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lu Dorset large flocks were seen on the south coast on tlie 22nd, and 

 on St. Kilda large numbers were reported on the 9th and 11th. 



The light-records for October were very numerous, the principal being 

 as follows : — 



Newarp Light-vessel (Norfolk), many on the 15th/16th, 

 Shipwash Light-vessel (Suffolk), sixty on board all day on the l-ith 

 and thirty or forty flying west on the 27th. 



Kentish Kuock Light-vessel (Essex), many on the 13th/14th and 

 14th/15th ; small flocks to the W.S.W. on the 25th between 9 and 

 11 A.M. and a few to W.N.W. from 9 a.m. to noon on the 26th. 



Girdler Light-vessel (Kent), scores on deck and flying W.S.W. from 

 6 A.M. to 5 P.M. on the 13th, and many to the W.S.W. from G a.m. to 

 5 P.M. on the loth. 



Bardsey Light (Carnarvon), flocks to the E. on the 18th. 

 English and Welsh Grounds Light-vessel (Biistol Channel), a flock to 

 the S. at 9.30 a.m. on the 28th. 



In November numbers were noted on Fair Isle and at Girdleuess 

 (Kincardineshire) on the 9th and 11th respectively. Many were passing 

 south on the Suffolk coast on the 1st and small numbers arrived in^ 

 Sussex on the 21st. The principal light-reports in November were : — 



Shipwash Light-vessel, flocks to the W. from 10 to 10.40 a.m. on the 

 1st and at 11 .30 a.m. on the Mth. 



Kentish Knock Light-vessel, small flocks to the W.S.W. from 8 a.m. 

 to noon on the 2nd, and large flocks to the S.E. at 10 a.m. on the 10th. 

 Bardsey Light, flocks on the island on the 17th. 



In December a great increase was noted in Sussex on tbe 14th and 

 l5th (all males), which had passed on by the fallowing day. 



Chaffinches were observed almost daily during October and November 

 on Fair Isle, St. Kilda, the Pentland Skerries, at the Bell Rock Light 

 on the Isle of May and at the Butt of liewis, while a few were seen 

 throughout December on Fair Isle. 



THE BRAMBLING [Fringilla mojitifrinc/illa). 



Arrivals were noted on Fair Isle (Shetland), Sule Skerry (Orkney) 

 and the Isle of May (Fife) during tlie last week of September. 



In October large numbers were observed on Fair Isle between the 14tli 

 and 21st, and small numbers on the Pentland Skerries (Orkney), at Cape 

 Wrath (Sutherland) and at the Butt of Lewis (Outer Hebrides) during 

 the same period. Between the 23rd and the 11th of November small 

 numbers were noted at all the above places. About the 25th of October 

 a large flock arrived at Loch Awe (Argyll), and smaller numbers at 

 Mull and Wigton on the 27th. Some were passing on the coast of 

 Sufi'olk on the 30th and a few were reported in Kent on the 4th and 

 lltb and from the 17th to the 19th, while many arrived on the 9th. 



