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THE NIGHTINGALE. 



Daidia^ Inscinia (li.). 



On April the lltli several Nightingales were reported from 

 Hampshire and one from Sussex ; and on the 13th one was 

 recorded from Kent. Three Nightingales were observed at 

 St. Catherine's light on April the 15th, and during the next 

 few days this species seems to have arrived in small numbers 

 in the south-eastern counties, as records came from Surrev, 

 Berks, Bedford, Cambridge, Essex and Suffolk. A few were 

 also recorded to the west of the Isle of Wight ; one on the 

 IGth from Dorset, one on the 20th from Wilts, one on the 21st 

 from Worcester, and one each on the 22nd from Somerset and 

 Shrop>liire respectively. Erom the 24:tli onwards a general 

 increase was noted in the southern and hoine-counties and 

 records were sent in from Hereford, Leicester, Notts and 

 Norfolk. 



A fresh innnigration reached our shores during the first 

 week in May, arriving along the eastern half of the southein 

 coast, and on May the 6th full numbers were reported from 

 Hants, while the records from the western counties of Devon, 

 Somerset and Wilts showed a general increase. 



It is probable that the species was fairly established, even 

 in the extreme limits of its range, hy the first \\eek in May, 

 and that the birds spread from Kent, Sussex and Hamp- 

 shire to the north and north-west, as the following records 

 intiicate : — 



May 3rd. Suffolk, Oxford. 



May 4th. Berks, Herts, Derby. 



Mav 5th. Oxforil, Norfolk, Leicester, Glamormm. 



