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Nests in course of construction were found in Shropshire 

 on the 2Gth of April, in Radnor on the 6th of May, and in 

 Suffolk on the 8th, while nests with eggs were found in 

 Somerset on tlie 4th of May, in Yorkshire and Westmoreland 

 on the 12th, and in Northumberland on the 13th. 



Chronological Summary of the Rfx'ORds. 



Devon. 



Surrey, Gloucester^ Derby. 



Devon. 



Hants. 



Surrey. 



Herts, Leicester, Shropshire. 



Surrey (increase). i 



Somerset. 



Surrey (increase). Kent, . ncashire. 

 Sussex, Wilts. ' 



Surrey (decrease). Brecknock, Bedford, 



Worcester, Yorkshire, Cumberland. 

 Dorset, Northampton, Suffolk. 

 Hants (passing). Radnor, Warwick, 



Northumberland. 

 Cumberland (increase). Westmoreland. 

 Shropshire (nesting). Cheshire. 

 Hants (passing). Oxford. 

 Warwick (slight increase). Essex, Cam- 

 bridge. 

 „ 29th. Cumberland (increase). Monmouth, Staf- 

 fordshire. 

 „ 30th. Warwick (decrease). 

 May 1st. Cambridge (increase). 



„ 2n(l. Renfrew. 



„ lird. Hants light, Northumberland (increase). 



Merioneth. 

 „ 4th. Hadnorand Yorkshire (increase). Somerset 



(nest with eggs), 

 ."•th. Northumberland (increase). Bedford 



(slight increase). 



