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S. to S.E. and E., the weather dry, cold, and 

 cloudy ; in Yorkshire with a S.W. wind, 

 weather fine, and temperature 47*5. It was 

 first observed at Bushey, in Hertfordshire, as if 

 arriving directly from the eastward, on the 8th 

 of April ; and was last heard at Ratham, near 

 the coast of Sussex, on Sept. 15. The furthest 

 point north at which it was noted was near 

 Stirling on May i. In Ireland it is unknown. 



In the case of the Sedge Warbler, we again 

 remark observations on the wind at the presumed 

 dates of arrival in all respects confirmatory of 

 what has been already stated. Four good ob- 

 servers in the counties of Norfolk, Lincoln, 

 Derby, and York noted the direction of the wind 

 when first meeting with this bird as S.S.E., S.W., 

 S.E., and S.S.W., respectively. No record of its 

 occurrence in 1872 either in Scotland or Ireland 

 was received. The general period of its arrival 

 in England seems to be during the last fortnight 

 of April. 



About the same period arrives the Yellow 

 Wagtail, or Ray's Wagtail, as it is called by 



