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nights of the ith and 10th. These movements caused a 



definite increase in the numbers recorded in a good many 

 counties daring the first fortnight of May, but the records 

 were too disconnected to enable their movements to be 

 traced. 



A nest was found in Essex on the 14th of May, and birds 

 were reported to be building in Glamorganshire on the 8th, 

 a nest with eggs was found in Cambridgeshire on the 10th, 

 and others in Sussex on the 11th, in Surrey on the 13th, in 

 Cumberland and Derbyshire on the 10th, in Warwickshire 

 on the 25th, and in Lancashire on the 10th ; while young 

 birds were found in Somersetshire on the 22nd and in 

 Yorkshire on the 29th. 



Chronological Summary of the Records. 



March 30th. Berks. 

 April 2nd. Kent. 



., Gth. Surrey, Essex. 



7th. Brecon, Notts. 



9th/10ih. Channel Islands and Hants lights 

 10th. Shropshire. 

 ,, 11th. "Westmoreland. 



., 12th. Derby (passing). 



13th. Hants, Sussex, Leicester. 

 14th. Wilts. 

 15th. Warwick. 

 16th. Devon, Staffordshire. 



17tli. Herts, Cambridge, Derby. 



18th. Somerset, Middlesex, Northumberland. 



„ 19th. Essex (increase). 



„ 20th. Leicester (increase). Surrey (slight in- 



crease). Glamorgan, Gloucester, Oxford, 

 Cheshire, Yorkshire 

 ., 21st. Worcester. 



22nd. Leicester (increase). Cambridge (passing). 

 Monmouth, Bucks, Radnor, Carnarvon, 

 Lincoln, Renfrew. 



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