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the l)r('('(lino-l)ir(ls Ibf tlui Welsh enunfies. TluTe were ;ilso 

 indications o£ further arrivals ah)ii;i- the whoh' of the south 

 coast between the 10th and liUh of May, but neitlier their 

 course nor tlieir distril)ution could l)e traced by the records. 

 A siii^iularly Ixdated jiarty of migrants arrived in a carefully- 

 watched area in k^.W. Kent as late as the 25th, pairin<i; and 

 selecting; territory durin<i; the few following days. These 

 i)irds did not commence incubation till nearly the end of 

 June. 



A nest ready for eggs was found in Essex on the 5th of 

 May and nests with eggs were found in {Suffolk on the ()th, 

 in Yorkshire on the 12th, and in AVarwickshirc on the 14ti), 

 while young were fledged in Somersetshire by the ItUh. 



ChUONOLOGICAL SfMMARY OF THE IvECOKUS. 



Aiiril 7th. Hants, Surrey. 

 8th. Kent. 



„ 10th. Leicester. 



,, 11th. Glamorgan. 



,, I'ith. Kent (slight increase). 



„ llUh. Monmouth, Warwick, Uenfrew. 



„ 1-ith. SonuM'set, Middlesex, Northampton, Shrop- 



shire. 



„ 15th. Essex, Hereford, Radnor. 



„ ITtli. Camltriilge, Yorkshire. 



„ iMli. Kent and Shropshire (increase). Sufftdk, 



Stuft'ordshire, Derby, Carnarvon, 



Cheshire. 



„ U)th. Kent (increase). Wilts. 



,, 20th. Kent and Wilts (increase). Radnor 



(slight increase). Dorset, Oxford, Bed- 

 ford, Herts, Worcester, Merioneth, 

 Lancashire, Cumberland. 



,, 2 1st. Kent, Radnor, Warwick, Leicester, 



Clieshire and Yorkshire (increase). 

 Surrey (slight increase). Gloucester, 

 Notts. 

 22nd. ("Iieshire (increase). Carmarthen. 



