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from Lancashire, Wilts, Devon, Sussex (on many days) and Kent. A 

 few odd birds were recorded in the first days of December on the 

 south coast. 



THE SAND-MARTIN ( Cottle riparia) . 



Observations on the movements of this species were received from 

 land observers onl}\ 



Tn the third week of August a few were noted on passage in Kent, 

 and on the 30th large flocks had collected at a point on the Sussex coast 

 where they are wont to congregate every year before leaving the country. 



On the 31st an increase of migratory birds was noticed in W. Yorkshire 

 and South Devon ; in Lancashire, Derby and Kent it was n< ted that 

 during the last ten days of August many had departed from their 

 breeding-haunts, while in other parts, e. y. Shropshire. Surrey, &c, where, 

 there were late broods, the birds had not deserted their haunts at the 

 beginning of September. 



During the first week of September flocks of this species were noted 

 passing in Lancashire, Devon and Kent, but after that date there seems 

 to have been a gradual diminution in numbers, and by the end of the 

 third week nearly all had gone, though single birds were noted up to 

 mid-October in several of the southern counties. 



THE GREENFINCH (Liyurinus chloris). 



Fourteen killed and fifty seen at Smith's Knoll Lt.-v. (Norfolk)* 

 October the 26th/27th. 



THE HOUSE-SPARROW. (Passer domesticus). 

 One wing was sent from the Varne Lt.-v. (Kent) on October the 11th. 



THE TREE-SPARROW (Passer montanus). 



Large flocks were observed travelling from east to west at the 

 Galloper Lt.-v. (Kent) on October the 9th and 10th. Flocks were 

 recorded and some birds were killed at the Leman and Ower Lt.-v. 

 (Norfolk) on the nights of October the 19th and 20th, and at the Varne 

 Lt.-v. (Kent) a small flock was noted flying to the north-west on October 

 the 27th and one bird was killed. 



THE CHAFFINCH (Fringilla ccelebs). 



The records of this species are almost entirely confined to the observa- 

 tions received from the Lights. 



On September the 10th several were recorded from the Smith's Knoll 

 Lt.-v. (Norfolk). 



