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eggs were laid, and the nest then deserted. (3) The nest of 

 a song-thrush built in a house in course of construction in Sand- 

 pit Lane, St. Albans. 



In concluding my report, I desire to again thank all the ladies 

 and gentlemen who have so kindly supplied me with their notes 

 and observations. Their work has again been most valuable and 

 interesting, and without it our Society could not possibly collect 

 nearly so much information year by year about the bird-life of 

 oiu- county. 



Summer Migrants. 



Species- 



Wheatear 



[Saxicola mnanthe) 



Locality. 



Date. 



Observer. 



Whinchat 



[Pratincola rubetra) 

 Redstart 



(Biiticilki phosnicurus) 

 Nightingale 



{Ddidias liiscinia) 



Greater Whitethroat 



{Sijlvia cinerea) 

 Lesser Whitethroat 



{Hi/U-id ciirruca) 

 Blackcap 



[Sylvia nlricap'tUa) 



St. Albans Mar. 27 A. Grey. 



Croxley Mills April 8 W. Bickerton. 



Ilitchiu ,, 12 A. n. Foster. 



Croxley Moor May 13 "W. Bickerton. 



Elstree April 12 E. P. Thompson. 



Hitchin 



Hatfield 



Berkhamsted 



St. Albans 



,, (New Farm) 



Bushey Heath 



Sawbridgeworth 



Watford 



Bushey Heath.. 



Garden-Warbler .... 



(fjylvia horiensis) 

 Chiffchaff 



{Phi/lloscopus riifiix) 



Willow-Wren 



[Phylloscopus trochilns) 



Wood-Wren 



( PInjUoscopus sibi(atrLv) 

 Sedge- Warbler 



[Acrocephalus phrag mitis) 

 Yellow Wagtail 



[Motacilla raii) 

 Tree-Pipit 



[Anthim trivialis) 

 IIed-backed Shrike 



[Lanius cullurio) 



Haileylniry 



Hitchin 



Cassio Bridge 



St. Albans 



Bushey Heath 



St. Albans (N.Fm.) 



Cassio Bridge 



Haileybury 



Hitchin 



Bushey Heath 



Elstree 



St. Albans 



Hitchin 



St. Albans 



,, (New Farm) 



Bushey Heath 



Elstree 



Bushey Heath 



Tring April 30 W. Bickerton. 



Croxley Moor ,, 29 ,, 



Watford ,, 



Haileybury May 



Hitchin ,, 



Triuff 



29 



,5 F. W. Headley. 



13 A. H. Foster. 



17 W. Bickerton. 



