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away. There were also many small Passerines and a number 
of larger birds — probably Waders, from their notes — present 
during the movement, but their identity was not established. 
The Skylarks, Starlings, Song-Thrushes, Redwings, and 
Blackbirds appeared to be the species most numerously 
represented, and vast numbers of them were observed ; 
but certain of the smaller birds were almost equally 
plentiful. It would have been possible to have cap- 
tured some of them in great numbers ; and, as it was, 
the killed or injured and captured included 7Q Skylarks, 
53 Starlings, 17 Blackbirds, 9 Song-Thrushes, and examples 
of the Bed wing, Mistle - Thrush, Stonechat, Chaffinch, 
Meadow-Pipit, Grey Wagtail, White Wagtail, Goldcrest, 
and Grasshopper Warbler (a young female of the year). 
I retained the wings and some specimens of all these 
birds; and the bodies of the various Thrushes and Skylarks 
were served up at dinner for several days, and proved a most 
welcome relief from the tedium of salt beef, which had figured 
daily for some time past as the standing dish of our bill of 
fare. 
A notable and important feature was the continual arrival, 
down to almost the very close of the movement, of fresh 
emigrants, not only of individuals of the kinds early noted 
but of other species which had not previously participated 
in it ; for instance, the Meadow-Pipit did not appear upon 
the scene until as late as 4.50 a.m. This continuous suc- 
cession of arrivals indicated, I think, that some of the birds 
had come from comparatively near localities on the mainland, 
while others had travelled from afar ere they reached the 
Eddy stone on their flight southwards. The presence of 
the Bedwing and the Fieldfare added an ultra-British com- 
plexion to the passage ; and it is possible that others among 
the migrants, perhaps the majority of them, may also have 
been drawn from sources beyond the limits of the British 
Isles. In this connection it may be stated, that all the 
Starlings captured at the lantern (on this and other occa- 
sions) belonged to the race having a purple head and green 
ear-coverts, which is said to be of Continental origin. Be 
