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viz. : — Westmoreland aud Essex on the 4tli, Somerset on tlie 6tli, Durham 

 on the 12th, Cumberland on the 14th, Yorkshire on the loth, SuHblk 

 and Sussex on the 17th, Warwick on the 18th, Derbyshire between the 

 ISth and 23rd, Staitbrd shire on the 19th, Northumberland on the 20th, 

 Leicestershire and Hampshire on the 23rd, Lancashire and Surrey on the 

 24th, Northamptonshire on the 27th, and Devonshire on the 29th. On 

 the night of the 30th of October a sharp frost killed great numbers of 

 young Swallows in Dorset. 



The records of Swallows at the lights in October were as follows : — 

 South Foreland Light, one to two hundred flying S.S.W. on the 1st; 

 Varne Light-vessel, a flock to the S. on the 3rd ; South Goodwin Light- 

 vessel, several to S. W. on the 3rd ; North and South Goodwin Light- 

 vessels, a few to the S.W. on the 4th ; Cromer Light (Norfolk), moderate 

 numbers to the S.W. on the 13th ; Anvil Point Light, a flock left to the S, 

 at 7.30 A.M. on the 25th. On the south coast of Yorkshire numbers were 

 noted flying in a southerly direction between the 16th aud the 21st, aud 

 smaller numbers between the 22nd and the 26th, 



The records for November noted stragglers in the counties of Fifeshire, 

 Warwickshire, Hertfordshire, Middlesex, Kent, Sussex and Hampshire, 

 the latest being that of three young birds in Kent on the 21st. 



THE HOUSE-MARTIN {Chelidon urbica). 



There was very little evidence of emigratory movement among House- 

 Martins in July. Large numbers were moving in an easterly direction 

 through Somerset on the 18th, 21st and 23rd, and birds were reported 

 to be congregating here and there. Early in August migration com- 

 menced in earnest : large flocks were seen flying south in Northumberland 

 on the 9th, 14th and 18th, numbers were travelling south-east in Y'ork- 

 shire on the 22nd, and a sudden marked decrease in numbers took place 

 in Warwickshire on the 23rd. In Dorset there was a large influx of 

 birds on the 26th, and likewise in Warwickshire on the 2Sth, the latter 

 disappearing on the 1st of September. At the South Foreland Light 

 (Kent) hundreds were seen flying south from 4 to 10 a.si. on the 27th of 

 August, and many travelling in the same direction at 6 a.m. on the 29th. 

 This was the only record from the lights, but no doubt the numerous 

 returns from the other lights under the heading "Swallows" included 

 House- and Sand-Martins as well. 



The southerly movement continued all through the month of September. 

 An observer in Warwickshire reported a total absence of Martins in his 

 neighbourhood between the Ist aud 18th, but large numbers arrived on 

 the 19th, and remained in varying numbers until the end of the month. 

 A decrease in numbers was noted in Wiltshire on the 10th, in Devon- 

 shire on the 13th, in Sussex and Staflbrdshire on the 14th, in Kent on 



