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on the 23rd, in Essex and Surrey on the 80th, in Bedford on the 

 2nd of October, in Somerset and Hampshire on the 6th, in Cornwall on 

 the 7th and in Kent on the 31st. 



An example of the Scandinavan Chiffcliaff" (Ph. r. abietinvs) was shot 

 on St. Kilda on the 11th of October and a second occiu-red on Fair Isle 

 on the 24th. 



THE WILLOW- WARBLER (Pht/Uoscopvs trochihcs). 



The first movement of Willow- Warblers to be recorded was on 

 the 1st of August, when an observer in Cumberland noticed them 

 gathering into flocks with Whitethroats. The main body of the local 

 summer-residents had left that district by the 10th. Between the 2nd 

 and the 6th large numbers were noticed on passage in Dorset and some 

 numbers in Wiltshire also on the 6th ; similar movements were recorded 

 from Devon from the 8th to the 15th, in Yorkshire on the 9th, in 

 Lancashire on the 10th and in Lancashire and Wiltshire again on the 

 20th. A gradual decrease in numbers was noticed in Warwick between 

 the 13th and 20th and a considerable decrease in Dorset on the 20th. 

 Large numbers occurred at Hanois Light (Guernsey) and St. Calherine's 

 Light (Hants) on the 22nd/23rd, and a small flock of migrating Willow- 

 Warblers and Whitethroats was seen in Sussex on the 24th. 



On the west coast this species was observed passing continuously on 

 tbe Lancashire coast from the 6th to the 21st and considerable numbers 

 occurred at the lanterns of the Carnarvon, Pembroke and Bristol Channel 

 Lights between the 19th and 23rd. Small numbers of passage-migrants 

 occurred at Fair Isle (Shetland) on the 7th, the Pentland Skerries 

 (Orkney) on the 9th and at the Bell Rock Light (Tay) on the 10th, and 

 at all these stations together with the Isle of May (Fife) during the 

 latter half of the month. 



In September single passage-migrants were seen on the N.E. 

 Lincolnshire coast on the 7th and 23rd, a decrease in Shropshire was 

 noted during the early part of the month and the main body of the 

 local residents left Cardigan between the 15th and 25th. A large 

 emigratory movement was noticed on the coast of East Sussex on the 

 22nd. The only light-record for the month was one of several birds at 

 the Nab Light-vessel (Hants) at 6 a.m. on the 6th. In the course of 

 the same day an observer on a steamer in the Bay of Biscay recorded 

 the arrival of a Willow-Warbler on board, when the vessel was about 

 80 miles from the mouth of the Gironde. The bird left shortly after 

 flying due east. 



In October a few stragglers were observed in Cumberland on the 2ud, 

 on Fair Isle on the 3rd and 4th, in Northumberland on the 5th, on 

 St. Kilda on the 6th and in Essex on the 22nd, while a single bird was 

 taken at the lantern of the Inchkeith Light (Forth) on the 12th. 



Willow-Warblers were last seen in Gloucester on the 5th of 



