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while single passing migrants were noted at intervals up to the 19th of 

 September. On the Sussex coast also a number of birds on passage 

 arrived as early as the 9tli of August and passed quickly on. 



During the first week iu September many local birds left W. Kent, 

 whence they had practically all departed by the 13th, stragglers being 

 noted both in that district and in E. Kent up to the 19th and on the 

 Sussex coast up to the 22nd. From the light returns it was evident that 

 ihe main departure took place between the 16th and 18th ; on the first 

 night comparatively small numbers were recorded from the Sussex and 

 Hampshire lights, but on the following night very large numbers were 

 reported from both these and the Dorset Lights, Single birds were seen 

 in Staffordshire on the 12th, in Shropshire on the 15th and in Surrey on 

 the 19th. 



Down the east coast small numbers were noted on passage between 

 September the 8th and the end of the month, several arrived on the 

 Isle of May (Fife) on the IGth and 24th, while single birds were noted 

 there on the 17th, 22n(l, 26th, 28th, 29th and 30th. On the south coast 

 of Yorkshire single birds were seen on the 12th, 20th and 24th, and on 

 the N. coast of Norfolk on the 8th, 14th and ]6t]i, while a straggler 

 ■was seen as late as the 27th of October on the S. coast of Yorkshire. 



THE BARRED WARBLER [Sylvia nisoria). 

 Sept. 13th. Isle of May (Fife), one. 



THE CHIFFCHAFF {Phylloscopus mfus). 



The first decided emigratory movement recorded was during the first 

 ten days of September, when ChifFcludfs were reported as passing through 

 Somerset and Hampshire on the 3rd, 6th and 10th ; on the nights of the 

 12th/13th and 14th/15th large numbers were observed at Bardsey 

 (Carnarvon) and Lundy Island (Devon) Lights, and in smaller numbers 

 at St. Catherine's (Isle of Wight) and the Skerries (Anglesey) ; a large 

 temporary increase was recorded in Somerset on the 15th, and in Hamp- 

 shire on the following day. These were followed by a large movement 

 noted at the lights on the 16th/17th and 17th/18th of September, when 

 o-reat numbers were reported at the lights at Flatholm (Glamorgan), 

 Anvil Point (Dorset) and St. Catherine's and a few at Bardsey (Car- 

 narvon) and Owers (Sussex). 



The main body of Chiffchafis had now apparently left the country, as 

 only a few wsre recorded at the Dorset, Hants and Sussex Lights on the 

 nights of the 18th to the 23rd (inclusive), the last lighthouse record 

 being a single bird at St. Catherine's on the 26th/27th. Inland observers 

 afier the last-named date reported stragglers up to the end of the first 

 week in October. 



