ir)(; 



During the first week in May they were reported to have 

 "settled down" in the counties of Essex, Herts, Suffolk 

 and Cambridg'e, and in Berks they commenced to nest on 

 the 13th of May. 



Chronological Summary of the Records. 



March 26. Suffolk, Herts. 



Hants. 



Sussex. 



Sussex, Kent, Monmouth. 



Hants, Sussex, Kent, Leicester. 



Berks, Kent. 



Kent, Somerset, Surrey, Worcester. 



Somerset (slight increase), Surrey, Denbigh. 



Berks. 



„ 8. Hants, Worcester. 

 „ 9. Sussex, Suffolk, Leicester. 



„ 8-14. Somerset (few resident). 



„ 10. Leicester. 

 „ 14. Kent (resident). 



„ 15. Hants and Dorset lights, Kent, Surrey. 

 „ 16. Sussex (slight increase), Wilts, Herts. 

 „ 17. Hants (increase), Bucks. 

 ,, 18. Sussex (slight increase). 

 „ 10. AVilts, Berks, Suffolk (increase). 

 „ 20. Essex, Herts, Shropshire, Staffordshire. 

 ,, 21. Cambridge. 

 „ 22. Surrey (resident). 

 „ 23, Kent (resident), Cambridge. 



24. Berks, Denbigh. 

 ,., 25. Oxford, Norfolk. 

 „ 2G. Bucks (many), Cambridge. 

 „ 28. Berks (resident). 

 May 6. Essex (few), Herts and Suffolk (resident), 

 Cambridge. 

 „ 13. Berk< (nesting). 



