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The ouly movements recoi'ded during February were those of small 

 numbers at Bardsey Liglit (Carnarvou) on the nights of the 16th, 17th 

 and 19th and the assembling of small tiocks into larger ones in Essex 

 during the third week of the month, 



But little migration was observed during March, and though small 

 numbers of birds were recorded in several southern counties, definite 

 movements were few. A large eastward moven^ent was reported from 

 N.W. Suffolk ou the 26th and uortlnvard passages in Hawpshire on the 

 28th and Slst, and in Somerset on the 30th. Very large numbers 

 congregated in Essex during- the last four days of the month, a slight 

 increase was noticed iu Berkshire on the 30th, a small flock was seen on 

 passage on the Cornish cof),st on the 17th, and oue or two single birds 

 arrived on Dungeness (Kent) ou the 26th and 39th. 



Migration was evidently much more active during April ; sniall 

 numbers occurred at the Skerries Light (Anglesey) on the 3rd/4th and 

 at Bardsey and Sker;ies Lights on the llth/ioth, A continuous east- 

 ward passage was recorded in N.W. Sulfolk throughout the month 

 Besides numerous flocks, often of large size, the majority no doubt 

 being on passage, recorded ivom localities all over Englaud and Wales 

 definite northward movements were remarked iu Leicester on the 7th, 

 in Lancashire on the 11th, in S,W. Suffolk on the 12th, in Somerset 

 and Gloucestershire on the 13th, jn Middlesex and Berk«>bire on the 

 14th, in Somerset on tlie 20t]} and 37th, iu Cambridgeshire ou the 24th 

 and in Middlesex ou the 28th, 



Eastward movements were recorded in Shropshire on the §3).'d and. 

 25th, and decreased numbers in Shropshire on the 13th aud 24th and iu 

 Yorkshire on the 19th and 27th. Jn the Eden Valley (Cun).berlfind) 

 but little alteration iu numbers was noticed untjl the 20th, when the 

 main body departed ; during the following week the numbers g^'adually 

 rose again, and these left ou the night of the 27th. 



The last Fieldfares disappeared from Cheshire betweeu the 3,0th of 

 April aud the 3rd of May, a few were seen jn Hampshire and Middlesex 

 on the 1st of May, a few occurred at Chicken Rock Light (Isle of Man) 

 on the night of the 4th, a small flock was seen iu Oxford aud a few in 

 Essex on the 5th. Fieldfares Avere seen for the laat time in the Eden 

 Valley on the 7th, and a single bird was seen iu Qloucestersljire as 

 late as the 12th. 



THE BLACKBIRD {Turdiia merula). 



A single bird was killed at Hanois Light (Guernsey) ou January 

 J7th/18th. 



A large influx of Blackbirds occurred on Hayliug Island (Hampshire) 

 and on the neighbouring coast of Sussex during the cold weather on the 

 2nd of February; the majority of these had passed on by the 5th> 

 and all had gone by the 9th. Six occurred at St. Catherine's Light 



