330 BRITISH BIRDS. 



fordshire (W. and N.W.), Wcatford, 

 Berkhampstead, Tring; Norfolk, Nor- 

 wich ; Suffolk (N.W.), Brandon ; 

 Northamptonshire (centre), Ketter- 

 ing ; Staffordshire (N.) ; Breconshire. 

 1910. Maj- — Kent (S.W.), Hever ; Sussex (east 

 centre), Uckfield ; Surrey (no locality) ; 

 Essex (N.W.), Bardfield; Bedford- 

 shire (W.), Woburn ; Gloucestershire 

 (N.W.), Mitcheldean ; Westmorland 

 (W.), Windermere. 

 1910. June — Kent, Maidstone ; Sussex (N.), St. 

 Leonard's Forest ; Hampshire (N.W.), 

 Whitchurch ; Lincohishire, Lincoln ; 

 Norfolk (west centre), Swaffham. 

 1910. July — Sussex (N.), Horsham ; Hampshire 



(N.E.), Aldershot. 

 1910. Aug. —Hampshire (S.E.), Wickham ; Stafford- 

 shire (west centre), Stretton. 

 1910. Sept. —Sussex (N.E.), Tunbridge Wells ; Suf- 

 folk (N.W.), gradually from Septem- 

 ber to November. 

 1910. Oct. — Suffolk (east coast), Aldeburgh. 

 In most cases odd birds or small parties were seen after 

 the majority had left ; one or two observers found a few 

 still staying on right into the winter (e.g., Hampshire — 

 New Forest ; Kent and Sussex — Tunbridge Wells). 



The only record of actual departure seems to be that 

 from the Shetlands on February 27th, 1910 (III., 373) ; 

 but an increase in Perthshire in March and April (IV., 122), 

 and the presence of passing flocks in various localities in 

 England in April, May, and June, all confirm the records 

 given above, showing that, taking the country as a whole, 

 the departure was going on from February to June. 



What was probably a fresh immigration on a small scale 

 was noted in Faii- Isle, the Shetlands and Outer Hebrides 

 from the end of June to September {Ann. Scot. Nat. Hist., 



