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Aug. 14th/19th. E. Kent, a tew passing. 



„ loth. Suftblk coast, another arrival. 



„ 17th. Suffolk coast, passed on. 



„ 22nd. Suffolk coast, one passing. 



„ 24th. Suffolk coast, three or four. 



„ 25th. Suffolk coast, two. 



„ 28th. Suffolk coast, one. 

 Sept. 8th, Suffolk coast, three. 



„ 10th & 12th. Isle of May (Fife), one or two passing. 



„ 11th. N.E. Lincolnshire coast, six passing. 



„ 12th. N.E. Lincolnshire coast, one only. 



„ 14th. N.E. Lincolnshire coast, two. 



„ 15th. N.E. Lincolnshire coast, two. 



„ 17th. Suffolk coast, one passing. 



,, 17th to 26th. E. Kent, a few passing. 



„ 23rd. Isle of May, one or two passing ; N.E. Lincolnshire 

 coast, about two dozen. 



„ 23rd/24th. Kentish Knock Lt.-v., a few ; Southwold Lt. (Suffolk), 

 ten ; Winterton Lt. (Norfolk), five. 



„ 25th. N.E. Lincolnshire coast, all gone. 



„ 23rd to 27th. Suffolk coast, stragglers passing. 



„ 25th to 27th. Isle of May, one or two passing. 



„ 27th. E. Kent, twenty or thirty passing. 



„ 28th. E. Kent, a few passing. 



,, 28th/29th. Hanois Lt. (Guernsey), many. 



,, 30th/lst Oct. Llanois Lt., one. 

 Oct. 2nd. Isle of May, one passing. 



„ 4th. Suftblk, a few passing. 



THE SWALLOW {Ilirundo rustica). 



The onlj' records for July were of two at Fair Isle on the 6th, and 

 of gatherings in Cumberland and Hampshire towards the end of the 

 month. In August the emigratory movement became very general. 

 About forty were noted going east on the coast of Denbighshire on the 

 4th, and small flocks to the south in Hampshire at dawn on the 10th; 

 in Warwickshire about a hundred were seen passing south on the 16th, 

 and large numbers were on passage in Suffolk on the 19th, on which 

 date a small passing flock was seen in Lancashire. In Suffolk numbers 

 were observed going south from the 27th to the 29tli, and a considerable 

 decrease in numbers was noted in Cumberland on the 12th, in Wiltshire 

 on the 16th and 21st and in Oxfordshire on the 31st. The only light- 

 record was that of two flying south at 4.50 p.m. on the 24th past the 

 English and Welsh Grounds Light- vessel (Bristol Channel). 



In September an observer in Wiltshire reported about 100 young 



