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tliroug-liout October, increasiiig in magnitude as the month advanced. 

 There was no evidence on the S. coast of Yorkshire of any immigration 

 from any easterly point and the most northerh^ station from which we 

 had any definite record of this migration was the Outer Dowsing Light- 

 vessel (Lincolnshire). This influx of Starlings was noted at most of the 

 light-stations between the Wash and the Straits of Dover, the direction of 

 flight being in most cases between W.N.W. and W.S. W., and migration 

 was noted at one or more of these stations nearly every day and on most 

 nights. On the 26tli/27th of October, the conditions being favourable, 

 a particidarly large flight was noticed at the Kentish Knoclc Light- 

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

 N. Goodwin Light-ves>el (Kent), St. Catherine's Light (Isle of Wight) 

 and Hanois Light (Guernsey), while some birds were also noted at 

 Spurn Head Light and South Bishop Light (Pembroke). It is not clear 

 to what migration the records from the last two lights referred, but it 

 seems likely that those from the other lights indicated an east to west 

 movement. During the last few days of October numbers were observed 

 arriving on the south-east coast of SuflFolk. 



It is not easy to say to which movement birds seen at St. Catherine's 

 Light on the lOth/SOth, 24th/25th and 2oth/26th of October belonged, 

 but on the 20th, 21st, 28th and 29tli birds were noticed all day passing 

 the Bishop Rock Light (Isles of Scilly), flying eastwards towards the 

 islands, and from the 28th to the 31st large numbers passing to the north 

 were recorded on Lundy Island (N. Devon). 



During November the east to west migration continued, but the 

 number of records greatly diminished after the first half of the month, 

 the migrations and the directions of flight being much the same as 

 in October. On several nights heavy flights were observed at various 

 stations, especially on the nights between the 2nd/3rd and the 8th/9th. 

 The stations at which these flights were noted were, in order of 

 frequency, the Eddystone Light (Cornwall); S. Bishop Light (Pem- 

 broke), Lundy North I-ight, Spurn Head Light and St. Catherine's 

 Light 3; Bardsey Light (Carnarvon), Bishop Piock Light, Hanois Light, 

 Winterton Light (Norfolk) and Kentish Knock Light-vessel 2 ; and 

 Bull Point Light (N. Devon) 1. At the latter light flocks were noted 

 going west on the 5th, and at Lundy Isle going north on the I4tli and 

 north-west on the 16th and 17th. 



It may be worth noting that up to November there were verv few 

 observations from the west and south-west coasts, but that during that 

 month there were records from one or more stations almost ever}- night 

 up to the 19th/'20th, as well as from the stations on the south-east coast. 

 On the 14th and loth of November numbers were passing south near 

 Aberdeen during a snow-storm. During the last week of November 

 and the first ten days of December there were practically no records 

 of any movements, but on the 1 lth/12th a good many birds were 



