the bulk of the nestino-birds for the nortliern countic?, but 

 it also contained a number of pussnge-niigniiits, as was shown 

 by the presence for the tirst time of birds of the larger race. 

 Commencing on the 8th of April it seems to have lastoil until 

 the 18th or 20th, as was indicated by the records from 

 Hanois light (Guernsey) and corroborated by the subsecjuent 

 occurrences at lights off the AVelsh and Yorkshire coasts, 

 though our o])servers on the south coast did not record any 

 arrivals l)et\veen the IGth and 21st. 



The fourth and fifth immigrations were snudl ones and 

 occurred on the 22nd of April and between the 2Gtli and the 

 1st of May, but with the exception of the arrival of small 

 numbers in Kent on the 28th, the area of arrival was con- 

 fined to the westei-n end of the south coast. 



The sixth immigration was again a large one and occurred 

 between the 6th and 15th of ^lay ; during the first few dnys 

 it comprised birds of both races, but the greater number of 

 birds were of the hirger race. The pjassiige through the 

 Cliannel Islands was most marked and arrivals took place 

 alono- the whole of the south coast. The inland records were 

 somewhat meagre, owing, no doubt, to the number of birds 

 already settled in the country and the inability of many 

 observers to distinguish one race from the other. The light- 

 records, however, particularly those from tlie west coast, 

 furnish evidence of the northward passage of these migrants, 

 and those from the Pentland Skerries (Orkney) between the 

 10th and the ItUh of May also seem to be connected with 

 this movemetit. 



Wheatears were reported to be nesting in Sussex on the 

 11th of April, a nest ready for eggs was found in ]Sorthum- 

 berland on the 21:th, and another half con.^^tructed in Henfrew 

 on the 4th of May. 



(yHEOXOLOGICAL SUMMARY OF THE RECORDS. 



Jan. (Jtli. Sussex. 



Feb. 28th. Suffolk. 



March Gth. Somerset, Oxford. 



