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A few were recorded from St. Catherine's Lt. (Isle of Wight) ou 

 September the 3rd/4th and 17th/18th ; and at the Eddystone Lt. 

 (Cornwall) on September the 27th/28th. On the 28th/29th and 

 29th/30th vast numbers struck both these Lights. On October the 

 3rd/4th a single bird was recorded from St. Catherine's Lt. 



On October the 10th there was a considerable influx of Redstarts into 

 North Lincolnshire, but these gradually disappeared in the course of a 

 week. 



THE ROBIN {Erithacus rubecula). 



On September the 2Sth/29th and 29th/30th several Robins were 

 killed at St. Catherine's Lt. (Isle of Wight) amongst a vast number of 

 emigratory birds. 



A large arrival was recorded on the Lincolnshire coast on October the 

 10th, but they had nearly all departed by the 14th. 



Ou November the 2nd/3rd and 4th/5th a few were seen and killed 

 at the Hanois Lt. (Channel Islands), and on the latter night also at 

 St. Catherine's Lt. On the oth/6th some were taken at the Shambles 

 Lt.-v. (Dorset) and at St. Catherine's Lt., on the 6th/7th at Hanois 

 Lt., on the 7th/8th at Dungeness Lt. (Kent), and at the Varne Lt.-v. 

 (Kent) on the following day. 



THE NIGHTINGALE {Daulias luscinia) . 



One was killed and several were seen at Dungeness Lt. (Keut) on 

 August the I7th/I8th. 



THE WIIITETIIROAT {Sylvia cinerea). 



Large flocks of this species, together with other emigrants, were 

 recorded from Dungeness Lt. (Kent) on August 17th/18th, and towards 

 the end of the month a gradual decrease was noted in Kent. On Sep- 

 tember 3rd/4th many were seen at St. Catherine's Lt. (Isle of Wight), 

 while on the 5th/6th several were recorded from Spurn Head Lt. 

 (Yorkshire). On the lOth/llth several, and on the 17th/18th many 

 were recorded from St. Catherine's Lt. Migratory birds were noticed as 

 passing on the 7th in Hampshire and on the 10th in Wiltshire. On 

 tlic 10th and 21st a few were again recorded at St. Catherine's Lt., but 

 it w as during the last three nights of September that the greatest number 

 were observed at the Lights. Thus on the 27th/28th many were recorded 

 at the Eddystone Lt. (Cornwall) and Bishop Rock Lt. (Isles of Scilly); 

 on the 28th 29th many were again observed at the Eddystone Lt. and 

 at St. Catherine's Lt. ; and on the 29th/30th they were seen at both 



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