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passage to tlie N.W., and on the 28th, 29th, SOth and 31st of March 

 and the 2nd of April they were arriving in small parties the whole 

 day long and travelling steadily N.W., the numbers being greatest on the 

 28th and 30th of March. On the 29th of March two left the coast at 

 the same place at 8 a.m. and travelled steadily out to sea to the S.W. 



In April coasting-movements were observed at Lowestoft (Suffolk), 

 flocks flying northward every morning from the 1st to the 5th, on 

 the 9th and 12th, from the loth to the 17th, on the 20th and from tlie 

 22nd to the 30th. The numbers on the 9th and between the 22nd and 

 30th were smaller than on the other days, while those on the 12th were 

 larger. On the 23rd a Linnet was taken on a flshing-boat near the 

 Dutch coast. 



On the 8th of May two were passing at the Pentland Skerries (Orkney). 



THE REED-BUNTING {Emleriza schceniclus) . 



Reed-Buntings were reported as being numerous on the moors of 

 S. Lancashire where they do not usually winter, and as more than 

 usually abundant in the Cheshire plain during the flrst three weeks of 

 Januai-y. On the advent of the cold weather the larger portion of these 

 disappeared and after the 25th but few were seen. During the same 

 month enormous numbers gradually collected on the adjoining coasts of 

 Sussex and Flampshire and over a thousand were seen on Hayling 

 Island on the 2nd of February. Between the 2nd and the 5th nearly 

 all of these birds left and after the 5th only a few stragglers remained. 



A small flock was seen at Marbury (Cheshire) on the 2nd of March, 

 and a slight increase took place on the 10th and considerable ones on 

 the 16th and 18th. Two flocks of males were seen at Tring (Hertford- 

 shire) on the 10th. 



On the 14th/15th of April six were seen and three killed at Bardsey 

 Light (Carnarvon). 



THE STARLING {Sturnus vulgaris). 



Practically the whole of the records of this species were derived from 

 light-stations. Those for January were but few, small numbers occurred 

 at Bardsey Light (Carnarvon) on the 17th/18th, at the Skerries Light 

 (Anglesey) on the 18th/19th and 26th/27th, and at Chicken Rock Light 

 (Isle of Man) on the 18th/19th, and somewhat larger numbers at 

 Bardsey Light on tho 18th/19th and 23rd/24th. Single birds were taken 

 at Hanois Light (Guernsey) on the nights of the 21st, 23rd and 25th, 

 and small numbers occurred at stations on the north coast of Norfolk on 

 those of the 20th and 22nd. 



During February and March the records from the south coast were 

 scanty, another single bird was taken at Hanois Light on the 4th of 



