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Carnarvonshire on the 2nd/3rd and from the Bristol Channel on the 

 3rd/4:th. The movements on the night of the 9fch were especially 

 extensive, for, in addition to the immigration already mentioned, a large 

 flock was noted at Lundy Island X. Lt., numbers were heard passing; 

 over in Warwickshire and Berkshire, and a considerable emigration 

 on the east coast was recorded from light-vessels off the coasts of Essex, 

 Suffolk and Lincolnshire. After the 14th it is clear that nea.rly all the 

 Redwings had gone ; one or two were seen in Berkshire on the following 

 day, while others were still passing in S. Devon and Stallordshire on 

 the IGth, 



THE FIELDFAHE {Turdus pilaris). 



Though not so extensively recorded, the movements of the Fieldfare 

 during January and February, so far as the west coast is concerned, 

 were similar to those of the Song-Thrush and Redwing. This species 

 also accompanied the movement of the other two on March 12th/13th. 

 During the last week of Febnjary and up to the 3rd of March an 

 accumulating movement and passage through N. W. Suffolk and N.E. 

 Norfolk was noticed. 



On the 15th and 19th of March large numbers were observed passing 

 through Northumberland, and after the latter date migration appears to 

 have become generally noticeable throughout the country, though the 

 earlier records were received principally from the northern counties. 

 Records from every part of the country show that migration was general 

 and actively continued throughout April, both by day and night, and in 

 several instances the flocks were stated to be flying north, while the 

 records from Yorkshire indicated that the migration had proceeded in a 

 succession of waves. After about the 12th a very distinct diminution 

 was apparent in the numbers recorded in the southern counties. 

 Emigration was observed off the Lincolnshire coast on the 9th/10th, and 

 fresh arrivals seem to have taken place on the coast of Kent on the 12th, 

 15th and 16th, and on the Sussex coast between the 18th and 24:th. 



Isolated flocks continued to pass north during the latter half of the 

 month and during the first week of M&j. Up to the 14th of May some 

 nuuibers were still present in Westmoreland and Northumberland, while 

 a flock of 50 was seen in Staftbrdshire on the loth and a single bird in 

 E. Kent on the 17th. 



THE BLACKBIRD {Tunhis 7mrula). 



During the first week in January the Blackbird was present in Bmall 

 numbers with the Song-Thrush and Redwing during the west coast 

 movement already recorded under those species, and on the 7th/8th one 

 was seen at Spurn Head Lt. (Yorkshire). On February the llth/12th 



