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THE BLUE-HEADED WAGTAIL {MotaciUafava). 

 Sept. 12th. S.E. Essex, a family party seen. 



THE TREE-PIPIT (Anfhus trivialis). 



Tree-Pipits began to move south early in August ; between the 3rd 

 and the 8th all the local birds left W. Warwickshire, the last was seen 

 in N. Staffordshire on the 13th and nearly all had left the south of the 

 county before the end of the month. Migrants were seen passing- 

 through S.E. Kent from the 12th to the 26th and several occurred at 

 St. Catherine's Light (Isle of Wight) on the 2.5th/26th. It seems 

 probable that the greatest number left the south coast on the nights of 

 the 15th and 16th of September, when moderate numbers were recorded 

 at Catherine's Light ; a single bird was taken at that light on the night 

 of the 14th. Birds passing singly were noted in W. Kent on the 4th, 

 9th, 11th, 16th and 19th, in S. Staflbrdshire on the 14tli and 15th, 

 small flocks in Hertfordshire and Somerset on the 16th and 26th, and 

 numbers at Fair Isle (Shetland) on the 28th. 



On the east coast several Tree-Pipits arrived on the N. coast of 

 Norfolk on the 23rd of September, and on the 24th others arrived on the 

 Isle of May (Fife) and remained there until the 27th. Two passed the 

 Smith's Knoll Light-vessel (Norfolk) on the 1st of October ; a single 

 bird was seen on the 13th on the Isle of May, where several more arrived 

 on the 17th. 



THE MEADOW-PIPIT {Anthus liratensis). 



The movements of this species, with the exception of those on the east 

 coast, were but scantilj^ reported. Definite movements were noticed in 

 Mull (Argyll) on the 5th of September and in the Isle of Man on the 

 5th, lltli and 22nd ; at the latter place the birds appear to have been 

 travelling mainly to the S.W. Large movements were recorded at the 

 Butt of Lewis and the Flannans (Outer Hebrides) on the 19th and 20th, 

 while flocks were seen in Oxfordshire on the 18th and in Shropshire on 

 October the 1st. On the 26th another movement was noticed at the 

 Butt of Lewis and on the 31st in the Isle of Man ; on October the 16th 

 and 18th large numbers were recorded from Fair Isle and the Butt of 

 Lewis ; a single bird occurred at the S. Bishop Light (Pembroke) on 

 November the 4th/5th. On the following night many were seen at 

 Bishop llock Light (Isles of Scilly), while in the middle of the mouth an 

 increase was noted in Somersetshire. 



The very complete returns from the south coast of Yorkshire show 

 that Meadow- Pipits were arriving there from the north and passing south 

 almost daily between the 11th of September and the 23rd of October, 



