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THE FIRE-CRESTED WREN {Regulus igaicaplllm). 



Oct. 17th/18th. St. Catheiiue's Lt. (Isle of Wiglit), a male taken at 

 midnight. 



THE WREN (Trofjlodytes parmdm). 



Sept. 21st. S. Yorksliire coast, one arrived. 



„ 22nd. N. Norfolk coast, one arrived. 



„ 2.5th. S. Yorkshire coast, three arrived. 



„ 29th. Isle of May (Fife), two passing. 



„ 30th. S. Yorkshire coast, farther arrival. 



" O t 1 Stl I ^' Yorkshire coast, from one to three seen daily. 



Oct. 19th. S. Yorkshire coast, great increase. 



„ 20th. S. Yorkshire coast, decrease. 



„ 25th. S. Yorkshire coast, increase. 



„ 26th. S. Yorkshire coast, decrease. 



THE PIED WAGTAIL {MotaciUa lugubris). 



The migration of this species appears to have commenced witli the 

 arrival of immense flocks on the night of the 19th of July, at Hayling 

 Island (Hampshire), where they remained for a day and departed during 

 the night, only a few stragglers being left. Similar arrivals and 

 departures were noted in the same locality from the 11th of August 

 until the end of the month, the flocks arriving daily from the N.W. 

 (more rarely from the N.E.) and after remaining a day or two departing 

 to the S.W. 



In N.E. Norfolk numbers arrived on the evening of the 28th of Jul \^ 

 and came in nightly to roost at the same time and place until the 21st of 

 August, after which date they departed. 



On the Lancashire coast there was also a well-marked movement 

 during August, a gradual increase being noted between the 1 7th and 

 27th, while on the 28th many small parties were seen, which were 

 greatly augmented on the following day. Nearly the whole of these left 

 on the 30th and 31st. On the 22nd a flock of a hundred or more was 

 reported flying south at Bardsey Light (Carnarvon) at 8.30 a.m. At the 

 end of the month large influxes were noted at York and in E. Sussex. 

 During September a considerable migration passed through the Isle of 

 Man, on the 1st a flock of 40 was seen flying W., large numbers arrived 

 on the 5th and stayed until the 11th, while a few occurred at Chicken 

 Rock Light on the lOth/llth ; others arrived on the 20th, followed by 

 larger numbers on the 25th and these departed on the following day. 

 On the 26th a large flock, that had been resident in S. Denbigh 

 since August loth, left, and an increase was noted on the Lancashire 



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