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Durino; October immigrant Song-Tlirushss were recorded along the 

 whole of the east coast from Fifeshire to the mouth of the Thames, 

 between the 10th and the 19th, the largest numbers being observed at the 

 Isle of May on the 16th/17th, on the south Yorkshire coast on the 11th 

 and 19th, and on the Lincolnshire, Norfolk, Suffolk and Essex coasts on 

 the 11th and 12th. Large numbers also arrived on Fair Isle, Shetland, 

 on the 18th. 



The migration on the night of the lOth/llth seems to have 

 covered an especially extensive area of arrival, being recorded along 

 the whole coast from the Humber to the Thames. Towards the end of 

 the month fuither small influxes were recorded on the south coast of 

 Yorkshire on the 26th and 30th/31st, and these were again followed by 

 larger numbers on November the 1st and 2nd, arrivals being also reported 

 on the 1st at Whitby Light, On November the 14th and 14th/15th a 

 farther arrival of migrants occurred on the south-east coast between 

 Essex and Dungeuess (Kent). 



Taking the records as a whole, night movements are more numerous 

 than those by day, and at the height of migration in mid-October they 

 Avere more or less continuous throughout the night. It is probable that 

 the majority of the individuals concerned in these movements belonged 

 to the Continental race, but those arriving on the Yorkshire coast and on 

 the Isle of May were the only ones critically examined. 



The earliest movement noticed on the south coast was at the Eddy- 

 stone IJght on the night of September Srd/Jtth, but no further records were 

 received from that station until November. 



Between September the 9th and 21st movements were observed on 

 nine days or nights at the Sussex and Hampshire lights, but the numbers 

 were in all cases quite small and there was no indication whether they 

 were of a direct emigratory character or of a coasting nature towards 

 the west. An increase of Song-Thrushes was noticed in S. Devon on 

 September 28th. All the birds examined from St. Catherine's Light 

 belonged to the British race. 



During October the records gave very little indication of movements ; 

 a large increase was noted in Wiltshire on the 14tli lasting until the 16th, 

 which corresponded with the passage of birds observed at St. Catherine's 

 Light on the 16th/17tb, Avhile on the 26th/27th a few more were noticed 

 at St. Catherine's Light and also at Hanois Light (Guernsey). 



The main departure movements from the south coast evidently took 

 place during the first half of November and extended along the greater 

 part of the coast from the Isle of Wight to the Isles of Scilly. During 

 this period the records from the Eddystone Light were the most im- 

 portant and included ten nights out of the first sixteen, while the largest 

 movements took place on the 4th/5th, 6th/7th, 7th/8th and l-5th/16th. 



In December a repetition of these movements occurred between the 

 13th and 18th, being observed nightly at the Eddystone Light and on tho 



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