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Fresh arrivals a]i[)oar to have reached our coasts duriiifr 

 the second fortniurht in May, as increased numbers were 

 observed in Kent, Sussex and Essex on the 11th, thoucrh no 

 birds were reported from any ot* the lighthouses. 



The first nest was found in Sussex on May the 6th, but no 

 others were recorded till about ion days later. lietween 

 the 17th and the end of the month inany nests were recorded, 

 and young birds were found in Suffolk on the 29th. 



As in the previous year, a few outlying birds bred in 

 Devon and Glamorgan ; and it is worthy of note that the 

 species again visited the neighbourhood of Exeter, where it 

 arrived on the Gth of May, a nest being found by Mr. Housham 

 on the 24th. 



All the specimens examined during the month of April 

 proved to Ijc male birds. 



Chronological Summary of the Records. 



A[)ril 11. Hants (several), Sussex. 



„ 13. Kent. 



„ 15. Hants lights. 



„ IG. Dorset. 



„ 17. Berks, Essex. 



„ 18. Hants, Sussex. 



„ 20. Wilts, Suffolk. 



„ 21. Surrey, Bedford, Cambridge, Worcester. 



„ 22. Somerset, Shropshire. 



., 2;}. Surr(!y, Worcester (increase). 



„ 21. Kent (slight increase), Essex, Leicester. 



„ 2;") Surrey, Suffolk. 



„ 2(1. Kent (slight luither increase), Kotts. 



„ 27. Essex (slight further increase), Bucks, Here- 

 ford. 



28. Herts, Norfolk. 



„ 2'J. Sussex, Somerset, Berks, Cambriilge (slight in- 

 crease). 



;')(>. Hants. 



