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TflE AVPIINCIIAT. 



PrafincoJa ruhefra (L.). 



This bird appears to have arrived along the whole o£ the 

 south coast^ bnt perhaps in largest numbers on the western 

 half ; its actual area of entry was, however, so incompletely 

 recorded that the point must remain a doubtful one. 



The first arrival reported was in Devonshire on the 8th of 

 April, and from that date up to the 18th the records w^ere 

 mostl}^ of single birds, in widely scattered localities. The 

 first small increase w^iis apparent on the 20th of April and 

 seems to have consisted mainly of migrants bound for the 

 western half of the country. A rather larger immigration 

 took place between the 27th and 29th, the area of arrival 

 probably extending from Devonshire to Hampshire. These 

 birds seem also to have distributed themselves mainly over 

 the western half of the kingdom. 



A third immigration arrived on the south coast from 

 Devonshire to Sussex between the 5th and 9th of May, and 

 besides supplying residents for the eastern and northern 

 counties, seems to have included a certain number of 

 passage-migrants. 



Whinchats were nesting in Devonshire on the 2nd of May, 

 and in Staffordshire on the 9th. Nests with eggs were 

 found in Northamptonshire on the 12th, in Cambridge on 

 the 13th, in Glamorgan on the 16th, and in Derbyshire 

 on the 18th. 



Chronological Summary of the Records. 



April 8th. Devon. 

 11th. Berks. 



