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many, respecting which bird sixteen observations 

 were received from different parts of the country. 

 It does not appear to have been met with fur- 

 ther north than Wakefield, and no notice was 

 taken of it by correspondents in Scotland and 

 Ireland. 



The Wryneck, or Cuckoo's-mate, long pre- 

 ceded the Cuckoo in the date of its arrival, 

 having been heard at Reigate as early as March 

 31, and at Ratham, in Sussex, on April 2. On 

 the 6th and 7th of the latter month it was 

 observed at several localities in Norfolk, and its 

 appearance generally throughout England in 

 1872 seems to have been noted during the first 

 fortnight of April. Mr. Lister states that, 

 although found in the neighbourhood of Barns- 

 ley in previous years, it was not observed there 

 in 1872. 



The Nightjar seems to have been generally 

 met with throughout the country as far west as 

 Llandderfel, in Merionethshire, and as far north 

 as Garvoch, in Perthshire. Mr. Gatcombe ob- 

 served it in the neighbourhood of Plymouth 



