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occurred, may have joined parties of other species, and 

 thus found their way to our shores. 



In the autumn southerly gales may be the cause of 

 the visitation of rare Chats and other birds. But some 

 have occurred in our islands during the height of the 



Male Large-billed Reed-Bunting obtained near Lvdd, Kent, 

 on May 26th, 1908. 



summer, and these visitations can, I think, only be 

 accounted for by the supposition that these birds had 

 lost their mates, or that their nesting had been interfered 

 with in some way, and that, following the migratory 

 " impulse," they had pushed northwards and thus 

 reached the British Islands, far to the north of their 

 usual limit. 



