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During the first week of October there was no further indication of 

 an'ivals from the east, though there was an increasing amount of move- 

 ment down the east coast. Up to the 10th some were noticed every day 

 passing south at the Isle of May, and birds were killed at that light on 

 the 8th/9th ; similarly, on the south coast of Yorkshire flocks were 

 recorded coasting to the south every day, birds were taken at Spurn 

 Head Light on the 8th/9th, and on Coquet Island (Northumberland) 

 numbers were noted each day. On the lOth/llth there was a big arrival 

 at Fair Isle Light (Shetland), and from that day onwards to the end of 

 the month increased numbers flying south were noted daily at the Isle 

 of May and on the south coast of Yorkshire ; some birds were also taken 

 at Fair Isle and Spurn Head Lights on several nights. At both these 

 places of observation this coasting movement seemed to reach its 

 maximum between the 16tli and 19th, and on the 17th large numbers were 

 also recorded at Fair Isle, Lerwick (Shetland), Tarbatness (Moray Forth) 

 and the Butt of Lewis, while flocks were noted going south at the Owers 

 Light-vessel (Sussex) on the 18th; 19th and 29th. On the 1st of 

 October a coasting movement was observed at Cley (Norfolk) and on the 

 10th at Overstrand and Yarmouth (Norfolk), and it was noted that the 

 movement on each day continued up to 6 p.m., but on the south coast of 

 Yorkshire these movements which started soon after sunrise practically 

 ceased at 11 a.m. ; there was no evidence of an immigration from the 

 east at the latter place. From the Stli of October until the end of 

 the month there was a continual stream of immigration arriving on the 

 east coast of England south of the Humber, the birds being noted at 

 the various stations every day and on many nights. The records were 

 received, from most of the light-stations between the Outer Dowsing 

 Light-vessel (Lincolnshire) aud those in the Straits of Dover, and the 

 direction of the flight by day was to some point between N.W. and 

 S.S.W., though the observations at the Longsand Light-vessel (off the 

 mouth of the Thames) showed that the birds there were going almost 

 due north. This immigration was also noted inland in Suffolk. At the 

 Bishop Rock Light (Isles of Scilly) on the 21st and 27th of October birds 

 were noted passing east all day towards the islands. On the west side 

 a movement was noticed towards the end of the mouth, though it is not 

 possible to say what direction it followed ; some numbers were noted 

 on the 16th/17th at the Chicken Rock Light (Isle of Man) and at Anvil 

 Point Light (Dorset) on the 24th/25th, at Bardsey Light on the following 

 night and at the South Bishop Light (Pembroke) on the 27th/28t]i, 

 while birds seen at St. Catherine's Light on the 2oth/26th may have 

 formed part of an east to west or a north to south movement. 



Tliere is evidence to show that the immigration on the east coast 

 continued every day up to the middle of November, records being received 

 from various light-stations between the Wash and the Straits of Dover, 

 while in addition numbers were arriving at Whitby (Yorkshire) from 



