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Owers Light-vessel (Sussex) from the IStli to tlae 20tli of October, and 

 on the 27th there were about a hundred round the ship; on the 29th 

 numbers were again seen flying south, and on the 30th of October and 

 the 3rd of November a few more were seen. With the exception of one 

 bird seen at the Eddystone on the 11th of November no other records of 

 emigration were received from the south coast. 



On the west coast several were noted flying N.W. at Bardsej^ Light 

 (Carnarvon) between the 25th and the 29th of September ; on the 23rd 

 and 27th of October huge flocks arrived in Mull (Argyll) ; on the 27th 

 of October and the 15th of December several reached the South Bishop 

 Light (Pembroke) ; from the 28th to the 31st of October the Lundy 

 Island (Devon) light-keeper reported large numbers on the island, and a 

 few were seen at the Seven Stones Light-vessel (Isles of Scilly) on the 

 5th of November at 8 p.m. 



Records from inland observers were few and of no importance. 



THE BR AMBLING [Fringilla montifringilla). 



The autumn migration of the Brambling was heralded by the arrival of 

 single birds on the Isle of May (Fife) on the 17th and 24th of September, 

 and many others both there and on Fair Isle (Shetland) on the 2oth. 

 Large numbers again arrived at the Isle of Ma}"- on the 2nd of October, 

 while a large migration, including many thousands of birds, occurred at 

 both places on the 10th; the flocks arrived all day in succession, and 

 many birds still remained on these islands on the 11th. A small dock 

 also arrived at the Pentland Skerries (Orkney) on the 12th. On the 

 south coast of Yorkshire the arrival of Bramblings began a few days 

 later, the first stragglers being noted on the 29th of September. These 

 were followed by a few on the 2ud and 6th of October, and the arrival of 

 birds and their passage south was afterwards noted daily until the 13th, 

 the greatest numbers passing between the 11th and the 13th. In most 

 instances the flocks included Chaffinches, Linnets and Greenfinches as 

 well as Bramblings. The migration on the south coast of Yorkshire was 

 renewed on the 19th, on the 20th, 22nd, 23rd and 27th, when a few birds 

 were noted passing south. On the 10th of October a single bird was seen 

 on board the North Goodwin Light-vessel (Kent) at 6.30 a.m., and on the 

 12th nine were noted flying N.W. at the Kentish Knock Light-vessel 

 (45 miles E. by N. from the mouth of the Thames). 



Bramblings were first reported from Westmoreland on the 19th of 

 October, and from Northamptonshire on the 25th, large flocks being also 

 observed there between the 12th and 20th of December, On the 10th of 

 November the first flocks were noticed in Denbigh and Merioneth, and 

 on the 14th in the West Riding of Yorkshire, where they were afterwards 

 seen daily. It is not improbable that a certain number of the records 

 from the lights under " Chaffinch " apply to this species. 



