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18th of November small numbers were present on Fair Isle (Slietlaud). 

 Kooks continued to arrive on the east coast during- November up to 

 the 23rd, and there was a single record of flocks arriving on the 14th of 

 December in S.E. Suffolk. 



THE SKY-LARK {Alauda aroensis). 



On the 29th/30th of August a single Sky-Lark was taken at the Bass 

 Rock Light (Forth) and a few were seen at the Outer Gabbard Light- 

 vessel (Suffolk). There were few records during the first half of 

 September, from the Isle of May (Fife), the Nab Light-vessel (Hants) 

 and from Cromer, where numbers wei'e noted going south on the 16th. 

 By the 15th the local birds had left Hayling Island (Hants). During 

 the last half of the month nearly all the records were from the east coast, 

 birds, mostly in small numbers, being reported from several light- 

 stations between the Humber and- the Thames, while in Suffolk flocks 

 were noted coasting to the south on most days, and on the loth and 20th 

 flocks were seen arriving from the east on the Lincolnshire coast. 

 During that period migrants were noted on several days at the Isle of 

 May and on the 21st they were travelling S.E. ; many canie to the 

 Pentland Skerries Light (Orkney) on the 23rd/24th. On the 19th a few 

 were noted going S.E. at the Kentish Knock Light-vessel (45 miles E. 

 by N. from the mouth of the Thames). 



The only record from the west was of a single bird at the South 

 Bishop Light (Pembroke) on September 30th/0ctober 1st. During the 

 first half of October migration was on a larger scale, on the east coast 

 there were records on most days of immigrants arriving from some 

 easterly direction (not always from the same quarter, at the same place, 

 and on the same day) at many points between Scarborough (Yorkshire) 

 and the Straits of Dover. On the 7th some were noticed going south near 

 the Bass Rock (Forth) and many were recorded at the Pentland Skerries 

 Light (Orkney) on the 13th/14th, while coasting-movements to the south 

 were frequently observed in Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, Norfolk and Suftblk , 

 On the west coast there were several records, mostly of small numbers, 

 at Morecambe Bay Light-vessel (Lancashire) , Chicken Rock Light (Isle of 

 Man), Skerries Light (Anglesey) and Bardsey Light (Carnarvon), and it 

 was noted that the flocks were going east at the first-named station. On 

 the 7th many appeared at Stornoway (Outer Hebrides) and a few reached 

 St. Kilda a few days laiter. There was no evidence during that period of 

 migrants leaving the south coast. Increased numbers were reDorted in 

 Devon on the 2nd, in Suflblk on the 3rd and 10th, in Kent on the 6th 

 and in Staffordshire on the 14th. 



The immigration of this species continued in unabated numbers 

 throughout October and up to the end of the first Aveek in November, and 

 -was witnessed both at the light-stations and at dillereut points on land 



