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was recorded on the 19th, and continued in a lessening 

 stream until the last week of the month. 



While migration was still in progress building-operations 

 had begun in Staffordshire on the 29th of April, in Devon- 

 shire on the 1st of May, in Breconshire on the 2nd, in Norfolk 

 on the 4th, in Wiltshire on the 5th, in Hampshire on the 

 6th, in Suffolk on the 7th, in Essex and Cumberland on the 

 8th, in Radnorshire and Warwickshire on the 10th and in 

 Lincolnshire on the 11th; while nests with eggs were found 

 in Somersetshire on the 3rd and in Ayrshire on the 12th of 

 May, also in Cheshire on the 1st of June. 



Chronological Summary of the Records. 



March 23rd. Devon. 



,, 27th. Essex. 

 April 2nd. Norfolk. 



„ 3rd. Dumfries (passing). 



,, 4th. Devon. 



,, 5th. Gloucester, Shropshire. 



„ 6th. Surrey, Staffordshire, Cheshire. 



10th. Hants. 



,, 11th. Somerset. 



„ 14th. Carnarvon, Yorkshire, Northumberland. 



„ 15th. Isle of Wight and Somerset (passing). 



Hants (increase). 



„ 16th. Somerset (passing on coast). Wilts. 



,, 17th. Hants (decrease). Berks, Staffordshire, 



Notts. 



„ 18th. Hants (increase). Suffolk, Lincoln. 



,, 19th. Berks (passing). Kent, Herts, Monmouth, 

 Lancashire. 



„ 20th. Somerset (increase). Hants and Lanca- 

 shire (decrease). Glamorgan, Middle- 

 sex, Cambridge. Brecon, Leicester, Derby, 

 Argyll. 



