Shropshire on the 9th. 



Swifts were last seen in Monmouthshire on the 19th of August, in 

 Lincolnshire on the 20th, in Carmarthenshire on the 22nd, in Warwick- 

 shire on the 25th, in Surrey on the 26th, in Wiltshire on the 29th, in 

 Shropshire on the 30th, in Durham, Carnarvonshire and Cheshire on the 

 31st, in Gloucestershire on the 2nd of September, in Cornwall on the 

 3rd, in Derbyshire on the 5th, in Devonshire and Sussex on the 7th, in 

 Suffolk on the 10th, in Staffordshire on the 12th, in Hampshire on th« 

 13th, in Yorkshire on the 15th, in Lancashire on the 17th and in Banff- 

 shire on the 30th. 



Several observers commented on the late stay of this species in their 

 districts. 



