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12tl]/]3lli were small in comparison with tliose of tlie Starling, none 

 were recorded on the two following nights, and a flock was noted flying 

 west at Coquet Island, Northumberland, on the 2Gth. 



As in the case of the Starling, three distinct movements of the Sky- 

 Lark were in progress during March and April. Returning emigrants 

 were recorded arriving on the Kent coast on March the 9th and April 

 12th/13th, on the Sussex coast on April 7th/8th, on the Hampshire 

 coast on March the lOth/llth, 24th, 25th and April the 5th, and on the 

 Dorset coast on April 3rd/4th. All these movements appear to have 

 been those of fairly large numbers. 



The west coast movements of the Sky-Lark were likewise exactly the 

 same as those of the Starling, which they accompanied, except that 

 the first and largest one apparently commenced a day later {i. e. on the 

 6th/7th), while daylight movements of quite small numbers to the south 

 were recorded at several of the Bristol Channel lights on March the 18th, 

 22nd, 24th and April the 2nd. 



The return of our winter-visitors across the North Sea was first 

 observed at the Kentish Knock on March 1st and 4th, while single birds 

 came on board H.M.S. ' Dido ' in lat. 64° N., 3^ E., on the 6th, and in 

 56° N., 1° E., on the 7th. After the 10th this movement set in strongly 

 and was recorded at intervals throughout the rest of the month and up 

 to the 15th of April at different light-stations from Northumberland to 

 the Thames, the largest numbers being recorded from the Kentish 

 Knock Lt.-v. on March the lOth/llth, and from the Dudgeon Lt.-v. 

 (Norfolk) on April 14th/15th. 



THE SHORE-LARK {Otocorys alpestris). 

 April loth. S.E. Suffolk, several winter-residents still present. 



THE KINGFISHER {Alcedo ispida). 

 May 14th/15th. South Foreland Lt. (Kent), 1 killed at 1.45 a.m. 



THE HOOPOE ( Upupa epops). 

 May 20th. Chilwell (Nottinghamshire), 1 seen. 



MONTAGU'S HARRIER {Cirms cineraceus). 

 April 12th to 17th. S.E. Suffolk, an adult male seen dailv. 



THE HONEY-BUZZARD {rends apivorus). 

 Jan. 2Ut]i. Nr. Beccles (Suffolk), -1 seen. 



