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from Mul] (Argyll), and ■were seen arriving on tlie Solway ; on tlie 27th 

 a stream of birds was passing the coasts of Cumherland, Cheshire and 

 Wales, while a huge flock arrived at Loch Awe (Argyll) on the 30th. 

 From the 8rd of November to the 6th flocks were still arriving in the 

 Outer Hebrides, a continuous stream of birds was passing over Dum- 

 friesshire in a N.W. direction on the 7th, while from the 18th to the 28th 

 numbers were recorded on Tiree (Argyll). 



During October and November there were movements in many inland 

 counties. On the 9th and 17tb of October large flocks were passing over 

 Pontefract (Yorkshire) and arrivals took place during that month in 

 Leicestershire, Warwickshire and Staffordshire, and again in Leicester- 

 shire on the 3rd of November. 



In Wiltshire no birds were seen until the 18th of November, but by 

 the end of the month large flocks had arrived, while on the 4th and 30th 

 there was a passage over Bloxham (Oxfordshire), man}' birds being seen 

 flying in a S.E. direction. 



By the end of November Fieldfares seem to have settled down in 

 their winter-quarters and no further movements of any magnitude were 

 recorded. On the south coast nothing of importance was reported beyond 

 the passage of small numbers at St. Catherine's Light (Hants), the 

 Eddystone Light (Cornwall) and Hanois Light (Guernsey), during 

 the latter half of November. 



THE BLACKBIRD (lurchis memla). 



The mig-ration of this species continued from August into December 

 and nearly all the records came from the lights. 



An observer in North Wiltshire noted that most of the home-bred 

 birds had departed by the end of August, while in Staffordshire there 

 seems to have been a slight increase in numbers towards the end of 

 September. 



The first record of an arrival at the lights came from the Pentland 

 Skei'ries on the 25th of September. During the first week of October the 

 arrival of small parties was reported from Unst and Fair Isle (Shetland), 

 the coast of N.E. Lincolnshire, and some stations oft" the coast of Wales, 

 but from the 14th to the 24th an extensive movement on both the west 

 and east coasts took place. This movement was noticed in many parts 

 of Orkney and Shetland, and at almost all the stations on the east coast 

 of Scotland as far south as the Bass Rock (Forth). At the same time 

 birds of this species were passing the coast of Northumberland and 

 Spurn Head, while there w^as a general movement in the west and south, 

 migrants being recorded from many lights off" the coast of Scotland, 

 Wales and the south of England. After this, with the exception of an 

 immigration at Fair Isle on the 2nd of November, no further records 

 were received until the middle of November, when an irregular move- 



