ORNITHOLOGICAL SECTION. 
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DATE. NAME OF BIRD. LOCALITY. OBSERVER. 
May 5: Red-backed Shrike arr.... Cheltenham ... Wilson. 
a 11... Swift arr. i ... Cheltenham ... Wilson. 
Avgust 22... Swift dep... ... Cheltenham ... Rolt. 
Sept. 21... Blackcap dep... ... Cheltenham ... Wilson. 
ear ae Chiffchaff dep. ... Cheltenham ... Wilson. 
Octob. 5-- Swallows dep... ... Cheltenham ... Wilson. 
s... House Martins dep. .. Cheltenham ... Wilson. 
rr... Redwings arr... ... Cheltenham ... Wilson. 
19... Fieldfares arr.... ... Cheltenham ... Wilson. 
Arr. stands for arrival or first seen. 
Dep. stands for departure or last seen. 
February 20... Rooks began building «» Bolt 
April 21... Jays, which up to this have kept in 
companies of threes and fours, now 
scatter in pairs for breeding ... Wilson. 
june 2... Cock and hen Lesser Whitethroat 
feigned lameness when their young 
were disturbed .. Wilson. 
February 22... Falcon seen in Cheltenham . Rolt. 
lanuary 6... Hawfinch seen ... Wilson. 
Nesting of Lesser Whitethroat. 
May 7-25 --- 18 days from laying of first egg to 
hatching of young 
May 12—25--- 14 days from laying of last egg to 
hatching of young 
May 25—June 3.-- 10 days from hatching to leaving 
nest 
May 7—June 3.--- 28 days sefspkinee 
Nesting of Blue Tit. 
May 5—June 13.-- 40 days from laying of first egg to 
leaving nest on 
.... Wilson. 
Wilson. 
The Sectional Prize was given by the President to Wilson. 
The book was Wallace’s “ Darwinism.” 
