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THE NIGHTJAR. 



Caprimulgus euroj^ceus (L.). 



The records sent in concern inf«; the Nightjar were very 

 scanty, and hardly sufficient to indicate its area o£ arrival 

 with any certainty ; but it seems to have landed chiefly 

 on the eastern half of the south coast. The earliest record 

 was in Wiltshire on the 8th of April, and single l)irds 

 were observed in. Surrey, Oxfordshire, Gloucestershire, 

 Derbyshire and Yorkshire between the IGth and 2Dth, 

 an increase in the last-named county taking place on the 

 30th. Small arrivals apparently took place along the whole 

 of the south coast during the first ten days of May, and one 

 of somewhat larger dimensions seems to have occurred aiiout 

 the middle of the month, as an extension of range com- 

 mencing on the 12th was noticeable. The birds reached 

 Cumberland on the 17th and Northumberland on the 19tb, 

 while a single bird was killed at the English and Welsh 

 Grounds light-vessel (Bristol Channel) at 2 a.m. on the 

 14tli/15th. Further arrivals would appear to have taken 

 ])lace about the 18th and 2(jth of May and during the first 

 week in June, but it is not possible to say anything more 

 definite with regard to them. 



Eggs were found in Hann)shire on the 25th of May and 

 in Surrey on the 2(Jth. 



Chronological Summary of the Records. 



April 8tli. Wilts. 

 „ IC.th. Oxford. 



17lli. Yorkshire. 



