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records only being included for this species. They were — 

 April 25, Stafford ; May 4, Ayrshire and Somerset ; May 12, 

 Sussex. This is one of our latest migrants, and does not 

 generally arrive from Africa until between the 7th and 20th 

 May. 



The house-martin first appeared in Kent on April 14, and 

 between the i6th and the 28th in other counties as under : 

 i6th, Essex; 17th, Bucks; 19th, Mid-Lothian ; 21st, Herts, 

 Norfolk, Sussex, and Wilts ; 22nd, Northampton ; 24th, 

 Suffolk ; 25th, Oxford and Somerset ; 28th, Ayrshire ; the 

 latest being May 2, Hants, and May 4, Surrey. This bird 

 usually arrives from its winter home (south of Abyssinia) 

 about April 20, usually a little later than the swallow. 



Its relative, the sand-martin, generally makes its appear- 

 ance before either the swallow or house-martin, and the 

 records sent me bear out this statement, for on March 31 it 

 was observed at Reading, Berks ; and from April i to 23 as 

 follows : 1st, Northampton and Yorkshire ; 6th, Devon ; Sth, 

 Dorset, Hants, Shropshire, and Sussex ; 13th, Essex ; 15th, 

 Surrey and Warwick ; 17th, Cambridge and Norfolk ; i8th, 

 Somerset; 19th, Bedford; 23rd, Tyrone (Ireland); 25th, 

 Ayrshire. May 6, Worcester, was the latest date sent in. 

 Its winter quarters are India and Africa. 



The nightingale generally arrives from Africa about the 

 middle of April. On April 5 it was reported from Essex 

 and Kent, and from the 8th to the 21st of that month in the 

 following order : Sth, Norfolk and Sussex ; gth, Somerset 

 and Surrey; nth, Herts and Warwick; 12th, Hants; 14th, 

 Berks and Wilts ; i6th, Middlesex, Northampton, and 

 Suffolk ; i8th, Bucks, Gloucester, and Lincoln ; 19th, 

 London (near the Horse Guards) and Oxford ; 20th, Cam- 

 bridge, Notts, and Worcester ; 21st, Isle of Wight, Leicester, 

 and Rutland. 



The nightjar is apparently little known, hence four records 

 only reached me, thus : April 23, Somerset ; 26th, Hants ; 

 30th, Surrey; May 11, Berks. India and Africa is the 

 winter home of this useful bird, and it usually arrives from 

 the first week of May onwards. 



The ring-ousel is an early visitor, and arrives in March or 

 beginning of April from Northern and Central Africa and 



