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Keut, Dorset and Devonshire, Flocks were seen passing over Hamp- 

 shire in a S.E. direction on the 14th, 16th and 19th of August, and 

 stragglers were noted in Kent between the 20th and 25th. At the South 

 Foreland Light one was seen passing at 7.30 p.m. on the 26th, while 

 hundreds observed round the lantern earl}- on the following morning left 

 for the south at 10 a.m., and large numbers going south were reported 

 on the 29th. On the last-named date a flock was noted in Suffolk 

 fljiug south-west. 



Swifts were last seen in Derbyshire on the 8th of August, in Gloucester- 

 shire and Wiltshire on the 9th, in Shropshire and Sussex on the 13th, 

 in Denbigh on the 15th, Lancashire on the 16th, Cheshire and Sutfulk on 

 the 17th, Devonshire on the ISth, Cornwall on the 19th, Cumberland and 

 Hertfordshire on the 21st, Staffordshire on the 5th of September, Hamp- 

 shire on the 13th, and in Northamptonshire on the 18th. 



The migratory movement rapidly died out in September, the records 

 referring to stragglers still remaining or passing. In October four occur- 

 rences only were reported, viz. : one at Fair Isle (Shetland) on the 4th, one 

 in Cumberland on the 9th, one at Sherringham (Norfolk) on the 10th, 

 and a dead bird (probably the same) picked up at Cromer on the 13th. 



THE NIGHTJAR {Caprimulyus eiiropceus). 



Aug. 20th. Mid-SufFolk, last seen. 



,, 23rd. Cardiganshire, one seen. 



„ 25th. Dorset coast, three passing. 



Sept. 1st. W. Hampshire and Sussex coast, passing. 



„ 9th. N.W. Lancashire, last seen. 



„ 10th, N. Staffordshire, last seen. 



„ 15th. S. Wiltshire, several. 



,, 20th. S. Yorkshire coast, two passing. 



„ 21st. W. Hampshire, one. 



22nd. Dorset coast, one. 



THE WRYNECK {Ljnx torqmUa). 



Aug. 3rd. S, Hertfordshire, last seen, 



,, 28th. W. Kent, one passing. 

 Sept. 14th & 17th, W. Kent, one passing each day. 



„ 14th & 20th, S. Yorkshire coast, one passing each da^. 



„ 19th. W, Kent, last seen, 



„ 21st & 22nd, E, Kent, one passing each day. 



„ 28th, Ellastone, Staffordshire, one caught. 



