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By the 14th the immigrations on to the east coast had apparently 

 ceased, though from that date onwards till December the 2nd a few- 

 flocks were noted nearly every day at one or other of the light-vessels in 

 the Straits of Dover. 



The flocks were observed to be travelling from the Continent to the 

 coast of Kent, except on two occasions, viz., on November the 22nd at the 

 Varne Lt.-v. and on December the 2nd at the North Goodwin Lt.-v., 

 when they were going south. 



A few Sky-larks were aLo noted at the Hanois Lt. on the 16th/17th 

 and the 24th/25th, but the direction of their flight was not ascertained. 



On land a large increase in numbers was noted on November the 11th, 

 22nd, and 80th in Wiltshire; while on the 20th, migratory flocks 

 were noted passing from east to west in Kent. 



THE SWIFT (Ct/pselus apus). 



On several days in July Swifts were noted at the Eddystone Lt. 

 (Cornwall); but there was nothing to show that these were emigratory 

 movements. On July the 31st a few were noted at the Haisboro' Lt.-v. 

 (Norfolk) going from east to west. 



During the first week of August a gradual diminution was recorded 

 in Kent and Hampshire, while in parts of Devon and Staffordshire the 

 local birds disappeared entirely. 



During the second week migratory flocks were noted in Hampshire, 

 Kent, Berkshire and Northamptonshire, while in parts of Yorkshire 

 and Berkshire the local birds had gone. 



On the 15th and 19th a few were observed at the Haisboro' Lt.-v. 

 going south-west, and on the 18th several were noted at Spurn Head 

 Lt. (Yorkshire) going south. From the loth to the 20th the number 

 of migratory movements continued to increase : the local birds left parts 

 of Yorkshire, Lancashire and Shropshire entirely, and migratory docks 

 were noted in Lancashire, Staffordshire, Shropshire, Oxfordshire, Berk- 

 shire, Wiltshire, Hampshire, Sussex and Kent ; in Sussex birds were 

 seen to depart across the Channel. 



Emigration reached its height between the 21st and 26th of August, 

 on which days observers throughout the country noted numbers passing. 

 It was also noted that, apart from these migratory birds, the local 

 Swifts had left their summer-haunts in parts of Durham, Westmoreland, 

 Derby, Denbigh, Shropshire, Hereford, Glamorgan, Norfolk, Kent, and 

 Devon, and it was generally noted that the whole population departed 

 suddenly. W T here the direction of these passing birds was noted, it 

 generally lay between south-west and south. On the 22nd numbers 

 passed the Spurn Head Lt. going south, and in Hampshire, both on 

 that night and on the 24th, numbers were heard passing over. Migratory 



