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N. and S. ; but, to judge merely from the few recorded instances, 

 the prevaiHng dh-ection at the following stations is N. or north- 

 easterly — towards the land : Caernarvon, Helwick, and Scar- 

 weather. At Smalls it appears to be, towards the Bristol Channel, 

 S.E. At Nash, Godrevy and Sevenstones it is W. ; while at 

 Morecambe Bay it varies very greatly. The lines followed by the 

 Insessores are difficult — with data supplied by one year only — to 

 make out, but seem to be towards the mainland or along the 

 coast. The following are the chief instances where the direction 

 is reported as being from the land : — South Stack, Oct. 29th, 

 30th, 31st, Starlings flying N.W. ; Bull Point, Oct. 13th, Black 

 Crows flying W. ; South Bishop, Nov. 2nd, Blackbirds, Larks, 

 StarHngs and Thrushes flying N.W. ; Scilly, Oct. 13th, Fieldfares 

 flying ^Y. ; and at Wolf Rock, Jan. 16th, and Sevenstones, Jan. 

 11th, two large flocks of Lapwings fl3'ing W. 



The returns seem to support the conclusion expressed in last 

 year's report as to birds preferring to migrate with a "beam" 

 wind, or even a point or two abaft of beam. 



Erratum. — Page 65^ line 3, /or N.E., read N.W. 



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