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of tlie Continental race were procured at Yarmouth on the 19th and at 

 Lowestoft on the 16th, 25th and 27th, 



There seems to have been an influx of migrants at Bosham (Sussex) 

 on the 11th and 21st of November, but by the end of the month they 

 had all disappeared. A few stragglers were noticed at the Eass Rock 

 on the 15th, and a single bird was killed at Hanois Light on the 

 26th/27th. 



THE WHITETHEOAT {Sylvm cinerea). 



The earliest recorded movement was in Cumberland, where a 

 correspondent observed Whitethroats flocking with Willow-Warblers 

 on the 1st of August, and this was followed by a marked decrease in the 

 numbers of the present species on the 11th. A flock of about fifty 

 individuals (in company with Tree-Pipits and Spotted Flycatchers) was 

 reported in Warwickshire on the 13th, there were passing birds in 

 Suffolk on the 18th and 19th, and in Sussex (in company with Willow- 

 Warblers) on the 24th. 



The light-records for August were as follows :— Bardsey Light (Car- 

 narvon), about forty on the 20th/21st, Outer Gabbard Light-vessel 

 (Suffolk), ten on the 21st/22ud, Hanois 'Light (Guernsey), six on the 

 22nd/23rd and three on the 25th/2Gtli, St. Catherine's Light (Hants), 

 many on the 22nd/23rd. 



The inland records for September were very meagre ; a passing bird 

 was noted in Yorkshire on the 3rd, several on the N.E. Lincolnshire 

 coast on the 7th and a small number arrived in Somerset on the 13th, 

 while a large emigratory movement was noticed in S.E. Sussex on the 

 22nd. The lighthouse repoi'ts for the month were : — Nab Light-vessel 

 (Hants), one killed at 7.30 a.m. on the 6th, St. Catherine's Light, ten on 

 the 14th/15th and one killed on the 22nd/23rd, while a single bird was 

 taken at the Isle of May Light (Fife) on the 25th. 



In October several were seen at Dungeness Light (Kent) on the 2nd/3rd, 

 and two at Inchkeith Light (Forth) at 3 a.m. on the 13th. 



Whitethroats were last seen in East Ross on the 13th of September, 

 in Kent on the 15th, in Warwickshire on the 17th, in Northumberland, 

 Yorkshire and Hampshire on the 20th, in East Lothian on the 21st and 

 in Sutfolk on the 23rd. 



THE BLACKCAP {Sylvia atricapilla). 



Sept. 16th. Stafford and Kent, last seen. 



„ 20th. Devon and Gloucester, last seen. 



„ 22nd. Cumberland, last seen. 



„ 26th. Sutlblk, last «een. 



