Autumn: November 22d, *Eddystone, one killed.
_Regulus cristatus_ (Koch), Goldcrest.--Not numerous. The following are
the only records:--
Autumn: September 5th, Langness, two or three; 24th, Chickens Rock,
four at 10.30 P.M. October 2d, Chickens Rock, a few; 4th, South Stack,
one; 20th, Langness, one; Holyhead, one, and South Stack, one; 22d,
Skerries, one; 26th, Nash, two killed; 27th, Longships, one; 29th,
Holyhead, two; November 25th, *Eddystone, one killed.
_Phylloscopus sibilatrix_ (Bechst.), Wood Wren.--Spring: May 7th,
Carlisle.
_Phylloscopus rufus_ (Bechst.), Chiff Chaff.--Spring: March 24th,
Ravenglass; April 2d, N.W. Merioneth, a good many.
Autumn: September 23d, *Smalls, one killed; 29th, *Bull Point, one
killed.
_Phylloscopus trochilus_ (L.), Willow Warbler.--Spring: March 24th,
Langness; April 10th, Langness; 27th, Langness; May 10th, Langness,
along with Sedge Warblers and Whitethroats.
Autumn: August 1st, Nash; 3d, *Start; September 3d, *Nash, fifty or
sixty between 2 and 3 A.M., twenty-four killed; 23d, *Smalls and
*Helwick, some dozens; October 6th, Langness, one at 2 A.M.
_Acrocephalus phragmitis_ (Bechst.), Sedge Warbler.--Spring: April
10th, Langness, in numbers; May 10th, Langness, along with Willow
Warblers and Whitethroats at midnight.
Autumn: August 6th, Start, two at midnight; 22d, *Nash, in numbers;
*Burnham, one; 28th, *Start, one; September 1st and 5th, Burnham; 23d,
*Smalls, in numbers.
_Locustella nævia_ (Bodd.), Grasshopper Warbler.--Spring: April 27th,
Allonby.
Autumn: *Skerries Rock, one killed at lantern in the autumn, date
uncertain.
_Accentor modularis_ (L.), Hedge Sparrow.--October 8th, Langness, one
at 4 P.M.
_Troglodytes parvulus_ (Koch), Wren.--Spring: April 22d, Langness, one;
*Nash, seven at 10.30 P.M., four killed; 23d, Dee L.V., two killed; May
4th, South Bishop, two killed; 9th, Dee L.V., three killed.
Autumn: October 7th, South Stack, "Wrens;" 19th, Breaksea, one; 20th,
Dee, one; 27th, Nash, one captured.
_Motacilla lugubris_ (Temm.), Pied Wagtail.--Spring: March 19th, Selker
L.V., one caught; 22d, St Bees; Selker, a good many; April 2d, Selker,
a good many passing east; 22d and 23d, Dee L.V., "Wagtails" passing
east.
Autumn: September 5th, N.W. Merioneth, exceedingly numerous; October
28th, Morecambe Bay L.V., "three Dishwashers" at 10.30 A.M.
_Motacilla rayi_ (Bonap.), Yellow Wagtail.--Spring: April 29th,
Allonby, Cumberland.
Autumn: August 4th, *Start, a bird of the year killed at the lantern.
_Anthus pratensis_ (L.), Meadow Pipit.--Spring: April 2d, Selker L.V.,
"Titlarks;" 22d and 23d, Selker, "Titlarks" to E.
Autumn: August 27th, Selker, "Titlarks;" September 5th, N.W. Merioneth,
numerous; October 4th, Cardigan Bay; afterwards present at the chief
movements of the late autumn.
_Anthus trivialis_ (L.), Tree Pipit.--April 16th, N.W. Merioneth, one;
20th, Carlisle; 24th, N.W. Merioneth, several.
Autumn: August 3d and 4th, *Start, several at 3 A.M. each day.
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