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February and two on the 12tli/13th of March, smdl numbers passed the 

 south Goodwin liight-vessel (Kent) on the 9th of February and the Nab 

 Light-vessel (Hampshire) on the 29th of February and the 12th of 

 March, travelling N.W., a few were at the lantern of St. Catherine's 

 Light (Hampshire) on the 23rd/24th of February and many on the 9th/ 

 10th of March, while large numbers arrived on the Sussex coast from the 

 S.E. during the second and third weeks of March, being recorded from 

 both the eastern and western extremities of the county. 



The west coast records for February were precisely those already 

 detailed for the Song-Thrush {q. v.), except that the numbers in the case 

 of the present species would appear to have been less. Those for March, 

 however, covered a longer period and were concerned with far larger 

 numbers. Movements were recorded on almost every night from the 

 9th to the 24th at stations between the Isle of Man and Pembrokeshire. 

 The numbers of birds increased nightly from the 9th to an enormous 

 influx on the 14th, which was recorded at five different stations ; after 

 that the numbers were quite small until a second influx on the 23rd. 

 In the few instances in which the direction of flight was recorded, it was 

 given as from the W. or N. W., so the birds may possiblj' have been 

 Irish winter-residents returning. 



The great feature of the spring movements of the Starling was, 

 however, the magnitude of those recorded on the east coast. Between 

 the 13th of February and the 3rd of April, one hundred and eleven 

 separate observations were made between Whitby (Yorkshire) and the 

 mouth of the Thames, movements being recorded on twenty days and 

 on every night but fifteen during that period. On several occasions the 

 whole length of this coast was covered by the records, specially large 

 immigrations being recorded on the nights of the 15th, 16th, 20th, 22nd, 

 23rd and 24th of February and of the 11th to the 15th, the 18th and 

 the 2oth of March. The direction of flight, though but poorly recorded, 

 differed considerably at the different stations and suggested that several 

 movements were in progress simultaneously. The records from Spurn 

 Head, which were numerous throughout the period, invariably gave the 

 direction of flight as S.W. or S.S.W., the direction was S.E. at the 

 Leman and Ower Light-vessel (Norfolk) on February 16th and E. at the 

 Outer Gabbard Light-vessel (Suffolk) on the 23rd and 24th. Between 

 the 25th of February and the 11th of March the direction at the Shipwash 

 Light-vessel (Suffolk) was N.W., but S.W. or W. between the 28th of 

 March and the 3rd of April, while during the latter period at the Kentish 

 Knock Light-vessel the birds were flying N.W. On the 31st of March 

 birds were flying S. at Cromer and on the 3rd of April N. at Lowestoft. 



Movements of small numbers were again recorded off' the Yorkshire 

 and Lincolnshire coasts on the 10th, 13th and 18tli of April and on 

 the N.W. coast of Wales on the 3rd, from the 12th to the 14th and 

 on the 21st. 



