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Oct. 3rd/4:tli. S. Goodwin Lt.-v. (Kent), six, left to N.W. at 10 a^m. 



„ 5th. N.E. Lincolnsliire coast, several small liocks. 



„ 6th/7tli. Spurn Head Lt. (Yorkshii'e), one. 



„ 8tli. Yorkshire (south coast), a considerable flock ; SufFulk 



coast, a few flying S. 



„ 8th to 31st. Thanet (E. Kent), many in the fields. 



„ 9th/10th. Dungeness Lt. (Kent), twenty. 



„ 11th. Suffolk coast, a few flying S. 



„ 16th/17th. Dungeness Lt., one. 



„ 18th to 21st. Suffolk coast, many flying S. 



„ 23rd/24th. Leman and Ower Lt.-v. (Norfolk), twenty. 



„ 24rth to 26th. Suffolk coast, many flying S. 



„ 24th. Bell Eock Lt. (Tay), one. 

 Nov. 1st. Suffolk coast; flocks flying S. 



„ 11th. Suffolk coast, a few flying S. 



,, 29th. Leman and Ower Lt.-v., two. 



THE CHAFFINCH {Fringilla ccehhs). 



The first recorded migratory movement took place in Gloucestershire, 

 where a large passing flock of females was noted on the 18th of August ; 

 smaller flocks of females were observed in the same county on the 20th 

 and 23rd and a flock of males on the 28th. 



In September a large flock of females was seen in Suffolk on the 11th. 

 There were arrivals on Fair Isle (Shetland) and the Isle of May (Fife) 

 on the 23rd, and from that date to the 10th of October large numbers 

 were reported by the Keeper of the St. Nicholas Light-vessel off" the 

 Norfolk coast as coming in from the east. There were arrivals at 

 Lerwick (Shetland) on the 24th of September, and numbers were seen 

 on Fair Isle between that date and the 29th. Several flocks were 

 observed going south on the Suffolk coast on the 27th, and small passing- 

 flocks were seen in Northumberland between the 27th and 29th. 



In October the records from the north and east sides of the kingdom 

 were as follows : — Numbers on Fair Isle from the 2nd to the 4th, several 

 large flocks on the south coast of Yorkshire between the 14th and 16th, 

 many passing south on the coast of Suffolk on the 18th, 19th, 24th and 

 27th and smaller numbers on the 4th, 11th, 14th and 21st, and flocks 

 arriving there from the east on the 29th. During the first week of the 

 month numbers of small parties (all males) were passing in Kent. 



On the western side small flocks were flying E. along the coast at 

 Bowness (Solway) on the 14th. In Lancashire they were passing in 

 flocks on the 2nd, the numbers increasing between the 4th and 7th and 

 becoming very large on the 8th. On the 12th a flock of twenty-three 

 was seen from a ship in St. George's Channel at 4 p.m. about half an 

 hour out from Fishguard. 



