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The first definite return movements were recorded in the fourth week 

 of February. The first local resident reached Carlisle (Cumberland) on 

 the 21st, large numbers arrived in the Isle of Wight on the 24th and 

 passed on after a short rest, while the first small flocks arrived in 

 Cheshire on the 28th and 29th and numbers were seen near Manchester 

 (Lancashire) on the 1st of March. 



Throughout March Pied Wagtails seem to have been arriving in 

 small numbers on the south coast, a single bird was taken at St. 

 Catherine's Light (Hampshire) on tiie 9th/10th and others arrived 

 exhausted on the Nab Light-vessel (Hampshire) on the evening of the 

 13th and early morning of the 15th ; on the latter day three arrived 

 from the sea at Dimgeness Point (Kent) and others were seen flying 

 N.W. at the same place on the 26th, 27th, 29th and 30th. Small 

 flocks arrived on the South Devonshire coast on the 11th and 27th and 

 on the Sussex coast on the 12th, while a single bird was taken at Hanois 

 Light (Guernsey) on the 26th/27th and a gradual increase was noticed 

 in the Isle of Wight during the last week of the month. Inland and 

 further north the first summer-residents arrived at Sutton Coldfield 

 (Warwickshire) on the 8th of March, and at Scarborough (Yorkshire) 

 on the 10th. Scattered migrants were noticed in various parts of 

 Cheshire during the first week of the month, larger flocks arrived there 

 on the 9th and 10th and frequented the same localities for the greater 

 part of the month, their numbers being increased by subsequent arrivals 

 on the 16th, 18th and 23rd On the 17th a large migrating party was 

 seen in the Cheddar Valley (Somerset). At Scarborough the numbers 

 gradually increased throughout the month. 



Very little movement was recorded during April, single birds were 

 going north along the Suffolk coast on the 1st and 3rd, a large flock 

 was seen passing in Cheshire on the 10th, a single bird was taken at 

 Hanois Light (Guernsey) on the 15lh/16th and many were on passao-e 

 through Merioneth on the 19th. A single bird was killed at Spurn 

 Head Light (Yorkshire) on the 6th/7th of May. 



THE MEADOW-PIPIT {Anthus pratensis). 



A single bird was killed at Hanois Light (Guernsey) on the 15th/16tli 

 of February. 



Meadow-Pipits were noticed on migration at Bloxham (Oxfordshire) 

 throughout March, a flock of fifty or more being seen on the 30th. A 

 small flock was seen at Northwich (Cheshire) on the lOtli and an 

 increase was reported from there on the 18th. The first summex-- 

 residents arrived on the Northumberland moors on the 2oth, the numbers 

 increasing during the next few days, wliile many arrived in the Eden 

 Valley (Cumberland) on the 28th. On the 31st a large migrating flock 

 was seen in Hertfordshire. 



