95 



THE WOOD-WARBLER. 



PhjUoscojnis sihilatrix (Bechst.). 



The /?r5< arrival o£ this species was noted in Sussex on April 

 the 10th, but it was not until a week later that a few appeared 

 in Wilts and Shropshire, Between the 18th and 22nd a 

 few stragglers appeared in Kent, and a slight increase was 

 noted in several of the western counties. These birds appear 

 to have passed on to the north, as, with the exception of a 

 few which remained in Lancashire, they were not noted again. 

 From the 3rd of May onwards there seems to have been a 

 general increase in the west and midlands, a few birds be- 

 coming resident in several of the counties, but their point of 

 arrival is by no means clear. On the lOtli of May they seem 

 to have arrived in slightly greater numbers, but the main 

 immigration of this species took place on the night of the 

 14th of May, when large numbers were observed at the 

 Cornish and Hants lights, and there was a slight increase 

 in Kent and Radnor on the 15th and in Dorset on the 

 following day. 



A further immigration was noted in Hampshire on the 

 20th and 21st of May, and was followed by a large increase 

 in Hertfordshire and Yorkshire. On the 25th a nest with a 

 full clutch of eggs was found in Denbigh. 



Chronological Summary of the Records. 



April 10. Sussex. 



„ IG. Wilts, Shro])shire. 



