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was noteiT that they were flying towards the south-east. On the five 

 subsequent nights numbers were noticed at nearly all the following 

 lights: — the Dungeness, St. Catherine's, Wolf Rock (Cornwall), Bishop 

 Rock, and Hanois; but except at the Bishop Rock, where the birds 

 were noted as going westwards, the direction was not discovered. At 

 the Bishop Rock vast numbers must have passed, as the migration 

 went on by day as well as by night. At Hanois, flocks noticed in the 

 daytime on November the 7th were making eastwards. A few flocks 

 were recorded at Bishop Rock and Hanois Lts. up to the 12th, after 

 which date there were only records from St. Catherine's Lt. on the 25th 

 and from Bishop Rock Lt. on the 29th. 



It will be noticed that at the time of these heavy migrations the 

 movement on to our east coast had practically ceased ; it therefore seems 

 probable that the records refer to emigrants from our shores, but it is 

 uncertain whether the birds observed at the Hanois Lt. belong to the 

 same movement. 



It is very surprising, considering the thousands of Sky-Larks and 

 Starlings which must enter our east coast during the autumn, that 

 so few observers send in any notes on these species. 



THE ROOK (Corvus frugilegus). 



THE CARRION-CROW (Corvus corone). 



THE HOODED CROW {Corvus comix). 



THE JACKDAW (Corvus monedula). 



It is impossible to separate the migrations of these four species from 

 one another, as most of the light-keepers do not distinguish between 

 them; but it would seem from the few land-records sent in, and from 

 the observations of those keepers who do differentiate between these 

 species, that they generally travel either in company or along the same 

 mute at the same time. 



During- the first two weeks in October small flights were noted almost 

 every day at one or other of the east-coast lights ; but it was not till the 

 latter half of the month, and especially during the last ten days, that the 

 larger flights put in an appearance. They were recorded from one or 

 more light-vessels every day, and in some instances the flights passed 

 continuously for days at a time. The number of migrants diminished 

 during the first week of November, and immigration ceased by the 12th. 

 In all cases the birds were observed flying by day and coming from the 

 east straight to land, the migration being nearly always heaviest during 

 the morning. 



Records were received from the Leman and Ower, St. Nicholas, 

 Cockle and Haisboro' Lt.-vs. (Norfolk), Cross Sand (Essex), North 

 Goodwin, Galloper and Yarne Lt.-vs, (Kent). 



