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light, Cornwall. The records are iasiilHcient to show how 

 these birds were distributed over tlie country, but it is cer- 

 tain that they had not reached Radnor and Derby on the 

 following day (May the 14th), as in both these counties a 

 decrease in the number of birds was noted ; it is probable 

 that by the 15th some had reached Glamorgan, Staffordshire 

 and Lancashire. 



On May the 14th a tldrd immigration reached the Hants 

 lights, and these birds were no doubt the forerunners of 

 a much larger ' wave ' which reached the western half of our 

 south coast on May the 15th, when hundreds of Garden- 

 Warblers were seen at the Eddystone, Start and St. Cathe- 

 rine's lights. 



A fourth immigration reached the Hants lights on the 

 morning of the IGth, and on the following morning yet 

 another flight, or perhaps the tail-end of the preceding, 

 reached the Sussex coast. By May the 17th the birds of this 

 species had settled down in the southern counties, for nests 

 and eggs were found on that date both in Hants and 

 Surrey. 



On the lyth of May an increase in the number of birds 

 was noted in Sussex, Surrey, Oxford and Radnor, anil, in 

 the last-named county, a nest was found. Many individuals, 

 however, were still migrating, as on May the 19th there was 

 u further increase in the number of birds in Dorset and 

 Radnor. 



A Jifth immigration arrived at the Hants lights on 

 May the 20th and 21st, and could be traced into Kent, 

 Herts, Berks and Wilts. 



A siMh large immigi-ation reached the Cornish lights on 

 May the 23rd and could be traced as far as Wales. 



The seventh and last immigration arrived at the Hants 

 lights on May the 31st, but there were no records to indicate 

 its further progress. 



It will thus be seen that the greater portion of the birds 

 landed along the western half of the south coast during 

 the third week in Mav. 



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