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THE TREE-PIPIT. 



Aidhns tvivialis (L.). 



The Tree-Pipit arrived iilong the whole of the south coast, 

 but first and chiefly on the eastern half. 



The earliest records were of small numbers in Hampshire 

 and Surrey on the 7th of April, and these seem to have been 

 followed by a small immigration on the eastern half and 

 jterliaps by another on the western half of the coast about 

 the 12th. In the course of the six following days Tree-Pipits 

 were scattered sjjaringly over the greater part of the country 

 as far north as Staffordshire, Derbyshire and Yorkshire, 

 and as far west as Glamorgan, Hereford, Radnor and 

 Shropshire, Avhile an early straggler had reached the Clyde 

 area. 



The first large immigration took place l)etween the 18th 

 and 2 1st of April, the area of arrival stretching from Kent 

 to Dorsetshire, though the greatest number of birds landed 

 at the eastern end of the coast. With the advent of these 

 new-comers increased numbers were quickly reported and an 

 extension of range both to the west and to the north was 

 manifest within the next few days. 



A second immigration of somewhat smaller numbers 

 occurred on the 27tli, and seems mainly to have augmented 

 the numl^ers in the western counties. By the time these 

 two influxes had ceased the majority of the English Tree- 

 Pipits seem to have arrived, and the usual numbers were 

 reported from Cheshire and Derby on the 20th and v50th and 

 from Cumberland on the 2nd of May. There were, however 

 further arrivals during the first few days of Ma v. The 

 minority lauded at the eastern end of the coast, and seem to 

 have settled in the eastern counties, while the majoritv, 

 arriving in the -west, seem to have comprised the bulk of 



