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at Bardsey light (Carnarvon) at midnight on the 8th/9th of 

 May. 



Eggs were found in Hanipshiie and Berkshire in Hedge- 

 Sparrows' nests on the 29th of April, one in a Robin's nest 

 in Dorset on the 5th of May, in a Blackcap's nest in Kent 

 on the (5th, in a Sedge- Warbler's nest in Essex on the 12tli, 

 in a Hedge-Sparrow's nest in the same county on tlie 13th, 

 in Blackcaps' nests in Somerset and Suffolk on the 18th, in 

 a Robin's nest in Derbyshire on the 19th, while on the same 

 date two eggs were found with four Whitethroat's in Somerset. 

 An egg was found in a Reed-Bunting*s nest in Perthshire on 

 the 23rd. In Essex on the 25th, eggs were found in two 

 Whitethroats' nests, and in a Linnet's and a Sedge- Warbler's 

 nest. An egg was observed in a Meadow-Pipit's nest in 

 Pem])roke on the 27th, and one in a Hedge-Sparrow's in 

 Northampton on the 29th. 



Chronological Summary of the Records. 



Devon. 



Dorset. 

 Yorkshire. 

 Sussex. 

 Devon. 

 Leicester. 



Hants, Somerset, Berks. 

 Isle of AVight, Kent, Suffolk, Merioneth, 

 Montgomery. 

 13th. Essex, Surrey, Herts, Wilts, Gloucester, 



Derby. 

 11th. Dorset, Carmarthen, Northampton. 

 15th. Gloucester (increase). Cheshire. 



Kltli. Shropshire. 

 17th. Oxford, Glamorgan, Hereford, Lancashire, 



Westmoreland. 

 Ibth. ■ Surrey anil Gloucester (increase). Cardi- 

 gan, ^Var\viL■k, Staffordshire, Norfolk, 

 Arran. 



