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THE WRYNECK. 

 lynx torguilla, L. 



The Wryneck appears to have landed chiefly on the eastern 

 portion o£ the south coast, as far west as Hampshire, but the 

 records do not throw very much light on its movements. Its 

 arrival was first noted in Kent on the 24th of March, and 

 stragglers were observed in Somersetshire, Hampshire, Berk- 

 shire, Surrey, Buckinghamshire and Hertfordshire during 

 the last week of that month. Birds passing through Devon- 

 shire on the 2nd of April and a record from the Caskets 

 light on the night of the 2nd/3rd probably marked the com- 

 mencement of the regular immigratory movement ; while 

 reports from the Sussex, the Channel Islands and Hampshire 

 lights on the 8th/9th and 9th/10th and from the Hampshire 

 light on the 13th/14th indicated further arrivals on our 

 southern and south-eastern coasts, though in every instance 

 the number of birds seems to have been quite small. It was 

 not until the latter half of April that the records indicated 

 any marked influx of birds into the country. The latest 

 record reported the passage of birds through the Isle of 

 Wight on the 5th of May. 



A nest with eggs was found in Surrey on the 18th of May 

 and one in Berkshire on the 11th of June. 



Chronological Summary of the Records. 



