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(Hampshire) on the 23rfl/24th, a few arrived on Dungeness (Kent) on 

 the 1st of April, and a single bird was taken at Hanois Light on the 

 4th/5th of May. These are all the records that were received from 

 the south coast. 



There were no records from either the west or the east coast in 

 January, 



The west coast records for February and March were substantially 

 the same as those of the Song-Thrush, but they covered a larger extent 

 of coast-line, reaching from the Isle of Man to the Bristol Channel. The 

 numbers would seem to have been somewhat larger than those of the 

 Song-Thrush and the periods recorded slightly longer, lasting from 

 the 10th to the 20th of February and from the 10th to the 21st of 

 March. 



The east coast records were also very similar to those of the Song- 

 Thrush, but they were fewer and the number of birds was considerably 

 less ; the area coveied in February only reached from Spurn Head to 

 the Norfolk coast, and the periods were somewhat less, lasting from the 

 16th to the 24th of February and from the 12th to the 26th of IMarch. 



After March the only movements of Blackbirds recorded were those 

 of a few at the Skerries Light (Anglesey) on the 14th/15th of April and 

 at the Chicken Rock Light (Isle of Man) on the 5th/6th of May. 



THE STONECHAT {Fratincola rnhicola). 



A single Stonechat was taken at Bardsey Light (Carnarvon) on the 

 17th/18th of February, and large numbers, evidimtly representing a 

 considerable oversea immigration, occurred at the S. Foreland Light 

 (Kent) on the 24th/25th, while a single bird, without doubt on migration, 

 was observed in Kensington Gardens, London, on the 28th. 



The first arrival (a female) was recorded at Llorusea (S.E. Yorkshire) 

 on the 2nd of March ; a small tiock of migrants was observed on tlie 

 Dee Estuary (Cheshire) on the same dav, and single birds, probably also 

 on passage, were seen inland in Renfrew on the 8rd and near Northwich 

 (Cheshire) on the 10th. A small inciease was noticed on the S.E. 

 Sussex coast on the 2nd of April and a large arrival took place in 

 S.E. Suffolk on the 6th. The large number of fourteen was killed at the 

 Morcambe Bay Light-vessel (Lancashire) on the 5th/6th of May ; on 

 the following night a single bird was taken at Hanois Light (Guernsey), 

 and one arrived on the Pentland Skerries (Orkney) on the 11th. 



THE PIED WAGTAIL (Motacilla lugubris). 



In January a dozen birds occurred at Bardsey Light (Carnarvon) 

 on the 18th/19th, and a small southward migration was noticed on the 

 Northumberland coast from the 28th to the SJst. 



