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During- October a steady stream of migrants passed down the east 

 coasts of Scotland and England, the principal movements being as 

 follows : — Many arrived on Fair Isle (Shetland) on the 20th and 28th, 

 flocks arrived on the Pentland Skerries on the 15th, and about forty 

 on the 22nd. Flocks were seen in East Fife on the 17th, about twenty 

 on the Isle of May on the 20th, and numbers on Inchkeith (Forth) on 

 the 29th. On the English coast great numbers were seen on the south 

 coast of Yorkshire between the 6th and 16th aud on the coast of Lincoln- 

 shire on the 10th. On the Suffolk coast large numbers were passing to 

 the south on the 11th, 17th to 21st and 24th to 27th, aud smaller numbers 

 on the 2nd, 4th, 8th and 31st, while on the 19th arrivals from the east 

 were also noted on the same coast. In Kent a passing flock of fifty 

 individuals was observed on the 3rd. Other records for October 

 were of flocks arriving at Cape Wrath (Sutherland) on the 15tli, at 

 Stornoway (Outer Hebrides) on the 17th, and of small flocks in War- 

 wickshire flying west-south-west between 3 and 5 p.m. on the 28th. 



The light-records in October were : — 



Outer Dowsing Light-vessel (Lincolnshire), one to the S.W. at 6 p.m. 

 on the 5th. 



Owers Light-vessel (Sussex), a few to the S. all day on the 9th, 

 several to the N. at 2 p.m. on the 10th and at 9 a.m. on the 12th. 



Girdler Light-vessel (Kent), several to the S.W. between 6 a.m. and 

 4 P.M. on the 14th. 



Kentish Knock Light-vessel (Essex), a few seen and one killed on the 

 16th/16th. 



Bell Rock Light (Tay), three at the lantern on the 17th. 



Shipwash Light-vessel (Suffolk), twenty to thirty to W. at 10 a.m. on 

 the 27th. 



There was also a good deal of migration throughout November on the 

 eastern coast. Many arrived on Fair Isle between the 6th and 9th and 

 large numbers on Inchkeith on the 23rd. On the Suffolk coast many 

 were passing south on the 1st, 2nd, 6th and 8th and again between tiie 

 12th and 14th and smaller numbers on the 15th, On the Sussex coast 

 a few small flocks were reported going west on the 20th and some to 

 south on the 21st and 22nd. On the west coast arrivals were recorded 

 on Tiree (Argyll) on the 11th. 



The light-reports in November were : — 



Inner Dowsing Light-vessel (Lincolnshire), a flock from N.W. to S.E. 

 at 10 A.M. on the 6th. 



Shipwash Light-vessel (Suffolk), six to the W. at 10.40 a.m. on the 9th. 



Leman and Ower Light-vessel (Norfolk), one seen on the 30th. 



In December a few Greenfinches were noted on Fair Isle, at Noup 

 Head and on the Pentland Skerries (Orkney), and one at the Bell Ilock 

 Light on the 27th. 



