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Asia Minor. The only record forwarded was March 17, 

 from Lewes, Sussex. 



The tree-pipit sojourns during the winter in Africa, Persia, 

 and India, and may be looked for about the middle of April. 

 April 9 was the earliest date recorded, the favoured spot being 

 Upper Tooting, Surrey, and the following up to the 2gth of 

 that month: nth, Sussex; 14th, Herts; 15th, Leicester; 

 igth, Warwick ; 22nd, Montgomery (North Wales) ; 23rd, 

 Hants ; 25th, Somerset and Tyrone (Ireland) ; and 29th, 

 Oxford. 



The redstart usually arrives from its winter quarters in 

 Northern Africa from the commencement to middle of April. 

 April 9 is the earliest date on my list for the year under re- 

 view, when the bird was observed at Upper Tooting, Surrey, 

 and subsequently between the 12th and 28th as under : 12th, 

 Middlesex and Sussex; i6th, Northampton; i8th, Hants, 

 Oxford, and Worcester ; 19th, Warwick ; 20th, Somerset ; 

 2ist, Berks; 22nd, Wilts; 23rd, Essex; 25th, Stafford. 

 May II, Ayrshire, was the latest date sent in. 



Four records only of the common sandpiper reached me, 

 as under : April 15, Ayrshire, Northampton, and Shropshire ; 

 i6th, Sussex. It generally occurs about the middle of April, 

 when it arrives from Africa. 



The red-backed shrike is usually a somewhat late visitor, 

 reaching our shores from Africa towards the end of April or 

 early in May. The only two records sent me were — May 8, 

 Worcester; May 12, Somerset. 



The swallow arrives towards the middle of April, but my 

 correspondents recorded its appearance during the spring of 

 1901 as under: March 31, Hants; and between April 2 and 

 24 in following order: 2nd, Devon, Dorset, and Worcester; 

 4th, Oxford ; 6th, Gloucester ; 7th, Herts and Wilts ; 8th, 

 Berks, Essex, Kent, Middlesex, Northampton, Somerset, 

 Sussex, and Warwick ; 9th, Carnarvon and Dublin ; loth, 

 Yorkshire ; 13th, Isle of Wight ; 14th, Cambridge and 

 Stafford ; 15th, Surrey ; i6th, Norfolk and Shropshire ; 

 i8th, Bedford, Cardigan, Cornwall, Derby, Hereford, 

 Leicester, and Rutland ; 19th, Ayrshire and Lincoln ; 

 20th, Bucks, Cheshire, Isle of Man, London, and Pem- 

 broke; 2ist, Notts and Suffolk; 22nd, Fhnt (North Wales); 



