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Bedfordshire. — On March 28th numbers (probably not less 

 than several hundred) in small flocks about Great 

 Wa vend on Wood, near Woburn ; only once were two 

 birds seen alone. On March 29th found them equally 

 numerous through Southill and Rowney warrens ; one 

 male was in good song, and paying marked attention to 

 a female (J. Steele Elliott). 



Berkshire. — One flying over on April 1st near Reading. 



Heard flying over on April 2nd at Wellington College 



(N. H. Joy). Two on March 28th and one flying over 



on April 20th, at Henley-on-Thames (H. Noble). 

 Buckinghamshire. — About six on March 20th at Drayton 



Beauchamp (C. Oldham). Several at the end of March 



at Langley (H. Noble). 

 Denbigh. — Flocks observed up to February 23rd, but not 



since, at Llangollen (T. Ruddy). 

 Durham. — About forty from January to March at Darlington 



(E. E. Forder, Field, 9, iv., 1910). 

 Essex. — One shot on March 19th at Colchester (E. Chichester, 



Field, 26, hi., 1910). Two pairs (possibly breeding) on 



March 27th, near Bradfield {J. Beddall Smith). 

 Hampshire. — A pair on April 11th at Woodhay (North Hants) 



(N.H.Joy). 

 Hertfordshire. — Varying numbers — sometimes as many as 



fifty — from January 22nd to mid-April in Whippendell 



Wood, Watford. Many on April 3rd in the plantations 



near Berkhamsted (C. Oldham). 



Kent. — About twelve on March 14th at Edenbridge. 

 " Several in fairly good song, the notes somewhat 

 resembling those of the Robin, but more broken up " 

 (H. H. Farwig). Two on March 27th on Crockham Hill 

 (H. Bentham). Flocks of eight and six on March 26th 

 at Seal and one at Wrotham ; forty to fifty on March 

 29th and 30th near Ashford ; between fifty and a hundred 

 on March 28th near Maidstone, where a keeper told me 

 that a nest with two eggs was taken in the preceding 

 week ; six and two pairs on April 9th at Farnborough 

 (H. B. Tutt). Some on March 26th on Hayes Common 

 (W. N. Rushen, Field, 2, iv., 1910). Some about March 

 6th near Tenterden ; three or four pairs about from 13th 

 to 23rd ; twenty-four in one flock, besides the three or 

 four pairs, on 24th and until 27th ; only three seen 

 (probably the three or four pairs still here) on 30th ; 



