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immigration was daily recorded along our southern coasts. 

 As in last year's Report, a daily account is given showing 

 the date and area of arrival of the different species, and a 

 daily weather-report is also added. 



The important months of April and May were singularly 

 wet, cold, and foggy over our area, which is included in the 

 quadrilateral between longitudes 10° E. to 10° W. and lati- 

 tudes 40° N. to G0° N. Special attention was paid to the 

 conditions prevailing over the Bay of Biscay and English 

 Channel and the adjacent coasts of the Iberian Peninsula, 

 France, and England. 



A. Species arriving solely on the western half of the south 



coast. 

 Ring-Ouzel, White Wagtail, Spotted Flycatcher *, 

 House -Martin, Nightjar, Land-Rail, and Common 

 Sandpiper. 



B. Species arriving along the whole of the south coast, but 



first and chiefly on the western half. 

 Wheatear, Whitethroat, Blackcap, Garden-Warbler^ 

 Chifechaff, Willow -Warbler, Wood-Warbler, Sedge- 

 Warbler, Tree-Pipit, Swallow, Sand-Martin, Swift. 



C. Species arriving along the whole of the south coast, but 



first and chiefly on the eastern half. 

 Whinchat, Redstart, Lesser Whitethroat, Grass- 

 hopper-Warbler, Reed- Warbler, Yellow Wagtail, Pied 

 Flycatcher, Cuckoo. 



D. Species arriving on the south-east coast from Essex 



to Hants. 

 Nightingale, Red-backed Shrike, AVryneck, Turtle- 

 Do ve t- 



* There seems to have been a single ininiigratory wave of this species, 

 namely on the 6th and 7th of May, which was only noted on the 

 S.E. coast. 



t An immigration of Turtle-Uoves arrived in Cornwall and Devon 

 on the loth and 23rd of May, but were not noted elsewhere along 

 the coast. 



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