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records came to hand till the beginning of October, during the whole of 

 which month there was a steady movement varied by decided influxes. 

 This movement began on the 6th of October when migrants were noticed 

 on the coast of S. Yorkshire and N.E. Lincolnshire, at Winterton Light 

 (Norfolk) and at the Kentish Knock Light-vessel. Several distinct 

 movements were taking place simultaneously and the migration probably 

 reached its height between the ]5th and 23rd. On the 15th, 16th and 

 17th large numbers were seen on the coast of Suflblk and Norfolk, while 

 on the Isle of May there was a big movement which lasted from the 18th 

 to the 21st, all the birds killed belonging to the Continental race. On 

 the 18th and 19th Goldcrests continued to arrive on the coast of Suffolk, 

 and at the same time a big influx was reported from Thanet (Kent) 

 which lasted till the 23rd, birds of both races being obtained, while there 

 was a passage of large numbers at North Unst (Shetland) and at the 

 Pentland Skerries (Orkney) on the 19th and 20tli. 



After the 23rd no movement of importance on the east coast was 

 reported, but a few stragglers continued to arrive in Shetland, Orkney, 

 Fair Isle and on the coast of Fife, till the end of the month. 



On the west coast there were signs of a similar movement, but on a 

 much smaller scale. From time to time during October small arrivals 

 were noted at the Little Koss Light, the Isle of Man and some Welsh 

 lights, but there was a large movement at the Little Ross Light on the 

 10th, when all the birds taken were of the British race. 



On the south coast the only records received were those of a single 

 bird at Ilanois Light (Guernsey) on the 29th/30th of September, of a few 

 at the Nab Light-vessel (Hants) on the 16th of October and of one 

 Continental bird at Hanois Light on the 17th/18th of October, 



At the beginning of November migration practically ceased, but a 

 few stragglers were noticed at Stornoway on the 1st, at Lerwick on the 

 13th and at Little Ross Light on the 21st, while a solitary bird was 

 taken on a boat about forty miles E.S.E. of Lowestoft on the 3rd of 

 December. 



THE CHIFFCIIAFF {Phylloscopus nifus). 



In August a great increase in the numbers of this species was noted 

 in Kent on the 26th. In September passing birds were reported from 

 Berkshire on the 24th, and an observer in Cardigan recorded the 

 departure of the main body of the Chiflchaffs from his neighbourhood 

 between the 15th and 25th. A few were seen at Ilanois Light 

 (Guernsey) on the 28th/29th and single birds were also killed at that 

 light on the 30th/lst October and the 16th/17th of October . One was 

 shot on the N.E. Lincolnshire coast on the lOtli of October. 



Chifl'chafts were last seen in Yorkshire on the IGth of September, in 

 Gloucester on the 19th, in Devon and Dorset on the 20th, in Shropshire 



