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east coast, where the first bird was noted iu N. Norfulli on September 8th, 

 followed by a second on the IStli ; the following- day two were seen on 

 the S. coast of Yorkshire, and on the 16th several more were seen there 

 as well as on the adjoining- coast of Lincolnshire and the N. coast of 

 Norfolk. On the 17th several arrived on the Isle of May (Fife), after 

 which date there was apparently a lull until the 20th, when further 

 arrivals took place in S. Yorkshire, and passing quickly on, were followed 

 by others on the afternoon of the 23rd, when a further arrival was also 

 reported from N. Norfolk. From the 2.5th to the 29th a considerable 

 passage was noted at the Isle of May, the largest numbers passing on the 

 25th and 28th, while between tho-e dates stragglers only were seen in 

 S. Yorkshire and no records were received from Norfolk. The hist two 

 birds were seen on the S. coast of Yorkshire on the 30tli, but stragglers 

 were taken at Fair Isle (Shetland) on October the 11th and at the 

 Isle of May Light on October the 16th/17th. 



THE WHITETIIEOAT {Sylvia cmerea). 



The inland records do not tend to throw very much light on the 

 emigration of this species. The movement appears to have commenced 

 about tlie first week of August, as a decrease was noticed in Northumber- 

 land and Warwickshire on the 8th, in Lancashire on the 9th and in 

 Staffordshire on the 10th. The autumn passage comm-niced at the 

 Isle of May (Fife) on the loth and an increase was noted in Wiltshire 

 on the 31st. On the nights of the 25th to the 28th (inclusive) several 

 were recorded from St. Catherine's Light (Isle of Wight). 



In September a further decrease took place in Warwickshire on the 

 2ud and in Kent on the 6th, 10th and 11th. An observer in Wiltshire 

 reported Whitethroats as being very numerous between the 1st and 4th, 

 and iu large numbers in turnip-fields between the 6th and 8th, but all 

 had gone on the 9th. Between the 11th and 27th twenty-five reports 

 were received from nine lights on the west and south coasts, the largest 

 movements taking place at Bardsey Island and Lundy Island on the 

 l-Uh/15th, at Anvil Point and St. Catherine's on the 15th/16th, at 

 St. Catherine's on the 16th/17th, and at Anvil Point and St. Catherine's 

 on the 17th/18th. Large numbers were also n corded from the IsIh of 

 May on the 24th, where the last one was seen on the 27th, while single 

 birds were noted in Kent and Northamptonshire on the 2nd and 20th of 

 October. 



THE LESSER WIITTETHROAT {Sylvia curvuca). 



There is evidence that some of our summer-residents began to move 

 south early in the second week of August : thus the majority of the local 

 birds left W. Warwickshire on the 8th, though in the eastern part 

 of the country they appear to have remained until some ten days later, 



