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where it was seen on April i ; but this is by no 

 means its northern limit, as there is abundant 

 evidence to show. 



The Whinchat is not generally seen in this 

 country until the last week of April, and this 

 is confirmed by the notes before me. Mr. J. J. 

 Briggs, however, met with it near Melbourne, 

 in Derbyshire, on April 3 ; but he appends the 

 remark that he considers this an unusually early 

 date. Mr. J. A. Harvie Browne states that the 

 Whinchat during mild winters occasionally re- 

 mains in Stirlingshire. 



The Lesser Whitethroat was noticed almost 

 exclusively in the midland counties, the earliest 

 date for its arrival being April 12, at Sparham, 

 Norfolk, and the most northerly locality Barns- 

 ley. It goes much further north, however, 

 than this, but is considered rare in Scotland, 

 and is unknown in Ireland. 



The Grasshopper Warbler was met with 

 throughout the month of April in about a dozen 

 different localities, and, like the last-named 

 species, chiefly in the midland counties. It 



