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Oct. 4tli & 6th. Yarmoutli (Norfolk), flocks arrived. 

 ,, 6th to 16th, S. Yorkshire coast, many seen, no marlied movement. 

 „ 7th. Brampton, a flock flying E. 



„ 9th/10th. Anvil Point Lt. (Dorset), one. 

 „ 13th/14th. York, a large flock flying W. at 9 p.m. 

 „ 15th. Largo Bay (Fife), one arrived; Cambridge, one pass- 

 ing 6.30 p.j\i. 

 ,, 17th. Balcomie (E. Fife), two arrived. 

 „ 23rd. Eden mouth (Fife), twelve arrived. 

 „ 28th. Cresswell (iVorthumberlaud coast), several seen. 

 „ 29th. Littlehampton (Sussex), one seen. 



30th. Selsey Bill (Sussex), flock of 14 flying S. 



THE LAPWING {Vunellus vulgaris). 



The light-keeper at Bardsey (Carnarvon) reported that several Lap- 

 v/ings had arrived on the island by the 30th of July, and an observer in 

 Yorkshire recorded a large arrival on the 2]st of August. 



On the 10th of September migration began to be noticed in the 

 northern isles and on the coasts of Scotland, and was recorded from 

 Fair Isle, Sule Skerry, the Pentland Skerries, the Butt of Lewis and 

 Tarbatness, all through September and October and up to tlie 17th of 

 November. On the 15th and 20th of September a few Lapwings were 

 seen going north-west on the Lincolnshire coast. In Suffolk large 

 flocks were noted on the coast on the 10th and 21st and some arrived 

 there from the south-east on the 23rd and 25tli, while on the latter date 

 a flock was observed to fly out to sea in an easterly direction and return 

 to the shore again. A flock of about a hundred arrived in Devonshire 

 on the 10th and arrivals took place in Kent on the 28th. The only 

 light-record for September was of several flying south past the Outer 

 Dowsing Light-vessel (Lincolnshire) on the 24th/25th. 



Migration was brisk in October ; a large flock from the south arrived 

 in Northumberland on the 8th, and arrivals on the south coast of 

 Yorkshire took place between the 0th and the 16th, many came in from 

 the sea about noon on the 8th and a number of apparently fresh arrivals 

 were seen there on the 25th. On the N.E. Lincolnshire coast a few 

 flocks were seen going north-west on the 5tli and on the Sutiblk coast 

 some were noted to the west on the 19th. On the Sussex coast there was 

 an increase on the 12th and an arrival of great numbers on the 24tli, all of 

 which had passed on by the following day, and a further large arrival 

 took place on the night of the 31st. 1'he arrivals in Kent reported on the 

 28th of September had all gone by the 3rd of October. The following 

 were the light-records during October: — Little Koss Light (Kirkcud- 

 bnght), numbers from 8 p.m. to midnight on the 19th ; Morecambe 

 Bay Light-vessel (Lancashire), two on the 16th/17th ; Outer Dowsing 



