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THE RED-BREASTED FLYCATCHER {Muscicapa purva). 



Sept. K'th. N. Lincolnshire coast, a young male sliot. 

 „ 2oth. Isle of May (Fife), one killed. 



THE SWALLOW (Ilirundo rustica). 



The emigratory movement of SAvallows hegan in the middle of July. In 

 Berkshire the departure of local birds was noted as commencing on the 

 14th, and great numbers were observed flying east in Somerset between 

 the 18th and 23rd. 



During the month of August they were reported as congregating 

 in large numbers in various counties from Lancashire to Dorset. On the 

 27th and 29th many Swallows were observed flying south at the South 

 Foreland Light. 



Early in September large flocks moving southwards were reported in 

 Derbyshire ; a feAv were noted at the Nab and South Foreland Lights 

 on the 2nd flying south and south-west, and in Staffordshire, Wiltshire 

 and Suffolk large numbers were seen departing on the 6th and 7th. On 

 the 10th a flock of about a hundred arrived from the south-east at the 

 Isle of Man, where the resident birds were already congregating, and all 

 departed on the following day. On the 18th of September numbers of 

 Swallows appeared on the Isle of May (Fife), but disappeared on the 

 following day, and on the 22nd others were again recorded on passage in 

 the Isle of Man. 



Reports from inland observers showed that emigration was very active 

 throughout September. There was a marked decrease in the counties of 

 Lancashire, Yorkshire, Denbigh, Cheshire, Derbyshire, Staflbrdshire, 

 Leicestershire, Warwickshire, Northamptonshire, Suffolk, Oxfordshire, 

 Hertfordshire, Essex and Hampshire. Large numbers were noted passing 

 over in Staflbrdshire and Hertfordshire on the 22ud in a southerly 

 direction, and to the east in Somerset on the 30th. The following re- 

 ports of Swallows were received from the lights during September : — 

 Smalls Light (Pembroke), many passing on the 15th ; Anvil Point Light 

 (Dorset), large numbers on the 18th and 19th ; South Goodwin Light- 

 vessel (Kent), several on the 19th ; Lundy Island Light, many on the 

 island on the 20th ; South Foreland Light (Kent), about 200 to the S.W. 

 on the 21st ; South Goodwin Light-vessel, several to the S.W. on the 21st 

 and 24Lh ; Varue Light-vessel (Kent), some to W.N.W. on the 2Gth ; 

 South Foreland Light, many to the S. on the 29th. Throughout the 

 month of September, from the 9th onwards, numbers were noted almost 

 daily passing the south coast of Yorkshii-e in a southerly direction. 



The emigratory movement continued all through October, the last 

 appearance of Swallows being reported from the following counties, 



