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7tli and the Hants lights on tlie 8th, and ])ifds were ohservod 

 arriving at our southern lights almost nightly from that date 

 until May the 22nd (see Chronological Summary). 



The south-western lights were reached slightly before the 

 south-eastern ones, and the birds then passed rapidly north- 

 wards, spreading over the country as they went. 



The residents had settled down and were nesting in Derby- 

 shire by the 20th, and in Surrey by the 21st, but fresh arrivals 

 were still passing through both of these counties on the above 

 dates. With the exception of an increase noticed on May 

 the 25th in Wilts and Glamorgan and on May the 26th in 

 Cornwall, no further movements were observed. 



The species was reported as passing our south-coast lights 

 on no less than twelve different nights between May the Gth 

 and the 22nd. 



Chronological Summary of the Records. 



April 2. Norfolk. 

 „ 9. Kent. 

 „ 14. Kent. 



„ 21. Douglas Head light (Isle of Man), Essex. 

 „ 22.. Kent, Bedford. 

 „ 23. Devon_, Dorset. 

 ,, 24. Somerset, Worcester (few), Herts. 

 „ 25. Hants, Wilts. 

 „ 2^. Suffolk, Norfolk. 

 „ 27. W^ilts and Norfolk" (slight increase), Glamorgan, 



Merioneth. 

 ,, 28. Kent, Surrey, Bucks, Cambridge (few), Cheshire, 



Yorkshire. 

 „ 29. Devon, Essex, Suffolk (few). 

 May 1. Essex, Leicester. 

 „ 2. Norfolk. 



,, 3. Wilts (slight increase), Surrey, Oxford, Brecon. 

 ,, 4. Dorset (many), Kent and Wilts (few), Oxford, 



Cheshire. 



