. British birds. Birds. OTES. " BRITISH BIRDS " MARKING SCHEME. " Ringers " are requested to send in to the Editor as soon as possible their schedules, together with a list showing the number of each species ringed. AUTUMN EMIGRATION AT SELSEY BILL. I STAYED at Selsey Bill, Sussex, from July 29th to August 3rd, 1922, fortunately in a house very close to the sea. I have always thought that Selsey Bill would prove to be one of the best points for observing migration along the South Coast, and I was much interested in the amount I saw during 4J days' observation, before it is
. British birds. Birds. OTES. " BRITISH BIRDS " MARKING SCHEME. " Ringers " are requested to send in to the Editor as soon as possible their schedules, together with a list showing the number of each species ringed. AUTUMN EMIGRATION AT SELSEY BILL. I STAYED at Selsey Bill, Sussex, from July 29th to August 3rd, 1922, fortunately in a house very close to the sea. I have always thought that Selsey Bill would prove to be one of the best points for observing migration along the South Coast, and I was much interested in the amount I saw during 4J days' observation, before it is generally expected, except perhaps in the case of the Swift. Swifts {A. apus), Swallows {Hirundo rusiica), and Sand-Martins {R. riparia), were often seen flying E. to W., always parallel with the shore, within fifty yards of the beach or a few yards out to sea, and nearly always against a fairly strong W. or wind. I never saw one of them flying in the opposite direction and I did not see a House-Martin [Dcl'dion urhica). On two occasions I saw birds go directly out to sea, right out of sight, near the surface. They went at right angles to the shore at the very point, and so not at all in the direction of the Isle of Wight. These were one Swift at , and five Swallows at The only other migrants I saw were a Whitethroat {Sylvia communis) and Willow-Warbler [Phylloscopns trochiltts) on August 2nd. Norman H. Joy. ABERRANT SONG OF A CHIFFCHAFF. On April 23rd, 1921, my attention was attracted by a rather loud and melodious song of a Willow-Warbler {Phylloscopns t. trochilus) in one of the Chines at Bournemouth, which ended up " chiff-chiff " in a high key. In order to investigate further I entered the Chine, and sat on a seat under a birch tree, being accompanied by my wife and daughter. We had not been there very long before an undoubted Chiffchaff {Ph. c. collybita) alighted in the birch tree, no more than three feet from us, and poured forth the
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