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House-Martins were last seen in Cornwall on the 29tli of September, 

 in Cheshire on the 5th of C>ctober, in Shropshire and Wiltshire on the 

 7th, in Cumberland, iNIonraouth and Gloucester on the 8th, in Waiwiclc- 

 shire on the 9th, in Oxford on the 10th, in Berkshire on the 11th, in 

 Cambridge, Essex and Somerset on the 21st, in Staffordshire on the 

 23rd, in Lancashire and Worcester on the 24th, iu Yorkshire, Derby- 

 shire and Suffolk on the 26th, in Wigtown on the 28th and in Devon- 

 shire on the 30th. 



THE SAND-MARTIN {Cotile ripana). 



The emigratory movement commenced about the third week in July, 

 a few being seen at the Pentland Skerries on the 20th, while some were 

 passing south in Suffolk on the 25th. Five were seen about the 

 Chicken Rock Lighthouse at 3 p.m. on the 28th, and one at 1.30 p.m. 

 on the following day. 



In August Sand-Martins were congregating in Cumberland on the 

 1st, and in great numbers in Suffolk and smaller numbers in Dorset on 

 the 6th. Many were observed going south in Suffolk on the 25th, 29th 

 and 30th, while on the latter date two small parties were noted coming 

 in from the east. On the 29tli an observer on the coast of Devonshire 

 reported a steady passage of these birds from east to west between 

 6 and 6.35 f m. 



In September a large Hock flying north-west Was recorded in 

 Devonshire on the 5th ; an increase in numbers was noted in the same 

 county on the i3th followed by a decrease on the 17th. In Suffolk 

 flocks were passing south on the 6th and between the r2th and 29th, a 

 larg'e influx also took place in that county on the 15th, the birds all 

 passing on again by the 17th. A small number arrived in Cumberland 

 on the 13th and a large flock on the 15th, but had all passed on by the 

 19th. A few were passing in Yorkshire (m the 21st and 24th, aiid an 

 increase was reported frohi the Isle of Wight on the 21st followed by a 

 decrease on the 25th, while throughout the mdrning of the latter day 

 scattered parties were flving south on the Sussex coast. 



The records for October were of stragglers only, the latest being of 

 one in Sussex on the 30th. 



Sand-Martins were last seen in Cumberland on the 19tli cf Septelnber, 

 in Shropshire On the 20th, in Suffolk on the 29th, in Warwickshire on 

 the 3rd of October, in Devonshire oti the 6th, in Surrey on the 7th, in 

 Cheshire on the 8th and in Stissex on the 30th. 



THE GREENFINCH {Ligurinus chloris). 



Migration apparently commenced towards the end of September, as 

 birds were passing south on the coast of Suffolk on the 23rd and 27th, 

 and a small passing flock was noted in Kent on the 30th^ while some 

 arrived on the Isle of May (Fife) on the 27th. 



