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migrants were also recorded at the Channel Islands on the 

 last-named date. The majority o£ the birds partaking in 

 this movement seem to have been passage-migrants either on 

 their way to breeding-places in Scotland or passing by the 

 east coast route to more northern summer-quarters. 



Chronological Summary of the Records. 



April 12th. Sussex. 



13th. Cornwall. 



„ 14:th. Kent. 



15th. Bedford. 



,, 16th. Devon, Somerset. 



„ 18th. Somerset (increase). Dorset, Wilts, Shrop- 

 shire. 



„ 19th. Herts. 



„ 20th. Gloucester. 



„ 21st. Hants, Northampton, Suffolk. 



„ 22nd. Surrey, Derby. 



„ 23rd. Yorkshire. 



„ 25th. Isle of Wight, Rutland. 



„ 2C)th. Monmouth. 



^, 27th. Surrey (increase). Middlesex, Leicester, 

 Westmoreland. 



„ 28th. Rutland (slight increase). Somerset (nest). 

 Glamorgan, Essex, Cambridge. 



„ 29th. Northampton (increase). Radnor, Che- 

 shire. 



„ 30th. Radnor (increase). Berks. 



May 1st. Oxford, Merioneth, Staffordshire. 



,, 2nd. Lancashire, Cumberland. 



,, 3rd. Gloucester (usual numbers). 



,, 4th. Essex and Radnor (increase). 



„ 5th. Surrey and Shropshire (increase). Surrey 



(nesting). Northampton and Somer- 

 set (nests with eggs). 



„ 6th. Shropshire and Staffordshire (increase). 



Northumberland. 



