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twenty or thirty at the mouth of the Tyne on the 16th. On the coast 

 of Lincolnshire five or six Snow-Buntings were seen on the 7th, and 

 about two hundred on the 21st. On the Suffolk coast flocks were 

 passing south on the 1st, 3rd, oth, 8th, 10th, 14th, 22nd, 27th and 29th. 

 About thirty were reported in Kent between the 20th and 25th and a 

 few on the 29th and 30th. On the western side of Scotland a large flock 

 arrived at the Butt of Lewis on the 25th of November, a great many at 

 Barra between the 11th and 18th and some at Tiree during the same 

 period. The light-records for November were as follows : — Several killed 

 at Tarbatness and Bell Rock Lights on the 15th ; four at the lantern 

 of the Bell Rock Light and a great many at the Isle of May Light from 

 7 to 10 P.M. on the 17th ; one killed at Hanois Light (Guernsey) on the 

 26th/27th ; one killed at Morecambe Bay Light-vessel (Lancashire) on 

 the 27th/28th and about thirty seen at the Leman and Ower Light- vessel 

 (Norfolk) on the 29th, 



In December Snow-Buntings were noted at Noup Head on the 2nd, 

 flocks at the Pentland Skerries on the 12tli and large numbers at 

 Girdleness on the 1st and 27th. At Inchkeith and at Tranent (Had- 

 dington) flocks were seen on the 17th. Large flocks were reported on 

 the coast of Northumberland going south on the 10th and numbers on 

 the coast of Lincolnshire on the 4th. 



On the west coast many flocks were observed at the Butt of Lewis on 

 the 1st and 27th, at Stornoway between the 10th and 27th, and a large 

 flock at Tiumpan Head on the 20th. Large flocks were reported from 

 N. Uist on the 4th, and some flocks in Tiree on the 19th. At Morningside 

 (Lanark) large numbers were recorded on the 5th. The only light 

 report was of several seen and eleven killed at the Would Light-vessel 

 (Norfolk) at 10 p.m. on the 31st of December. 



THE STARLING {Stiirnus vidcjaris). 



On August 21st a flock was noticed flying east past the Outer Gabbard 

 Light-vessel (Suffolk), and on the 22nd/23rd and the 5th/6th of Sep- 

 tember a few appeared at the Nab Light-vessel (Hants). On the 12th 

 and 14th of September flocks were noted going south at Cromer Light 

 (Norfolk). From the 13th to the 20th an increase in numbers was re- 

 corded on the Hampshire and Sussex border. A few were recorded at 

 the Kentish Knock Light-vessel (45 miles E. by N. from the mouth of 

 the Thames) on the 20th going south-east and some occurred at that 

 light on the 21st/22nd and 23rd/24th, a few also being seen on the 

 latter night at the Outer Dowsing Light-vessel (Lincolnshire) and 

 Winterton Light (Norfolk). It seems certain tliat all these records 

 refer to migratory movements of birds of British origin. At the end of 

 September local birds which had been in flocks since the summer left 

 south Devon. 



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