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TPIE REDSTART. 



ButiciUa pJurjiirurvs (L.). 



A FEW individuals were recorded from Sussex, Kent and 

 Essex during the last week in March and the first week in 

 April. 



On April the 9th many were seen in Yorkshire, hut there 

 was no evidence to show by which route they had reached 

 that county ; they were probably on their way north, as 

 only one bird was reported from there on the following day 

 and no more were observed until April the 19th. 



The jirst immigration began on April the 11th, when an 

 extensive flight, commencing at the Dorset and Hants lights 

 and extending westwards to the Devon lights, continued 

 to arrive during the early hours of April the 12th, 13th, 

 14th and 15th, the largest numbers being observed on the 

 latter date. 



This flight, which though prolonged did not include 

 many individuals, spread through the southern counties of 

 Somerset, Wilts, Hants and Surrey, and was noticed as far 

 north as Merioneth and Cheshire on the west, and Suffolk 

 on the east. 



The next immigration was a small one and was recorded 

 from the Hants lights on April the 17th, and from the 

 Channel Island lights on April the 18th. 



On April the 21st a few Redstarts were recorded as 

 arriving at the Hants lights, and between the 22nd and 

 28th there appears to have been a gradual increase in the 

 south-east. 



The fourth innnigration reached the Hants lights on 

 April the 24th and Sussex on the 2Gth. These birds must 



