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end of the month. The principal records showing" a steady eastward 

 passage of birds in Cornwall between 12.30 and 2.30 p.m. on the 1st, 

 Great numbers were seen in Devonshire on the 3rd and 6th, and large 

 numbers in Mull going south on the latter date. Between the 6th 

 and 16th there was a fairly steady movement to the south from the 

 coast of Yorkshire, a party of about fifty were passing in Cornwall 

 on the 7th, and many to the north-east in Berkshire on the 9tli. A large 

 flock was seen going south in Derbyshire on the 10th, and gTeat numbers 

 along the coast of Kent on the 29th. 



The light-records for October were as follows : — Morecambe Bay 

 Light-vessel (Lancashire), one on board at 9 a.m. on the 1st ; Owers 

 Light-vessel, large flocks to the east all day on the 4th, and to the south 

 en the 6th, small flocks to the south all day on the 7th, 8th, 9th and 

 12th, and small numbers to the east-south-east from 9 to 12 a.m. on the 

 10th ; St. Catherine's Light (Hampshire), large numbers to the east 

 from 9 to 11 a.m. on the 13th. In November the records were all of 

 single birds or very small numbers, the latest being that of a straggler 

 in Wigtown on the 23rd. 



A pair brought oft" their third brood of four in Yorkshire on the 7th of 

 October, and a bird was reported to be sitting on four eggs in Cumberland 

 on the 23rd. 



Swallows were last seen in Devonshire on the 4th of October, in 

 Shropshire on the 7th, in Lancashire and Cheshire on the 8th, in Wilt- 

 shire on the 9th, in Staffordshire on the 10th, in Suffblk on the 11th, 

 in Lincolnshire on the 14th, in Warwickshire, Somersetsliire and Berk- 

 shire on the 15th, in Linlithgow, Yorkshire, Oxford and Cambridge on 

 the 16th, in Surrey on the 19th, in Fife on the 21st, in Essex on the 22nd, 

 in Hampshire on the 28th, and in Worcestershire on the 31st. 



THE HOUSE-MAETIN [Chelidonurbica). 



The only report of a migratory movement in July came from Oxford, 

 where the birds had commenced to congregate on the 24th and 25th. 



House-Martins were gathering in flocks in Cumberland on the 1st of 

 August, in Suflblk between the 17th and 19th and on the 26th, in 

 Wiltshire on the 20th and in Lancashire on the 28th. In Warwickshire 

 flocks were seen going soutli on the 12th (at 3.45 p.m.) and on the 16th, 

 on the coast of Kent small flocks were passing almost daily between the 

 19th and 31st. Many were passing south in Suflblk from the 27th to 

 the 29th, and on the latter date many were travelling in the same 

 direction along the coast of that county and on the 30th a large arrival 

 was noted in Sussex. 



Emigration was very active in September. During the first fortnight 

 House-Martins were passing daily in Sussex, an immense flock was 

 observed in that county on the 22nd and some numbers were flying 

 south all the morning of the 2oth. On the 3rd a flock coming from the 



